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http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=2879 on the windows version of geekbench which measures CPU, RAM, and math performance(this was a core 2 duo extreme x6800 2.93 Ghz overclocked to 3.66Ghz)

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry161680 for iHack and Mac pro

 

NOTE: Keep in mind that the windows version is slightly more optimized than the mac version.

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26 3002 MacPro1,1

Intel® Xeon® CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz x 4 >>>300.3

 

27 3485 Developer Transition Kit

Intel® Core2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz x 2 >>>299.7

 

i'm just below that one, i'm the developer transition kit guy ehehehehe.

 

207 on roseta :blink:

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Yes but Apple can learn from that and make tight security ;)

 

I got 398.2! at 3ghz! sweeeeeeeet! 433 at 3.6 hmmm

 

All I need to make mine perfect for me is a soundcard that will work with guitar rig as I use that all the time on real macs :)

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Ok... some more benchmark results..

Memory is slightly underclocked for stability reasons at the moment.

No optimations at all... I'm happy to have gotten the whole system to work properly today.

 

MacOSX 10.4.6 Jas + Jas update to 10.4.7

 

Got Final Cut Pro to run today as well. Very happy about that.

Now to just increase my performance on HD Memory and CPU.

Had this baby run XP at 3.6 Ghz yesterday. But not stable enough yet.

Need to optimise my DDR2 a little bit more. It is not the CPU which hits the ceiling.

 

But these results are at 2.4Ghz with DDR2 running at 266Mhz at 5.5.5.15

 

I also would love to see Crossfire support working....

Right now it is running on 1 card only I think. X1600pro

 

Geekbench score : 248.8

XBench 1.2 : 116.91

 

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Geekbench 2006 (build 190). Email geekbench@geekpatrol.ca with feedback.

 

System Information

Geekbench Version: Geekbench 2006 (build 190)

Geekbench Platform: Mac OS X x86

Geekbench Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)

OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 (Build 8J2135)

Model: Developer Transition Kit

Motherboard: ADP2,1

Processor: Intel® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6

Logical Processor Count: 2

Physical Processor Count: 2

Processor Frequency: 2400 MHz

Bus Frequency: 1064 MHz

Memory: 1024 MB

 

Integer Performance

Emulate 6502

single-threaded scalar 149.6 (rate: 1.0, result: 282.9 MHz)

multi-threaded scalar 297.5 (rate: 2.0, result: 562.0 MHz)

Blowfish

single-threaded scalar 210.4 (rate: 1.0, result: 86.8 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 419.7 (rate: 2.0, result: 173.1 MB/sec)

bzip2 Compress

single-threaded scalar 203.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 31.6 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 400.9 (rate: 2.0, result: 62.2 MB/sec)

bzip2 Decompress

single-threaded scalar 255.8 (rate: 1.0, result: 95.1 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 524.6 (rate: 2.0, result: 189.0 MB/sec)

 

Floating Point Performance

Mandelbrot

single-threaded scalar 162.6 (rate: 1.0, result: 1.2 Gflops)

multi-threaded scalar 324.2 (rate: 2.0, result: 2.3 Gflops)

Dot Product

single-threaded scalar 327.9 (rate: 1.0, result: 521.9 Mflops)

multi-threaded scalar 557.0 (rate: 1.8, result: 918.2 Mflops)

single-threaded vector 138.8 (rate: 3.8, result: 2.0 Gflops)

multi-threaded vector 262.9 (rate: 7.3, result: 3.8 Gflops)

JPEG Compress

single-threaded scalar 146.1 (rate: 1.0, result: 13.6 Mpixels/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 291.2 (rate: 2.0, result: 27.0 Mpixels/sec)

JPEG Decompress

single-threaded scalar 138.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 23.1 Mpixels/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 273.6 (rate: 2.0, result: 45.4 Mpixels/sec)

 

Memory Performance

Read Sequential

single-threaded scalar 384.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 4.8 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 287.1 (rate: 0.4, result: 1.7 GB/sec)

Write Sequential

single-threaded scalar 547.8 (rate: 1.0, result: 4.2 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 323.1 (rate: 0.3, result: 1.2 GB/sec)

Stdlib Allocate

single-threaded scalar 243.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 8.6 Mallocs/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 76.2 (rate: 0.3, result: 2.7 Mallocs/sec)

Stdlib Write

single-threaded scalar 166.3 (rate: 1.0, result: 4.2 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 183.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 4.3 GB/sec)

Stdlib Copy

single-threaded scalar 337.9 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.7 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 399.2 (rate: 1.1, result: 4.1 GB/sec)

 

Stream Performance

Stream Copy

single-threaded scalar 201.9 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.5 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 194.1 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.4 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 178.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.4 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 171.9 (rate: 0.9, result: 2.3 GB/sec)

Stream Scale

single-threaded scalar 212.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.5 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 195.7 (rate: 0.9, result: 2.3 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 184.9 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.5 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 169.5 (rate: 0.9, result: 2.3 GB/sec)

Stream Add

single-threaded scalar 177.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.3 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 189.9 (rate: 1.1, result: 2.6 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 185.8 (rate: 1.1, result: 2.6 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 180.7 (rate: 1.1, result: 2.6 GB/sec)

Stream Triad

single-threaded scalar 177.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 2.3 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 192.4 (rate: 1.1, result: 2.6 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 154.5 (rate: 1.2, result: 2.7 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 145.4 (rate: 1.1, result: 2.6 GB/sec)

 

Overall Score: 248.8

 

Results 116.91

System Info

Xbench Version 1.2

System Version 10.4.7 (8J2135)

Physical RAM 1024 MB

Model ADP2,1

Drive Type WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0

CPU Test 119.77

GCD Loop 285.99 15.08 Mops/sec

Floating Point Basic 137.63 3.27 Gflop/sec

vecLib FFT 86.86 2.87 Gflop/sec

Floating Point Library 89.90 15.66 Mops/sec

Thread Test 241.11

Computation 219.97 4.46 Mops/sec, 4 threads

Lock Contention 266.75 11.48 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads

Memory Test 149.60

System 153.33

Allocate 119.11 437.41 Kalloc/sec

Fill 168.53 8194.40 MB/sec

Copy 190.97 3944.47 MB/sec

Stream 146.04

Copy 136.73 2824.09 MB/sec

Scale 141.05 2914.10 MB/sec

Add 153.97 3279.79 MB/sec

Triad 154.04 3295.36 MB/sec

Quartz Graphics Test 107.74

Line 97.60 6.50 Klines/sec [50% alpha]

Rectangle 96.01 28.66 Krects/sec [50% alpha]

Circle 93.34 7.61 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]

Bezier 117.34 2.96 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]

Text 153.61 9.61 Kchars/sec

OpenGL Graphics Test 192.67

Spinning Squares 192.67 244.42 frames/sec

User Interface Test 122.60

Elements 122.60 562.69 refresh/sec

Disk Test 55.35

Sequential 107.80

Uncached Write 111.21 68.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 100.64 56.94 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 114.59 33.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 105.82 53.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 37.23

Uncached Write 12.74 1.35 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 102.01 32.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 87.59 0.62 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 129.78 24.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]

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Ok at 3GHz :

 

Geekbench : 324

Xbench : 154.15

 

Hmmm.... Could still be improved but is now rock solid...

 

Well prime was running for enough time to give a good indication...

 

Bad results due to HD and VGA I guess...

But looks fine compared to stainboys 2.8GHz

 

Stainboys : CPU 145.88 Mem : 184.39

Mine : CPU 148.21 Mem : 201.15

 

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Results 154.15

System Info

Xbench Version 1.2

System Version 10.4.7 (8J2135)

Physical RAM 1024 MB

Model ADP2,1

Drive Type WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0

CPU Test 148.21

GCD Loop 356.40 18.79 Mops/sec

Floating Point Basic 171.44 4.07 Gflop/sec

vecLib FFT 105.89 3.49 Gflop/sec

Floating Point Library 112.27 19.55 Mops/sec

Thread Test 298.03

Computation 273.57 5.54 Mops/sec, 4 threads

Lock Contention 327.30 14.08 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads

Memory Test 201.15

System 193.47

Allocate 152.05 558.37 Kalloc/sec

Fill 210.58 10239.01 MB/sec

Copy 239.19 4940.35 MB/sec

Stream 209.48

Copy 190.22 3928.86 MB/sec

Scale 198.12 4093.13 MB/sec

Add 227.36 4843.19 MB/sec

Triad 227.68 4870.61 MB/sec

Quartz Graphics Test 207.29

Line 185.48 12.35 Klines/sec [50% alpha]

Rectangle 228.96 68.36 Krects/sec [50% alpha]

Circle 216.67 17.66 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]

Bezier 201.10 5.07 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]

Text 209.48 13.10 Kchars/sec

OpenGL Graphics Test 240.97

Spinning Squares 240.97 305.69 frames/sec

User Interface Test 454.10

Elements 454.10 2.08 Krefresh/sec

Disk Test 52.19

Sequential 100.78

Uncached Write 103.85 63.76 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 80.47 45.53 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 122.28 35.79 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 105.73 53.14 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 35.21

Uncached Write 12.03 1.27 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 93.99 30.09 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 86.99 0.62 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 119.51 22.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

Geekbench 2006 (build 190). Email geekbench@geekpatrol.ca with feedback.

 

System Information

Geekbench Version: Geekbench 2006 (build 190)

Geekbench Platform: Mac OS X x86

Geekbench Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)

OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 (Build 8J2135)

Model: Developer Transition Kit

Motherboard: ADP2,1

Processor: Intel® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6

Logical Processor Count: 2

Physical Processor Count: 2

Processor Frequency: 3000 MHz

Bus Frequency: 1332 MHz

Memory: 1024 MB

 

Integer Performance

Emulate 6502

single-threaded scalar 186.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 352.1 MHz)

multi-threaded scalar 370.2 (rate: 2.0, result: 699.5 MHz)

Blowfish

single-threaded scalar 262.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 108.4 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 524.8 (rate: 2.0, result: 216.5 MB/sec)

bzip2 Compress

single-threaded scalar 253.7 (rate: 1.0, result: 39.5 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 505.8 (rate: 2.0, result: 78.4 MB/sec)

bzip2 Decompress

single-threaded scalar 319.1 (rate: 1.0, result: 118.7 MB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 655.8 (rate: 2.0, result: 236.2 MB/sec)

 

Floating Point Performance

Mandelbrot

single-threaded scalar 203.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 1.4 Gflops)

multi-threaded scalar 405.6 (rate: 2.0, result: 2.9 Gflops)

Dot Product

single-threaded scalar 409.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 651.2 Mflops)

multi-threaded scalar 673.4 (rate: 1.7, result: 1.1 Gflops)

single-threaded vector 172.7 (rate: 3.7, result: 2.4 Gflops)

multi-threaded vector 328.1 (rate: 7.3, result: 4.7 Gflops)

JPEG Compress

single-threaded scalar 182.5 (rate: 1.0, result: 16.9 Mpixels/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 364.1 (rate: 2.0, result: 33.7 Mpixels/sec)

JPEG Decompress

single-threaded scalar 173.8 (rate: 1.0, result: 28.9 Mpixels/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 345.0 (rate: 2.0, result: 57.2 Mpixels/sec)

 

Memory Performance

Read Sequential

single-threaded scalar 470.3 (rate: 1.0, result: 5.8 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 355.5 (rate: 0.4, result: 2.2 GB/sec)

Write Sequential

single-threaded scalar 847.3 (rate: 1.0, result: 6.4 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 446.1 (rate: 0.3, result: 1.7 GB/sec)

Stdlib Allocate

single-threaded scalar 303.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 10.7 Mallocs/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 84.7 (rate: 0.3, result: 3.0 Mallocs/sec)

Stdlib Write

single-threaded scalar 207.9 (rate: 1.0, result: 5.3 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 231.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 5.4 GB/sec)

Stdlib Copy

single-threaded scalar 420.4 (rate: 1.0, result: 4.6 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 508.7 (rate: 1.1, result: 5.3 GB/sec)

 

Stream Performance

Stream Copy

single-threaded scalar 271.4 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.4 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 272.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.4 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 257.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.5 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 238.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.3 GB/sec)

Stream Scale

single-threaded scalar 288.0 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.4 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 281.1 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.3 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 251.5 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.4 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 239.2 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.3 GB/sec)

Stream Add

single-threaded scalar 231.4 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.0 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 267.4 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.6 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 252.6 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.5 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 261.3 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.7 GB/sec)

Stream Triad

single-threaded scalar 234.3 (rate: 1.0, result: 3.0 GB/sec)

multi-threaded scalar 277.8 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.7 GB/sec)

single-threaded vector 214.9 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.7 GB/sec)

multi-threaded vector 205.5 (rate: 1.2, result: 3.7 GB/sec)

 

Overall Score: 324.0

 

BTW I've found some MAC OSX drivers for the 8187 wireless of the P5W DH Mainboard

 

Testing at the moment also......

 

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That xfire for 85 looks awesome

 

Anyway is it overclokeable?, i think thats the most importan question...

 

 

mmm

Asus P5WDH US$ 265

Asrock US$85

 

E6600 US$ 460

E6300 US$ 229

 

so one can go with 6300 + asus for around 500

 

or go for e6600 and asrock xfire for around 545

 

mmmm its like money overcloked =)

 

and maybe arock xfire could pull a little overclocking :censored2:

 

TOPAZ BAR you should see if its overclockeable at all, i will love to have news in that front from you

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I have $2,000 to spend on a osx86 core2 duo system.

Up to $1,000 of which can go for an LCD

(currently looking at Apple's 23" unless someone can suggest a better one, please do.)

 

Is it possible to have two Intel e6400?

I want to overclock it to be as close as possible to the Mac Pro.

 

I am not a big gamer but I play sometimes so money doesn't need to go into a great video card.

I would rather spend money on a nice case (slick and quiet).

Only need two HDD bays (smaller the case the better for me)

Water cooled would be great but not if it's one of those that have a big bulky equipment outside of the computer.

 

I could buy an IMac but I want the most amount of power I can get to better use Adobe CS 2 products which won't see a universal update for another year.

 

Graeme43, Stainboy, Antoniya001 you guys have awesome systems!! I'd like to join that club :poster_oops:

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Up to $1,000 of which can go for an LCD

(currently looking at Apple's 23" unless someone can suggest a better one, please do.)

 

Apple panels are a rip, try the Dell 2407WFP: http://www.cmishop.com/store/ShowDetails.a...txtSiteTrack=FG

 

Is it possible to have two Intel e6400?

 

No.

 

I would rather spend money on a nice case (slick and quiet).

 

I have started a thread on "slick" cases here (and have quite a few more to add): http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24145

 

I could buy an IMac but I want the most amount of power I can get to better use Adobe CS 2 products which won't see a universal update for another year.

 

What?

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Thanks Bofors!

 

How about two Intel e6300 chips? (I keep seeing e6300x2 configurations for some bench marks)

 

Those cases look like nice alternatives to the real apple cheese grinder ;)

 

I have seen the Dell 2407WFP and they don't seem to be as bright as the Apple 23". The apple 23" is ofcourse prettier. Counting tax and shipping the difference is about $160 and the Apple 23" is worth the extra price to me because the computer will be in a place where everyone can see it. It's just worth the $160 for something I'll have for three or more years. The Dells used to be a lot cheaper than the Apple displays but not so much anymore since Apple lowered their LCDs prices last week. Apple LCD 23" $999 -$100 student discount.

 

What I meant with the last comment about Adobe CS2:

 

Adobe CS2 products such as Photoshop, Illlustrator are currently not Universal binaries. On an intel mac they have to run through Rosetta, we all know that. I can afford to buy a 20" Intel IMac for $2,000. I would rather spend $2,000 on a faster system than the IMac is. With a faster system, Rosetta will run none universal apps like Photoshop much faster than the current Intel IMac. I say this because Photoshop is FAST when I tested it on the new Mac Pro and not nearly as fast when I tested Photoshop on an Intel IMac.

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How about two Intel e6300 chips? (I keep seeing e6300x2 configurations for some bench marks)

That is not possible, Conroe chipsets only support one CPU, not two.

 

It's just worth the $160 for something I'll have for three or more years.

Don't forget that Apple screws people with a one year warranty, Dell offers the industry standard three year.

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Is there a good MicroATX motherboard that will be able to overclock an Intel e6600? I see there are some LGA 775 MicroATX motherboards on NewEgg but I don't know if they are good for overclocking.

 

There are some nice, small cases I would like to use.

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If CS2 is of prime importance for you get a used Apple G5 Dual with 2Ghz or better. Or even the G5 Quad. Until Adobe releases an UniBin update (expected for the 2nd quarter 2007) these will be the fastest machines to run photoshop.

 

 

 

I could buy an IMac but I want the most amount of power I can get to better use Adobe CS 2 products which won't see a universal update for another year.
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