They're not far off but they're also not for your PC, apparently the Mac platform will be the first to utilize this technology from IBM. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/16/ibm_confirms_antares/ These chips will be clocked a good bit higher than Apples best; the dual 2.5 GHz liquid cooled G5. Instead of 512KBs you'll see a more modern 1MB cache and one beast of a computer that will tear though photoshop 8 faster than you can say "Hey, this was Intel's idea!"
Problem is they're for Macs. I know that they're good for PS and the dual core chip will be used a lot in true multi-threaded applications such as that.
Too bad huh, Intel and AMD will figure it out eventually. And before I graduate I want to be using Longhorn too.
They are far past figuring it out. Infact they're close to releasing their dual-core chips themselves (around H2 of 2005 i think).
G5's are just the tits, we have a few at work and they are just extremely powerful machines. Macs are kick arse machines man
I know we have one in our school CLC, beast at video editing. I think they're 1.25GB RAM with some G5 but can't remember the rest. But I never was allowed to use them .
I like 'em too. I've got a dual 1GHz G4 w/ 1gig of ram at home. Very reliable, reasonably speedy and no fear of viruses/worms etc. The problem is any upgrades (pretty much exclusive to Apples towers) cost a crap load more than something just as good on the PC. Charging like $350 for a gig of ram in the Mac Mini is just insane. The G5 was not only one of the first 64-bit computers, it also gives you PCI-X slots, firewire 800 (which still hasn't caught on with PC users), and access up to 8 gigs of ram, of course it would only cost like $1400.
I'm confused. Doesn't a 64bit processor have the capability to access much more than 8GB? Since 2^64 is a really big number for memory addressing. Oh well its probably just something with the G5 itself. One thing that keeps many people back is the fact that a lot of the freeware/small apps don't work on macs. Which is a shame.
yeh G5's rule Gotta a couple @ school, for our recording studio and digital art students. rips a 12 track cd in apple lossless format in 47 seconds and burns it in 12. *drool*
Yeah, actually a 64-bit CPU can address up to 18 exabytes (EB) of memory. AMD put a cap on this and cut the amount all the way down to 1 terabyte for their 64 line. I don't know if apple/IBM did this as well but the G5 is defiantly capable of addressing over 8gigs, there's just no need yet. Your cpu (like all 32-bit processors) for example can access up to 4 gigs period, AMD's line gives you room for only 4gigs but as I said isn't limited to that. Well I'm sure you know this anyway so this is just my chance to pretend to be smart.
Lol yea AMD cut it down to a TB cause of the 40 bit regs, theres no need for a EB of memory now, but i just thought that it was weird for an 8gb on G5s.
My drum teacher got an iBook. 1.24ghz 512mb or something like that. Encodes really fast! I'd like to buy a mac, an iMac at that.
Those iMac G5's are pretty sweet. Too bad they only come with a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, if you're good it can be upgraded as its isn't intigrated into the mobo but a Mac Edition 9800 Pro costs about $300 still. The power books are real slick too (the 15 and 17 inchers have a 9700 pro inside which is really nice).
