dan.ftw Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm thinking about buying a PC from a relative then running lepard on it. The processor is; Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.40 GHz and i for if you need more information in the chip link here. http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SL793 What i need to know is if it will work or not, if it doesn't i will need to buy a differnt computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 It works I guess since it supports SSE3 but no vanilla support as far as I know... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-586969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrylander Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I guess ~pcwiz means to say SSE2. It's an old FSB800 Northwood (512kB L2 Cache). So, yes, should work patched for SSE2 CPUs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-586981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yep it works one of my rigs is running with it! not the best though but works! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-586984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan.ftw Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks all Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-587006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reanimation_LP Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 It'll work, but depending on your system, you may have tons of crashes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-587802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I guess ~pcwiz means to say SSE2. It's an old FSB800 Northwood (512kB L2 Cache). So, yes, should work patched for SSE2 CPUs. Sorry for the mistake, I meant SSE2 Tiger should work fine on it, but Leopard is a different story Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-588504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Leopard will run just fine on it, it has SSE3. I know, because I have Pentium 4 HT 3Ghz 800Mhz FSB in my hack with Leo... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-592386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrylander Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hara Taiki, the link that dan provided identified the processor as a P4 with a Northwood Core (512 kB L2-Cache, 130 nm process, SSE2), launched early 2004. You, on the other hand, have a P4 with a Prescott Core (1024 kB L2-Cache, 90 nm process, Prescott New Instructions = SSE3). So, if dan has identified his CPU correctly, it will not have SSE3, although it is running at higher clock speeds than your CPU. The spec of the 3.4Ghz P4 in socket 478 with Prescott core can be found here: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL7AJ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-592545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Ah yes. I stand corrected. (I was busy with my job's database work while reading, I only skimmed the documentation...) Apologies. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82721-is-this-processor-compatible-with-leopard/#findComment-593081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts