I know this is probably useless, but non-the-less interesting. I was reading through SmallDog's site, and found out that the 1.6GHz G5 is being sold at a 1.62GHz. I wonder why Apple isn't pushing this.
I think this is a mistake (smalldog's, not Apple's).
The reason processors run at a clock speed that cannot be rounded to 1 or 2 decimal places is because of a bus and/or bus multiplier that results in a strange figure: e.g. I would expect the 1.4 GHz G4 is actually around 1.4167GHz (166.666667 (bus speed) x 8.5 (bus multiplier)).
The G5 at 1.6GHz has a 2x bus multiplier, and a 800MHz bus.
I would be very, very suprised if it was really 1.62.
I would be very, very suprised if it was really 1.62.
Slightly off-topic, but some PC mainboard manufacturers actually slightly overclock their FSBs. I have a P4 mainboard from FIC that actually runs at 4x135 MHz FSB instead of 4x133.33 MHz. The board manufacturers do this in hopes of catching hardware reviewers off guard in product comparisons.
But, yeah...I very much doubt Apple would do something like that on purpose. 1.602 GHz is a feasible deviation, not 1.62.
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The reason processors run at a clock speed that cannot be rounded to 1 or 2 decimal places is because of a bus and/or bus multiplier that results in a strange figure: e.g. I would expect the 1.4 GHz G4 is actually around 1.4167GHz (166.666667 (bus speed) x 8.5 (bus multiplier)).
The G5 at 1.6GHz has a 2x bus multiplier, and a 800MHz bus.
I would be very, very suprised if it was really 1.62.
Originally posted by AngryAngel
I would be very, very suprised if it was really 1.62.
Slightly off-topic, but some PC mainboard manufacturers actually slightly overclock their FSBs. I have a P4 mainboard from FIC that actually runs at 4x135 MHz FSB instead of 4x133.33 MHz. The board manufacturers do this in hopes of catching hardware reviewers off guard in product comparisons.
But, yeah...I very much doubt Apple would do something like that on purpose. 1.602 GHz is a feasible deviation, not 1.62.