Question: I am looking at another Dual 1 ghz powermac quicksilver. In the picture i can see the computer says 1mb L3 chache per processor. I thought those had 2mb cach?-Jonas
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM, jonas ulrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah I have thought about a hackintosh... I would need patients to find the > drivers and stuff though... someone just bought the powermac I was looking > at!!! luckily there are several others...-Jonas > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:32 AM, PeterH <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:15 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: >> >> > I just received an answer in regard to the discrepancy in the item >> > description. He said: "In one part is says single core. That is >> > correct there are 2 single core processors" Tell me if this is >> > correct: The new macs like the macbook have only one processor, but >> > it is a dual core. This quicksilver has two single core processors. >> > Is this right? It still means that it is a dual processor, right? >> >> All G4s are single-core. >> >> The subject machine has two single-core processors, each of which has >> 2 MB of independent L3 cache (unlike the multi-core Intel Core 2 >> processors where all the L3 cache is shared between all cores). >> >> So, you get two relatively independent processors, and with that you >> can do some serious work. >> >> However, just to place some numbers on the capabilities of the dual >> 1.0 GHz G4 and an Intel-based solutions (yes, Hacks), consider the >> following, each example which is authoring a single-layer DVD from >> the same source files which exceed the capacity of a single-layer >> DVD, and which is about as compute-intensive as it gets: >> >> 1) Dual 1.0 GHz G4 -- 60 minutes [ 10.4.11, 1.5 GB 133 MHz RAM ] >> >> 2) Core 2 Duo E8400 running at 3.6 GHz -- 12.5 minutes (4.8 times as >> fast) [ 10.5.5, 2 GB 800 MHz RAM ] >> >> 3) Core 2 Quad Q9400 running at 3.2 GHz -- 10 minutes ( 6 times as >> fast) [ 10.5.6, 2 GB 800 MHz RAM ] >> >> So, if you really want to pump the work through your machine, perhaps >> you could consider an Intel solution. >> >> As a practical matter, I still run a DA with a QS 2000 dual 1.0 GHz >> processor, mainly for Mail.app and for Classic. Almost all other work >> has been transferred to the Intels. >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a <+> A home for the Hackintosh >> community. >> >> To subscribe to the HQ-A group, send email to hq-a >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
