Q: speed differance?
Hi everyone in mac world.
I'm contemplating retiring my G5 mac and moving to a 2.66ghz Mac pro.
but my current G5 is already 2.5gz dual processors. it doesn't seem like that much difference from 2.5 to 2.66
do I need 8 cores or can I get away with 4? how much speed difference in rendering... I heard that FCP X rendered in the background.
right now, I cant even get browsers to work right on G5. I've tried like 5 browsers and they either look nice & crash OR the layout is difficult.
2) will the ram memory from my G5 fit and work in the Mac Pro?
the video card in the MacPro is 256mb Nvidia 7600 HD GDDR3....
in the G5 is 256mb Nvidia 6800-- again doesn't seem that much difference
am I going to gain much or is this an act in futility?
I dont have a RED camera but I want the machine to be able to edit footage from a 4k camera since it apears this is the way its going, so I want to be set up for that.
G5 Power Mac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 2x 2.6Ghz DCPs, 8GB Ram, 4+TB storage Acer X243W
Posted on May 16, 2013 10:35 AM
2009 or 2010, those are the "4,1" and "5,1" models that use DDR3 1066 and/or 1333
http://www.macsales.com/memory/mac-pro/
No, back up on the processor / cores.
A Processor is a package that can have 4 or 6 cores.
One such core can have two threads.
Think of using idle time for a 2nd thread.
Many like to call it a 2nd "virtual core" or "logical core"
The new 2012 base is a 4-core / single processor 3,2GHz cpu
The ideal is often 3x8GB DDR3 RAM
You may need to do a LOT of upgrades to use Mountain Lion. ML is not essential and for you for now, better off getting it running as a dual boot. Leave 10.8.3 on one drive, and install 10.6.8 on a 2nd drive. Acquiring 10.6.5 OEM DVD. Run 10.6.8 for production, have 10.8.3 as you are able to then migrate and upgrade. Have two systems on two of your disk drives.
CS3 never really ran all that well and is old. Adobe even recommended CS4 minimum for 10.6.x and CS5 'encouraged.' CS5.5 and above, and especially CS6 is more native Mac code finally than ever.
Posted on May 18, 2013 7:37 AM