Soündless Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 i was just wondering if anyone @ this forum has a home built 8 core mac pro using the new quad chips. i just want to know if there are any big performance increases. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39450-home-made-8-core-mac-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Ars Technica put one together (at least I think it was them) - there was a 10% increase in speed - taking into account that these were pre-production chips, that the quad cores clock speed was 2.4ghz compared to 3ghz and that Apple haven't adapted the OS to quad core its quite promising. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39450-home-made-8-core-mac-pro/#findComment-281199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 yea, well considering most apps don't even take advantage of dual core yet i doubt that there would be a big speed increase going from 4 to 8 cores. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39450-home-made-8-core-mac-pro/#findComment-281254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menno Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Though if you are a power user, and run many,many,many and many (science) apps together then it would be for some use. (But I think 4 Core's is enough for quite som time). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39450-home-made-8-core-mac-pro/#findComment-281646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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