drho2004 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hello, i finally built me a rig to just run osx86. Mobo: Asus P5GV-MX CPU: Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.66ghz LGA775 socket SSE3(?) 1GB Ram GMA900 Thermatake 430watt p.s cheap ass case :-) Jas 10.4.6 native install Hitachi 160GB SATA HD WOW all i gotta say WOW. OSX runs soooo smooth on this rig. everything works. sound, ethernet, core image, quartz, all resolutions are avaible (running at 1600x1200 on my samsung 20" LCD) this is huge step, comming from a 550mhz powerbook, and a B&W G3 @450mhz. Only thing that bothers me though is that my cpu im using, according to Intel docs, its a SSE3 cpu. my system profiler says only SSE2. when i installed the system, i first clicked on the sse3 patch, but the thing wouldnt boot, then i re-install and clicked onthe ss2 patch on the jas 10.4.6 dvd, and it worked. but i checked and i chekced and all LGA775 socket cpu's are sse3 according to intel. is there any way to turn on ss3? or its just a quirk of the install? i gotta say, 'feels' like a new iMac at the very least. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Maybe you have more luck with a jas 10.4.8 sse3 dvd. Thats what i would try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/#findComment-263723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 its hit or miss, some processors itll print it sometimes it wont. If itunes and other programs work then its using the sse3 instructions. dont worry Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/#findComment-263732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drho2004 Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 ah thats what i thought. itunes 7 works just as good as it does on my friends quad mac pro. smooth as butter. so yes i think its running on sse3. on my previous atemp on a sse2 amd machine, itunes 7 wouldnt even work. im still amazed how well this thing works. my old school BT dongle,pluged in BAM works no problems. i just need a nicer case with better airflow, this one is kinda {censored}. but im REALLY happy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/#findComment-264413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeasy Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 congrats, it good to hear some people are having luck with their systems! btw, my family doctor is called dr ho as well! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/#findComment-264537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drho2004 Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 word? drho? haha funny. yes this machine is working well, so far. i still need to update to 10.4.8, gotta see how that goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37084-new-osx86-rig/#findComment-264735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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