PowerMac G5 2.3 vs 2.5 with Maya?

ajmasajmas
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I have a friend who is tempted to buy a PowerMac G5, for running Maya, though he has the choice of 2.3GHz and the 2.5GHz. The are exactly the same except for the processor and the front side bus. Yet there is a difference in price of $1000 CAD, which brings it slightly past his budget.



How much of a difference does the 0.2GHz difference work out in real world applications, such as Maya? Is it worth breaking the bank?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    shadow slayer 26shadow slayer 26 Posts: 383member
    i dont' think it will, unless what he is doing is like massive photo-realistic renderings...which i doubt. Don't listen to me though, wait for otheres to reply
  • Reply 2 of 3
    o4blackwrxo4blackwrx Posts: 383member
    Get the 2.3 and then take that extra 1,000 and put it in RAM. If the 2.5 is stretching is budget and it will be stock 512 RAM he will hate it. I have 4.5GB in my 2.0 and Maya runs fine. I wish I had put 8GB in it though. I have noticed a big difference with more RAM versus the .2Ghz.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    I would look at it this way - the 2.5 is 8% faster than the 2.3.



    - No human could perceive that difference in real-time or in short operations.



    - However, if as noted, he is running Maya AND he has a full load of client work, and if saving 8% of his time on rendering per day could mean that he has enough time to do one more project and submit another invoice, then the $1000 is trivial compared to what it will make for him.
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