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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

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  • by The hatter,Solvedanswer

    The hatter The hatter May 18, 2013 7:37 AM in response to M-323
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    May 18, 2013 7:37 AM in response to M-323

    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.

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    M-323 M-323 May 27, 2013 7:30 PM in response to The hatter
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    May 27, 2013 7:30 PM in response to The hatter

    Mr Hatter.. is this any good?

     

    Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66Ghz, 11GB Ram, SSD Main Drive, 2TB Drive

     

    cant seem to findd a 3+ gzh with 6 core or more... used anyway.

     

    or theres this one....

     

    2008 Apple Mac Pro 2.8 8core 12GB ram 2x1TB 1x350 org box GeForce Gt120

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