ricren Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hi, I just build this new machine: CPU: Intel 930 Motherboard: Asus P5LD2-VM Memory : 2gigs. OS: 10.4.4 Maxuss plus 10.4.5 patch plus 10.5.6 update v3. The reason that I ask this is because it thought that this new machine would be much faster than my Macbook Pro 1.8, (After all, the 930 CPU is a dual core 3.0 Ghz against 1.8 on the Macbook) but it just feels the same. How can I test if this new system has SS3 enabled? thanks for any ideas on this. Ric Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXactOpposite Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 The reason that I ask this is because it thought that this new machine would be much faster than my Macbook Pro 1.8, (After all, the 930 CPU is a dual core 3.0 Ghz against 1.8 on the Macbook) but it just feels the same. How can I test if this new system has SS3 enabled? thanks for any ideas on this. Ric as far as i know a 1.8 ghz core duo and a 3.0ghz pentium-d shouldn't be too far off in performance. i don't think you're gonna see a lot of difference between the 2. i would imagine there are some bookmarks somewhere that can give you more insight on this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 1.83Ghz Core Duo is equivalent to 4.4Ghz Pentium 4. Core Duo has much better and efficient architecture. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 That's actually a common mistake. The Core Duo 1.83 GHz is actually two cores running at 915 MHz. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
node64 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 really? i assumed that both cores were 1.83 like the pentium d's. would that not mae the 1.83 core solo majorly outperform the core duo?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXactOpposite Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2648&p=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 That's actually a common mistake. The Core Duo 1.83 GHz is actually two cores running at 915 MHz. Thats not correct. Its 1.83 Ghz per core. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-128713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 They have power management that when idle, the Processor speed is reduced to a lower level to Keep Cool and for Longer Battery Life. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-129019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricren Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Guys, How can a Dual Core Pentium D 930 (that runs at 3.0 Ghz and have a big cache) can be the same speed as a Dual core 1.8? They have both dual cores and the 930 runs 50% faster. Curiously, the Ananthech article do not compare Core Duos with Pentium D of the 9xx line, wich are really nice CPUs. cheers Ric Going back to the subjet of this thread, Is there any test I could do to really check if SS3 is enabled correctly on this machine? CPU-Z running on XP tells me that this CPUis SSE3 capable, but in the Mac side, I can not find any way to check for this. Or this is just non sense? thanks Ric Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-129033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXactOpposite Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Guys, How can a Dual Core Pentium D 930 (that runs at 3.0 Ghz and have a big cache) can be the same speed as a Dual core 1.8? They have both dual cores and the 930 runs 50% faster. Curiously, the Ananthech article do not compare Core Duos with Pentium D of the 9xx line, which are really nice CPUs. cheers Ric Going back to the subjet of this thread, Is there any test I could do to really check if SS3 is enabled correctly on this machine? CPU-Z running on XP tells me that this CPUis SSE3 capable, but in the Mac side, I can not find any way to check for this. Or this is just non sense? thanks Ric from what i have read here if your cpu is sse3 capable then it will be used, even if u have installed sse2 support. is u have sse2 support installed then sse3 won't show up on the list of capabilities in my computer. in all my reading here recently i found this info but i don't' remember what post it was in. clock speed is not the only factor in determining the abilities of a CPU. it's commonly known that the current crop of AMD cpu's are a lot faster per mhz than the current line of pentiums. a 1.8 ghz athlon is roughly equivalent to a 3.0 ghz pentium. the core solo/duo chips are on par with the athlons in that regard. the "pipeline" of the pentium chips is longer which basically means that it's not as efficient as the core series, and the amd chips. there is a lot of info online about why the pentium isn't as fast per clock speed as other chips. not to say that there is anything wrong with a pentium, it just has to work faster to get the same amount done. this is why earlier i said that u shouldn't see a lot of difference. if anything the core duo may be faster Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-129200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricren Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Thanks a lot for your comments. Ric Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19619-how-to-know-if-i-have-ss3-enabled/#findComment-129208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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