CPU Gurus: how fast is fast?
I have a question for all the CPU gurus here.
If the rumors are in fact true, how fast would a 1.6 GHz G5 be, assuming that it was supported by a mobo with ddr, 400 MHz bus, and whatnot?
Since the current 867 MHz G4 supposedly can keep up with a Pentium 4, would it be true that a 1.6 GHz G5 would be considerably faster than a Pentium 4 at virtually every task, even non-altivec optimized processing?
Is Apple about to leapfrog the competition?
If so, then what an incredible time for Apple. If they deliver on the G5, then combined with OS X, Apple is poised to gain significant marketshare!
If the rumors are in fact true, how fast would a 1.6 GHz G5 be, assuming that it was supported by a mobo with ddr, 400 MHz bus, and whatnot?
Since the current 867 MHz G4 supposedly can keep up with a Pentium 4, would it be true that a 1.6 GHz G5 would be considerably faster than a Pentium 4 at virtually every task, even non-altivec optimized processing?
Is Apple about to leapfrog the competition?
If so, then what an incredible time for Apple. If they deliver on the G5, then combined with OS X, Apple is poised to gain significant marketshare!
Comments
1 thing I'm unsure of: Does the G5 have altivec? if so that's even juicier.
But I have learned not to get my hopes up too much
<strong>if what has been said is true the G5 will kick everything's ass at 1.6Ghz.
1 thing I'm unsure of: Does the G5 have altivec? if so that's even juicier.
But I have learned not to get my hopes up too much</strong><hr></blockquote>
According to the Reg, it will have Altivec. That was one of the sticking points during one of the revisions, it wasn't working well. So I guess they ironed out the 2 probs they mentioned and that's why it's rumored to be final now.
My guess is that it's not that good, but is still very impressive. The G5 is supposed to be better than a G4 cycle for cycle, where the P4 is actually slower than the P3 cycle for cycle. So with a good MHz pump my guess is that the G5 will beat the P4 in almost every test thrown at it, not just photoshop. I can't wait to see the DVD encoding times on it either, the G4 I think was down to 1:1 (1 hour of video : 1 hour to compress), can we expect a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio?
<strong>The only raw numbers I've seen came from the register and they were insanely high. If they are true the 1.2GHz G5 would easily beat a 2GHz P4 and the 1.6GHz would destroy anything in it's path.
My guess is that it's not that good, but is still very impressive. The G5 is supposed to be better than a G4 cycle for cycle, where the P4 is actually slower than the P3 cycle for cycle. So with a good MHz pump my guess is that the G5 will beat the P4 in almost every test thrown at it, not just photoshop. I can't wait to see the DVD encoding times on it either, the G4 I think was down to 1:1 (1 hour of video : 1 hour to compress), can we expect a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio?
I will believe in this, only when i see this chip. For the moment at the exception of altivec, the PPC chips are far away from the performance of a P4 2 ghz and a AThlon XP 1800 +. I have serious doubt that in a couple of month it would be the reverse ...
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*i* hope that the g5 is an uncompromissed 64bit-part.
::Imagines RC5 64 bit on quad 1.6 GHz G5::
:: pees pants::
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::Imagines RC5 64 bit on quad 1.6 GHz G5::
:: pees pants::
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Take your pills !
Ideally if I can render a very complex radiosity scence @ print resolution in less than 10 seconds I would say it's fast enough
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I will believe in this, only when i see this chip. For the moment at the exception of altivec, the PPC chips are far away from the performance of a P4 2 ghz and a AThlon XP 1800 +. I have serious doubt that in a couple of month it would be the reverse ...
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What's so hard to believe about it, it's an entirely new chip!! It's not a modified or updated G4. Are you saying it's hard to believe that AMD came out of no where and trumped the mighty Intel???
I'm not saying the performance WILL be better, I'm saying if it's even close to what is claimed it will be better, if the numbers are BS than so is the performance. I'm basing it on the only numbers I've seen and I stated that.
For you to have serious doubt that it's possible is kind of foolish, in my opinion anyway.
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For you to have serious doubt that it's possible is kind of foolish, in my opinion anyway.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I did not say i have serious doubt it's possible, i said i have serious doubt to see this chip will come in some month.
From where i live we said that impossible is not french, one other sort of foolish, in my opinion
Wow, if this turns out to be true, then what an amazing engineering feat, considering that the G5 has a deeper pipeline than the G4. Hot damn, if Motorola pulls this off they will once again rank as one of the worlds top CPU developers.
What the hell did Steve Jobs do--spike Moto's drinking water with methaphetamines? This G5 is shaping up to be wicked fast! As in, too fast for normal, everyday usage. Users are going to start doing more than just piss their pants
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for as long as i can remember you have been posting the most retarded threads and replies to peoples honest posting.
you are an idiot. and stop creating a new thread every 5 minutes. i look down the list of thread creators and your name repeats over and over.
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for as long as i can remember you have been posting the most retarded threads and replies to peoples honest posting.
you are an idiot. and stop creating a new thread every 5 minutes. i look down the list of thread creators and your name repeats over and over. <hr></blockquote>
I thought this was a rather interesting thread, but to each their own...
Why are you spamming the boards with the same post in several threads? The reason my name repeats on the list of thread creators is that you keep nudging my threads to the top with the same reply to every thread!
so, SameOldShit, what sort of performance do you think the G5 will have, relative to other processors from Intel and AMD? Do you have any idea or is this too "retarded" for you?
And BTW, calling people "retards" is about as sensitive as calling them "fags" or "niggers". Why do you have to insult a whole group of people when putting me down? What did mentally handicapped people ever do to you?
Think about it.
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I've also had an interesting thought. Alot of space on the die's of AMD & Intel chips is due to the x86 emulation, G4's are much smaller than x86 chips, so if G5 were an x86 size die, there is the potential for Moto to seriously laepfrog the competition.
<strong>SHUT DOWN!
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LOL, so true.
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Are you saying it's hard to believe that AMD came out of no where and trumped the mighty Intel???
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They didn't, it took 4-5 years to bring the K7 to market from conception to shipment. In the meantime they lost large amounts of money building the infrastructure to support it and shipped 2 intermediate products the K5 and K6. AMD started plotting its revenge against Intel as soon as Intel filed the lawsuit to keep AMD from producing x86 parts, the one that took 9 years of litigation.