macrumors.com— Apple's UK Store offers a small slip which may indicate that 8-Core Mac Pro's are coming soon. "Now quad-core or 8-core processing power. Configure yours today."
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I pee'd myself a little reading that...well done, thats going to be the name of my Mac Pro when I get it, "Octocore" it will strike fear into the hearts of my network enemies.
Anyone else notice the fact that dual quad core and eight core are not the same thing? When you say eight core it makes me think WOW (Eight on one chip)! When you say 2 quad cores on a beefy motherboard the pizazz goes away. Dual processors are common in high end PCs it's really not surprising that they are going to pair 2 of the top of the line processors together (kinda like dual Xeons back in the day).
@phlanxRTFA!@troyeI did a quick back-of-a-cigarette-packet calculation using prices from the best UK suppliers pricewise and I came to around 1200 GBP including tax for a decent rig equivalent in spec to my Mac Pro (Dual 2GHz 5130s, 1GB RAM, GF7300GT, 160GB HDD and BT2.0). My Mac Pro cost GBP 1459 including tax. More over the build quality and noise level of the Mac Pro is amazing for the amount of power under the hood. Other nice stuff like having no wires visible inside (not just a looks thing it also helps airflow) and the easy to access upgrade items, and not having all t he drives stuck right in the way of the fans, make it well worth the extra money (and don't forget to include 79GBP in that for the copy of OS X and the time and screwing around factor if getting it working on a generic PC). Of course on top of that you would likely want a better graphics card - so add 170 to the Mac Pro and 200 to the standard PC.I don't think you can build a generic PC of the same calibre as the Mac Pro for less money IMHO. For the same money perhaps, but then the Mac Pro ceases to be expensive...Oh and factoring in the cost of a pair of Quad-Core Xeons would, at UK prices, more than double that 1200GBP and then some, say 2500 GBP approx. A basic Mac Pro with 3GHz CPUs is 2200 GBP, so I'd expect maybe 2499 also for 8-cores? At most maybe 2699?Oh and as a complete system they also happen to be cheaper than their equivalent Dell and HP models.I'll stop there....
I admitted that: "That's a Quadro, which is a workstation card (admittedly the Mac Pro's target audience)."I'm just saying, it's not quite right to recommend a card like that in reference to the original post, which was about replacing the X1900XT with a X1950XTX or 8800GTX, not a workstation-class card. And you've got to admit, a lot of people on here just see the huge Quadro price tags and say "ZOMG!!1 It must be pretty 1337!!1"
idean360Mar 13, 2007
I pee'd myself a little reading that...well done, thats going to be the name of my Mac Pro when I get it, "Octocore" it will strike fear into the hearts of my network enemies.
xhotardxMar 13, 2007
Anyone else notice the fact that dual quad core and eight core are not the same thing? When you say eight core it makes me think WOW (Eight on one chip)! When you say 2 quad cores on a beefy motherboard the pizazz goes away. Dual processors are common in high end PCs it's really not surprising that they are going to pair 2 of the top of the line processors together (kinda like dual Xeons back in the day).
agretMar 13, 2007
it's spelt vegeta....over nine thouuuusssssannd!!
jeriqoMar 13, 2007
bury me
chrisxkelleyMar 13, 2007
Where have you been the past two years?
svpirateMar 13, 2007
@phlanxRTFA!@troyeI did a quick back-of-a-cigarette-packet calculation using prices from the best UK suppliers pricewise and I came to around 1200 GBP including tax for a decent rig equivalent in spec to my Mac Pro (Dual 2GHz 5130s, 1GB RAM, GF7300GT, 160GB HDD and BT2.0). My Mac Pro cost GBP 1459 including tax. More over the build quality and noise level of the Mac Pro is amazing for the amount of power under the hood. Other nice stuff like having no wires visible inside (not just a looks thing it also helps airflow) and the easy to access upgrade items, and not having all t he drives stuck right in the way of the fans, make it well worth the extra money (and don't forget to include 79GBP in that for the copy of OS X and the time and screwing around factor if getting it working on a generic PC). Of course on top of that you would likely want a better graphics card - so add 170 to the Mac Pro and 200 to the standard PC.I don't think you can build a generic PC of the same calibre as the Mac Pro for less money IMHO. For the same money perhaps, but then the Mac Pro ceases to be expensive...Oh and factoring in the cost of a pair of Quad-Core Xeons would, at UK prices, more than double that 1200GBP and then some, say 2500 GBP approx. A basic Mac Pro with 3GHz CPUs is 2200 GBP, so I'd expect maybe 2499 also for 8-cores? At most maybe 2699?Oh and as a complete system they also happen to be cheaper than their equivalent Dell and HP models.I'll stop there....
venom8599Mar 13, 2007
I admitted that: "That's a Quadro, which is a workstation card (admittedly the Mac Pro's target audience)."I'm just saying, it's not quite right to recommend a card like that in reference to the original post, which was about replacing the X1900XT with a X1950XTX or 8800GTX, not a workstation-class card. And you've got to admit, a lot of people on here just see the huge Quadro price tags and say "ZOMG!!1 It must be pretty 1337!!1"
zolushkatykvaMay 6, 2007
Beautiful! I'm surprised.