On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Falstaff46 wrote:
> > My sister has a dual 1ghz Quicksilver and would like to upgrade the > processor. I have a Sonnet 1.4ghz card that will fit but am wondering > if it would really be any faster (if not slower) than the current dual > processor she has. Any thoughts? Mostly, it will be a little faster. Applications that really push multiple-cpu architecture (video compressors, 3D rendering, heavy Photoshop, etc etc) will run (very roughly speaking) in the neighborhood of how fast a single 1.7-1.8 Ghz processor would run on the dual 1G, but that will only affect those specific functions. ANything that only taxes one CPU will run faster on the 1.4. OS X does take some advantage of multi-processor architecture, but if her main use doesn't push multiple CPU's a lot, the 1.4 will be the better choice. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
