> Old benchmarks run with old chipsets that don't take advantage of DDR3 > show speed increases of 2 to 5 percent. Not much, but not bad for $12. > http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=8
I call 2-5% statistically insignificant. So, you can get a new motherboard and 1 GB of RAM for $12? You certainly aren't going to be able to put your DDR3 RAM in your DDR2 motherboard. And you can upgrade your Mac with all that? Oh right, you can't do that with a Mac. > But a well-designed computer is not just one part. It is a collection > of > interacting parts that have to be designed to match up for top > performance. For example Apple just retooled the Mac Mini. The new > version costs the same as the previous version. The processor is 9 > percent faster. The new model moves from DDR2 to DDR3 with a new chip > set > designed to work with DDR3. Benchmarks show the new model is 23 percent > faster, not bad for a zero dollar price increase. > > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic > &art > icleId=9129179 I'm going to have to invoke the "malice or incompetence" rule for such a misleading summary of the linked article. I can't tell if you're being deliberately dishonest or obtuse; nothing new, sadly. "The biggest differences between the two Mac minis were in 3-D game performance, of course, but drive tests and even Compressor and Photoshop tests, show some real improvement in this new generation." Yes, it is a collection of parts and it's clear from this article that all the *other* components: video chipset, CPU and hard drive, are responsible for the bulk of the 21% increase in performance compared to the previous model. The DDR3 memory only merits a mention in stating the specs at the beginning of the article. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
