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Quote: Originally Posted by sennen CPU: Santa Rosa May 07. Penryn Q1 08. clock speeds: c.2.33-2.66? [nehalem, a big step forward, perhaps the next (3rd from now) iteration again in second half of 08? - as a video editor/dvd author, i've read th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kenaustus I believe that NAB will be close enough to Leopard's release that the secrets can finally be released to the public - with a FULL version landing in the hands of current testers that same day. Let's face i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison I rarely see new procs hitting servers before Desktop/Workstations. Servers always require a tad bit more care. The processor release will be done based on business priorirty. Even last year, I believe W…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kzelk4 I thought santa rosa and penryn were different platforms. How can they come at the same time Santa Rosa is the chipset/platform, Penryn is the CPU.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mathijs de Bruin Okeeej, but you're sure that it's not just a 'rumor'?! Everybody can scream that it will be launched tomorrow! :S Then scream away my friend. Did you read the link that I posted?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Informal poll of Mac Pro and PowerMac owners: How many expansion slots do you use in your machine? None other than the one for the graphics card ...
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According to the Inquirer, AMD's latest graphics board R600XTX is coming soon to a Mac near you. "We can now reveal to you that the board you have been seeing around the web is actually a specific design which has only one customer right now. The na…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell There have been several reports that intel ha been pushing Penryn ahead of its schedule. So it sounds as if they are attempting to get it out as quickly as possible. Imagine if the next MacBooks have Leopa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shanmugam http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...070204comp.htm MacPro Tera in five years Instead of teraflop it might be a MEGA FLOP
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Quote: Originally Posted by googleplex If Leopard requires an external HDD in order to run Time Machine (although I don't understand why a second internal hdd wouldn't do if you had a mac pro), then surely it would make business sense to offer an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by 1337_5L4Xx0R BTW, the L2 cache is 3MB total shared cache, not 6. This looks to be an evolutionary step forward. Looking forward to it, but not with baited breath. Intel currently makes the Core 2 duos in 2MB and 4MB…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland So now I think I get it. Does that mean that a 2.0Ghz one of these chips will be 10 or 20% faster than an existing 2.0Ghz? Or is it your point that we'll see more of a higher Ghz number in computers? Or is it b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I think it's a pointless gimmick. It looks cool but can you imagine throwing 10,000 documents in there? Not only will the physics engine kill your processor, you'll never be able to sort the items. The whole rea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Point is it's a very vague statement to make. They say it's the biggest advancement in the chip in over 40 years, if we only see 10% gains, then thier level of bullshit would be 100% IMO. Let's wait and see, I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon But will it be able to do cross fire? SLI? That I don't know ... its designed for the workstation segment ... I don't know how popular SLI/crossfire is outside of gaming ...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland No you so and so. My point is that the numbers 10 and 80 are both double digits. Even a low double digit gain is nothing to sneeze at. CPUs sometime can cost double for increase in performance like that. For…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Double digit increase? I reached double digits when I was 10 years old, let's hope they meant 80%. So you are 80 now? Steve Smith, Intel Vice President Digital Enterprise Group, when asked about the eff…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon what about more pci-e lanes in severs / workstations. 20-24 sucks next to NForce pro. The upcoming (Q2'07?) Intel Stoakley workstation platform, designed for Woodcrest/Clovertwon and the new Penryn b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon by 08 HTX cards may be a big thing and intel may be fored to use amd HT bus. Yes, it's possible but Intel is a huge market force by themselves. Any acceptable standard (CSI) they can come up with shou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xsmi Mac Pros are based on the xeon class processors. This appears to be a a core2 duo upgrade ie iMacs, MBP, MB, and minis. All the newer single, and dual socket Xeon CPUs (including the Xeon 51xx aka Woodcrest se…