macgirl Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/06/int...lltrail_part_1/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 On the specifications, it says, "Supports up to 16GB system RAM", and only has 4 RAM slots. I guess the Mac Pro still wins. However, 2 x CPU sockets and 4 x PCI express x16 slots are cool! I would love to have one of those. I wonder if it would work with OSx86, however. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-612034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagal Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Skulltrail is a cool platform and is very similiar to a Mac Pro. Both use 5400X chipset, both have 2 771 sockets, both use FB-DIMM 800. The big differences that make Skulltrail better is 4 PCIe x16, 2 PCI and you can overclock it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-613212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 i was looking at the task manager screenshots and wonder: how the {censored} do you max out eight cores? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-614244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamixman Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Wrenbird, 3D rendering, massive compile jobs, scientific simulations, etc. Or just play 8 different games at once. Anyone else notice that the Chipset cooler looks like a GPU cooler? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-614264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Wrenbird, 3D rendering, massive compile jobs, scientific simulations, etc. Or just play 8 different games at once.Anyone else notice that the Chipset cooler looks like a GPU cooler? i don't know, seems like overkill to me yeah i noticed it looks like a gpu cooler, also noticed that huge cards aren't going to play nice with it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-614291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagal Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 i don't know, seems like overkill to me yeah i noticed it looks like a gpu cooler, also noticed that huge cards aren't going to play nice with it. Prime95 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-614323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_stick Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/intels...eview/index.php more thorough review - using quad channel ram Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-617421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I want one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-617563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 i wouldnt say adversary, id say possible new apple product line. 8 cores getting maxed is easy thats on my mac pro just now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-617566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Haha nice. How exactly are you maxing those out? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-617572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 rosetta@home or 8 threads of yes > /dev/null Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-617612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 If you look at the specs of Skulltrail they look very similar to that of Apple's second generation Mac Pro. While the old V8 platform wasn't exactly well received by the enthusiast community, many working on custom PCs running OS X used V8 to build their own Hackintosh Mac Pro. We were hoping that Skulltrail would make for an equally good starting point for a Hackintosh. While the latest OSx86 releases will install on the D5400XS with some effort, we couldn't get beyond a kernel panic upon booting into Leopard. We suspect that the NVIDIA MCPs are at fault as they are in-line with the PCIe x16 slots and can't be disabled. As the OSx86 community already has Leopard working on AMD platforms, we tend to believe that some clever work may be able to make Skulltrail the ideal Hackintosh Pro platform but out of the box it doesn't work. - AnandTech http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel...?i=3216&p=5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-633473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 rosetta@home or 8 threads of yes > /dev/null It is much easier to max it out by rendering a 3D scene. I've done it before, and it just goes all maxxed out for a few hours. So maxxed out that you can't even see any fluctuations in the graph. I wish I had an 8 core computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-633496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Haha nice. How exactly are you maxing those out? You can also use mprime (prime95 that runs in Terminal) Great for stress testing your Hackintosh without having to boot into windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86241-new-macpro-adversary/#findComment-633618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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