natgab Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 OK, I have a comparison question for those of you who migrated from PPC to Intel. I use a Power Mac G5 1.8GHz DP (rev. 2) as my main machine. I have 3GHz RAM and use it for photo editing, light video editing and some webpage work. Personal, not work. My brother has a DualCore 2 1.8GHz on his windows PC. I do notice it is slower when making a DVD out of a Divx file. He thinks a bump up to a 2.2 would be at least equivalent power. Please suggest options. When I choose a mobo (no $ yet) I will be looking at something which can use a faster chip later but would be ok with something equivalent to begin with. My use would be to make a replacement machine to be readly for end of PPC support I want to know how much my CPU expense might be, in case a suitable mobo at a good price is mentioned in a forum thread. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo's are faster per ghz than G5's. A cheap Pentium dual core E5200 @ 2.5ghz ($60) should be significantly faster than a 1.8ghz Dual G5. They overclock really amazingly well too. It's a great time to be a consumer. There are many motherboards which work well with OS X, check the Wiki & the Forum. I can recommend some for you if you like. You can then upgrade it to a Quad core later for a speed boost. Price range is $50-$120. My use would be to make a replacement machine to be readly for end of PPC support What end of support? Leopard should work well & be supported for a long time to come still. Almost all the applications will be universal, only a few will be Intel only. The main reason to switch to Intel should be a speed boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natgab Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo's are faster per ghz than G5's. A cheap Pentium dual core E5200 @ 2.5ghz ($60) should be significantly faster than a 1.8ghz Dual G5. They overclock really amazingly well too. It's a great time to be a consumer. There are many motherboards which work well with OS X, check the Wiki & the Forum. I can recommend some for you if you like. You can then upgrade it to a Quad core later for a speed boost. Price range is $50-$120. --Great to know the switch would be a good speed boost, since I want to build a replacement machine and not a 2nd " hobby machine ". I will have to wait on a recommendation untill I actually have the money at least for the motherboard & CPU. This way I can get timely recommendations of what is available. What end of support? Leopard should work well & be supported for a long time to come still. Almost all the applications will be universal, only a few will be Intel only. The main reason to switch to Intel should be a speed boost. --Bad wording on my part . I meant to say that my G5's speed is being left behind for some of the newer apps. I feel it makes more sense to go ahead and do a chip switch and not just upgrade my G5 with the last of the G5 quads. The new iLife has some stuff limited to Intel only I believe. Anyway, thanks for the speed info. I will keep reading the forum while i save up the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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