http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/pcperipherals...61967942,00.htm

Anyone with a Mac Pro would like to try this out? Looks great..

Most apps i use won't make use of the extra cores. It will be a waste of money & electricity. Intel 53XX chips ain't cheap. Until I found afordable offer, I won't touch the proc for now.

But it's good that it is upgradable for another generation.

I'd like a 8-Core Mobile PDA Phone Media player cum GPS with taser capabilities though...

Let's look..

8-Core Mac Pro with Clovertown... in November?
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/10/20061025231946.shtml

Ripe in Cupertino: an Apple with 8 cores
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2176

Intel introduces Mac Pro-bound quad-core chips
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2236


....I think....will buy....after new year....!! is nice....!!


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fb-dimms makes it unattractive

FB Dimms have only one MAJOR downside: price....

together with power consumption and latency

Damn!!!

The casing look so CUN!!!

While you've obviously read up on your Anand...

... it's actually rather difficult to get into a situation where latency actually impedes performance. The point most memory articles make when considering memory for the MacPro tends to get lost in the details: there is a latency penalty with more than 4 memory modules i.e. there is a performance deficit to running octo-channel (8 slots populated) but there is performance benefit to running quad-channel (4-slots populated).

This much said and done: it's hard to see a real-world difference.

On the point of power consumption and the need for the big-and beefy heatsink remains unresolved. Many (Wei included) are running FBDIMMs without the large heatsink with no adverse results. I prefer to err on the side of caution and have the heatsinks on.

So I stand by my prior post: other than price, FBDIMMs provide much greater bandwidth than DDR2. You just have to run quad-channel to take advantage of this and try not to go beyond 4 sticks.

I won't care, I love mine & it works!

what yours...?...Mac mini.......or....Imac...?

The entire point of Signature in your Personal Profile on this board is to avoid unnecessary questions like this.

A PS3 has 8 cores. mmmm. Think of all the power!!!

The Mac Pro 2007....coming..

A new Xeon processor that quietly began shipping from Intel Corp. this month could find its way into a model of Apple Computer's forthcoming 8-core professional desktop systems.

..Let's see...
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2326