retroz Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Wondering if I should update my CPU to a dual core X2 AMD or just go with a GMA setup! Thanks for the help. Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19294-would-i-see-an-increase-with-sse3-vs-sse2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 it depends on how much money you have. right now you can put together a flawless GMA or X1600, 10.4.6 (Intel) system, with excellent performance. no matter what system you end up building it will be obsolete within a year. so, buy what you can afford and have fun. i spent 60 dollars on a motherboard and used the parts i had laying about the house. i'm pleased. Asrock 915GL P4 3.0Ghz 1.5Ram, X800GT/GMA900 QE 'n CI (on both) QuickCam and iChat, SATA etc. (it's all good, but if i had endless amounts of money my hobby mac would truly rock continents... ) i'd wait for 10.5, if i already didn't have a working (smooth as butter SSE2) system. it's a money call. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19294-would-i-see-an-increase-with-sse3-vs-sse2/#findComment-126653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Absolutely right, Quixos. Performance is an elusive goal, and you're always going to end up with something that's inferior to the latest and greatest in a short time. Retroz, I wouldn't swap out your CPU for that dual core just yet, you really won't see a huge difference. As I said elsewhere today, unless you're a demon gamer or rocket scientist computing huge prime numbers, almost anything less than a couple of years old will give you satisfying performance. I'd go for what you can find without spending loads of money. Be honest with yourself about what you actually need, rather than desire, and if you can really justify it later when technology has made another huge leap, then you can upgrade parts as you want. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19294-would-i-see-an-increase-with-sse3-vs-sse2/#findComment-126993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroz Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 Absolutely right, Quixos. Performance is an elusive goal, and you're always going to end up with something that's inferior to the latest and greatest in a short time. Retroz, I wouldn't swap out your CPU for that dual core just yet, you really won't see a huge difference. As I said elsewhere today, unless you're a demon gamer or rocket scientist computing huge prime numbers, almost anything less than a couple of years old will give you satisfying performance. I'd go for what you can find without spending loads of money. Be honest with yourself about what you actually need, rather than desire, and if you can really justify it later when technology has made another huge leap, then you can upgrade parts as you want. Thanks, well I did it, I pulled the trigger and bought a dual core Pentium D 3.0 (SSE3) and Intel Motherboard on board GMA...and saw quite a dramtic increase....will start another thread for obvious reasons! :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19294-would-i-see-an-increase-with-sse3-vs-sse2/#findComment-127062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Absolutely right, Quixos. Performance is an elusive goal, and you're always going to end up with something that's inferior to the latest and greatest in a short time. Retroz, I wouldn't swap out your CPU for that dual core just yet, you really won't see a huge difference. As I said elsewhere today, unless you're a demon gamer or rocket scientist computing huge prime numbers, almost anything less than a couple of years old will give you satisfying performance. I'd go for what you can find without spending loads of money. Be honest with yourself about what you actually need, rather than desire, and if you can really justify it later when technology has made another huge leap, then you can upgrade parts as you want. Indeed. I built my original *triple-boot* box (XP, Ubuntu, and OS X 10.4.6) with, of all processors, a P4 2.6 Northwood-C at its core. HT, but not SSE3. Still, with the apropos hacks and patches, I could run any app a CoreDuo Mac could run. And often did. I even had CoreImage and QuartzExtreme support, courtesy of my *two years dead* ATI AIW 9700 Pro (which there was never a Mac version of; however, the base 9700 Pro did see duty in a few early G4 Macs). The onboard sound and networking both worked without hitches. Rosetta (properly patched) worked. Universal binaries worked. So I had access to darn near the entire MadeForMac software arsenal. (Only a few games didn't work.) So capability-wise, I took a back seat to very few Macs, and those that did beat me performancewise were more than three times the price. Not bad for a weekend project that cost me a spare hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19294-would-i-see-an-increase-with-sse3-vs-sse2/#findComment-158654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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