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Quad systems are here…
“New Power Macs
Apple has also updated its Power Mac G5 system, which Moody calls the “system of choice for creative professionals that need power.”
The new systems feature dual-core PowerPC processors and a new system architecture that can support up to 16GB of 533MHz DDR2 RAM. They can also hold up to 1 terabyte (TB) of internal Serial ATA (SATA) storage, and are the first Power Macs to feature PCI Express (PCIe) expansion slots. DDR2 RAM and PCIe are both featured on Apple’s recently refreshed iMac G5 system.
Apple has worked with graphics maker Nvidia Corp. to feature four new graphics options for the refreshed Power Mac G5 line, including the Quadro FX 4500 — Nviidia’s fastest workstation card. This fills a gap in the Power Mac line that has long been criticized by 3D graphics professionals and others who have wanted faster graphics systems than the consumer-oriented cards and chips Apple has offered in the past. The Quadro card can support dual 30-inch displays, according to Moody.
The new Power Macs G5 “Quad” system touts eight floating point units, four velocity engines, four 1MB Level 2 caches and is capable of processing 76.6 gigaflops. “There is some serious horsepower under the hood,” said Moody.
The Power Mac G5 starts in a single-processor, dual-core configuration clocked at 2.0GHz for $1,999. The 2.3GHz dual-core system costs $2,499, and the “Quad” dual-processor, dual-core system starts at $3,299.”
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Gunleik
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Hi,
Unfortunately to get a system with two dual core chips, in a move typical of Apple’s pricing strategy you need to purchase the $3,300 system
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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Yes, this is true but have you priced an AMD dual dual core workstation (Intel is not even there yet)? Your lucky to be under $4k
This system should be a real screamer and that Quadro card will be a huge boon to post work.
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Hi,
“Three open PCI-Express expansion slots”
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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Nope. PCIe only.
Yep, the implications are interesting.
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[George Loch] “This system should be a real screamer “
Hi George,
Apple has posted some benchmarks here (of course their benchmarks are notoriously biased):
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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I thought PCI Express was PCI-X.
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[Tom Wolsky] “I thought PCI Express was PCI-X.”
Actually, no.
PCI-X = faster PCI 1.x
PCIe = PCI ExpressPCIe is totally different and should not be backwards compatible. The implication then becomes that all the BMD and KONA owners are not going to using these new macs with their H/W. All the iO folks should be happy though 🙂
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Yep, sure is. I didn’t expect they were going to move to PCI-e only. That isn’t something you find on the PC side because of the issues with legacy cards. I was already to plunk down the money to buy one of these systems but now I am asking which HD capture card and RAID adapter I would buy right now. Does anybody know of any PCI-e RAID announcements?
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The BMD multibridge is the only game in town right now. I suspect they have been working on other PCIe options as well however. Kona…no clue.
As for RAID, that is a nother matter. There may be some of the PC sata raid cards that are compatible but, up until now there was no way to test.
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