| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| BaDDBLooD | What is the difference between apple processors, and intel, amd etc.. Which is faster? Which performs better? Which is overall better? I thought it was like, a 500 mhz apple, is equivelant to a 1,000 mhz pc, could someone elaborate on this please? Thanks for your opinions/answers | October 29, 2004, 4:43 AM |
| LW-Falcon | Found 2 interesting sites on it. http://macspeedzone.com/archive/4.0/WinvsMacSPECint.html http://www.architosh.com/features/2004/g5-interview/2004-interv-g5nem-1.phtml | October 29, 2004, 5:07 AM |
| BaDDBLooD | any information on amd processors? | October 29, 2004, 5:22 AM |
| LW-Falcon | http://www.epinions.com/cmhd_Peripherals-Processors-Topics-2 Looks like most people prefer AMD. | October 29, 2004, 6:49 AM |
| Myndfyr | Interesting on that Architosh article, how they compared the 64-bit G5 chip to the 32-bit Xeon chip. Most morons don't realize that 2.8GHz is really a multiple of a much slower bus speed, but if you double the bus width, you can effectively cut your processor speed in half and maintain the same (or achieve better) throughput. By comparing a 64-bit chip to a 32-bit chip, you're comparing apples to oranges. They should have put it up against an Itanium. | October 29, 2004, 4:15 PM |
| BaDDBLooD | i want them to compare apple to amd so i can give this information to this kid on aim so he shuts up. I Don't want to block him without giving him atleast somewhat of a decent amount of info! | October 30, 2004, 6:20 PM |
| Kp | [quote author=BaDDBLooD link=topic=9352.msg86636#msg86636 date=1099160458]i want them to compare apple to amd so i can give this information to this kid on aim so he shuts up. I Don't want to block him without giving him atleast somewhat of a decent amount of info![/quote] It would be easier to compare apples to oranges than apples to AMDs. | October 30, 2004, 9:17 PM |
| peofeoknight | [quote author=MyndFyre link=topic=9352.msg86528#msg86528 date=1099066508] By comparing a 64-bit chip to a 32-bit chip, you're comparing apples to oranges. They should have put it up against an Itanium. [/quote] That would be comparing EPIC to power pc. Still fairly different. EPIC has extremely long pipleines doesn't it? I do not know a whole heck of a lot about the EPIC architecture, just that I hear it is extremely painful to work with. I read all about HP having problems desigining work stations for it etc. | October 30, 2004, 10:02 PM |