I think it will run 20-30% faster. The beautiful thing is, upgrading from a TiBook 867mhz, a dual 2Ghz Intel Core processor will be faster at PPC binaries than this PPC machine at most tasks.... mmm.... speed....
I think it will run 20-30% faster. The beautiful thing is, upgrading from a TiBook 867mhz, a dual 2Ghz Intel Core processor will be faster at PPC binaries than this PPC machine at most tasks.... mmm.... speed....
I remember when this happen with the 680x0 emulator on the PowerPC. Technology marches on. At least the PPC will remain faster at a few specific tasks for a while, whereas the 680x0 was pretty much outclassed in everything right away, even under the emulator.
Rosetta on Core Duo is already fast. Fast enough for nearly everything short of professional use production quality apps. A 20-30% speed boost with Core2 Duo should fix even that.
Core 2 Duo increases cache size and that'll help a lot I think, but the main resource hog of Rosetta is hat it uses A LOT OF RAM. ~400 MB + 25% extra from every PPC app. Core 2 Duo won't change any of that, but we will be able to use more than 2 GB of RAM.. and that'll be quite welcome. I'm not sure what 64 bit will do for Rosetta..
Rosetta on Core Duo is already fast. Fast enough for nearly everything short of professional use production quality apps. A 20-30% speed boost with Core2 Duo should fix even that.
Right, maybe I should rephrase the question.
How do you think photoshop's performance will change using the core 2 duo compared to the core duo.
No worries. And the performance under Rosetta should be acceptable/comparable, not mind-blowing compared to current G5's. I would expect mind-blowing will occur when Adobe finally delivers the Universal Binary CS suite.
No worries. And the performance under Rosetta should be acceptable/comparable, not mind-blowing compared to current G5's. I would expect mind-blowing will occur when Adobe finally delivers the Universal Binary CS suite.
yes of course, of which I can deal with Rosetta until then.
Core 2 Duo increases cache size and that'll help a lot I think, but the main resource hog of Rosetta is hat it uses A LOT OF RAM. ~400 MB + 25% extra from every PPC app. Core 2 Duo won't change any of that, but we will be able to use more than 2 GB of RAM.. and that'll be quite welcome. I'm not sure what 64 bit will do for Rosetta..
Core Duo can now support 4GB of RAM. I know Dell laptops using the Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) that support 4GB of RAM. I even wonder if the MBP's can support 4GB now if one was to get 2 2GB cards.
No, just like nobody ever found 640K to be enough. Unless all you do is surf the web and do email extra RAM will help. Especially if you have any apps that run under Rosetta.
The funny thing about Rosetta is that it never seems to max out the CPU. My guess would be it would increase speed if the chips are faster per clock cycle but any more increase than that would be null. My $0.02.
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Originally posted by 1337_5L4Xx0R
I think it will run 20-30% faster. The beautiful thing is, upgrading from a TiBook 867mhz, a dual 2Ghz Intel Core processor will be faster at PPC binaries than this PPC machine at most tasks.... mmm.... speed....
I remember when this happen with the 680x0 emulator on the PowerPC. Technology marches on. At least the PPC will remain faster at a few specific tasks for a while, whereas the 680x0 was pretty much outclassed in everything right away, even under the emulator.
Originally posted by Hiro
Rosetta on Core Duo is already fast. Fast enough for nearly everything short of professional use production quality apps. A 20-30% speed boost with Core2 Duo should fix even that.
Right, maybe I should rephrase the question.
How do you think photoshop's performance will change using the core 2 duo compared to the core duo.
professional use production quality apps
doesn't scream Photoshop!
Originally posted by Hiro
What part of doesn't scream Photoshop!
misread your reply. My humble apologies. And thanks for the info btw.
Originally posted by Hiro
No worries. And the performance under Rosetta should be acceptable/comparable, not mind-blowing compared to current G5's. I would expect mind-blowing will occur when Adobe finally delivers the Universal Binary CS suite.
yes of course, of which I can deal with Rosetta until then.
Is it 20-30% like people were referencing above?
Originally posted by Henriok
Core 2 Duo increases cache size and that'll help a lot I think, but the main resource hog of Rosetta is hat it uses A LOT OF RAM. ~400 MB + 25% extra from every PPC app. Core 2 Duo won't change any of that, but we will be able to use more than 2 GB of RAM.. and that'll be quite welcome. I'm not sure what 64 bit will do for Rosetta..
Core Duo can now support 4GB of RAM. I know Dell laptops using the Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) that support 4GB of RAM. I even wonder if the MBP's can support 4GB now if one was to get 2 2GB cards.
Except that there are only 2 slots, and no one makes 2GB DIMMs yet . . .
That makes so little sense I feel dumber just reading it.