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To: Echo Talon
do we have to post Anand's benchmarks here?

Why? Just link to them. It looks to me as if it matters what you are doing whether the Core 2 Extreme PC or the Intel Core 2 Duo Apple Mac Pro comes out ahead.

17 posted on 09/14/2006 12:41:08 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker

doesnt matter to me, I would just like to see Apple selling their fans the best hardware they can thats all, I hope they follow Anand's advise.


18 posted on 09/14/2006 12:44:32 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Swordmaker
another little nugget in the lead of the article..

As we mentioned and proved in our previous articles, the number and configuration of FB-DIMMs in your Mac Pro can affect performance. The Intel 5000X chipset in the Mac Pro features two 144-bit FBD branches, each being the width of two FB-DIMMs (effectively giving the chipset four "channels"). Therefore you need at least two FB-DIMMs in the system (the width of a single FBD branch), but ideally you'd need at least four to have a hope of attaining peak bandwidth.

So... make sure If you get a Mac Pro that you have at least 4 memory modules in it...

19 posted on 09/14/2006 12:52:50 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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