• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Dual Core Intel or Dual Processor PowerPC?

E

Earwax

Senior member
I'm working on a Dual Processor PowerPC G5 with two 2.5GHz processors and 2.5GB of RAM. I've been asking for an upgrade for awhile and currently my employer's budget is too tight to purchase a new system.

There is a Dual-Core 2.66GHz Intel Mac Pro with 4GB of RAM available in the office. Obviously the RAM would be an upgrade, but I'm wondering: is the dual core going to be better than my dual processor? This may be a stupid question since the Dual Core is a newer system, but for some reason 1 dual core versus 2 single cores doesn't seem like a huge upgrade to me.

I do a lot of Adobe After Effects work and that's the primary reason I'm asking for an upgrade. 2.5 gigs of ram is just not cutting it.
 
Well i'm not MAC expert or anything, but if 2.5GB of Ram is a bottleneck then going to the newer intel system would be faster no matter what. In any event I do not recall the power pc chips being faster than intel's, so I would say grab it.
 
The intel mac pro is a dual dual core (aka two dual cores in a dual socket mobo) and should give you a nice improvement!

EDIT: Grab it nao!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top