new Mac Pro !!!

[Michael Maibaum]

If you look at a lot of the specs it is more like 1.2-1.3. still there is a
healthy selection of apps that do take advantage of the 8-cores if you are
in the right areas (video, 3D, audio) - of course we are still waiting for a
version of photoshop that really takes advantage of all those cores.

Just think, clippy could have a couple of cores all to itself, imagine how
annoying it could be with all that cpu power for AI ;)


On 1/9/08, Chad Leigh objectwerks inc <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 8, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
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> > Quoting "R.L. Grigg" <newslists at autonomy.caltech.edu>:
> >
> >> How is going from 3.0GHz to 3.2GHz "up to 2x faster"?
> >> Basically same specs, same case,... a bit underwhelming...
> >> Russ
> >
> > One would presume that since this is a newer revision of the chip
> > that it's more efficient at the same clock speed . . . sort of like
> > the performance bump when going from Core Duo to Core 2 Duo.
>
> Actually, Apple has this disclaimer
>
> "* Based on estimated results comparing a preproduction 2.8 GHz 8-core
> Mac Pro with a 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro running professional
> applications like Maya, modo and Logic Pro."
>
> So you get 8 cores vs 4 cores which is 2x.  The impressive thing is
> that from their statement, it appears that you actually can take
> advantage of the extra cores and get good use out of them.  Often
> extra CPUs follow the law of diminishing returns
>
> Chad
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