retroz Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/firstlooks...bench/index.php "We’ve ordered Mac Pros in a few different configurations and will test them as they arrive. The first machine to come in was the standard configuration—the $2,499 Dual-Core Mac Pro with two 2.66GHz Xeon processors, 1GB of Fully-Buffered DDR2 RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 16X SuperDrive with double-layer support, and an Nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics card. This out-of-the-box Mac Pro configuration earned the highest Speedmark score ever recorded in our tests." - source MACWORLD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Nice. The Adobe Photoshop CS2 score is due to no universal binary (for those that come on here and bash not knowing what is what). Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 What's the Xbench? I'm interested in comparing the Conroe Hackintoshes head to head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 according to ArsTechnica, a Mac Pro with 2X 2.66ghz Xeon 5100 CPU's, 1gb of RAM and GeForce 7300 scored a 131.77 in XBench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u1m2 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Why did all the review sites get the standard 7300GT, imo if they are paying for the hardware out of their pockets they should've gotten the X1900 and let us see how good the new Mac Pro can be in gaming as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Got to build a Load of comps for a Gaming Related Company soon. maybe ill earn myself a macbook pro lappy or might get me some Quad Workstation Goodness. God i bet that Workstation would fly with nicely compiled Software and a Few High End Graphics Cards.. The Realm of true RealTime Computing is not that a Distant Prospect for us Home Users no more. Would liked to have Seen all Cores used in Mac Pro Core2 Architerue (Edit: just checked, and it does indeed use it) and a MemController on a Single Die TBH, But were perfectionists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 because 7300GT is the stock configuration meaning faster ship time. If they wanted to get a customized Mac Pro, they'll likely have to wait at least a week before they get it (assuming the Mac Pro's are built in China) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u1m2 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Oh ok then, I'm waiting for a gaming benchies comparison, especially between single processor dual core systems. Core 2 Duo vs G5 Dual Core or something similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroz Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 Nice. The Adobe Photoshop CS2 score is due to no universal binary (for those that come on here and bash not knowing what is what). Good stuff. Yeah, slow in PS is due to non UB, it will fly when it is UB. The funny thing is I am seeing at some audio sites that they don't see a big difference and think that the stock G5 is fine, which it is to some extent, but this goes with my "dumb" theory. Do they realize that this is vs a quad and that a quad used to be $3499? LOL. I can't wait to see the 3.0 benchmarks either, in addition, I know AMD is coming out with dual cpu boards and since AMD is that means INTEL will as well which means Asus, Abit, Gigabyte will as well. So in time we should see dual CPU motherboards which means overclocking........since the XEONS already run cool (they are really only called XEONS based on the way they address the memory thus the ECC and the way the core communicate to each other working in tangent.....I am wondering when these boards will hit the streets and who, when, someone here will load OSX 10.4.6/7 on a dou core 2 XEON on a Gigabyte/Asus/Abit and get it up to 3.5, maybe 4.0 gigahertz. That said, IMHO, if dual display is not figured out, I would go with a Mac Pro, lowest config and swap the CPU's to 3.0 when the quad cores and then otco cores come out. Just my .03 cents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raph Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 conroe mac is FAST! did 126 xbench on mine ( GB RAM 1.86 ghz CPU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceTea Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Would you mind to provide some more details concerning your "conroe mac"? conroe mac is FAST! did 126 xbench on mine ( GB RAM 1.86 ghz CPU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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