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Originally Posted by yellow

Wow.

which is a:

Dual 2GHZ G5 Rev. A / 2.5GB of Ram / Radeon X800 XT 256mb / 74GB WD Raptor 10,000 RPM

Mac Pro is a:

2 x 2.66 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon / 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM / Stock nVidia 7300 / 250GB SATA2

EDIT: Personally that looks more like 3x as fast to me. :)
No one said video editors were good at math. LOL.

Ya, I'll believe it when I see it, but thats good to hear...

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Certainly Intel's mobile processors are better than AMD's, so it's a compromise.

I agree to some extent, the intel based chipsets kind of suck in comparison to how well other chipsets (VIA for example) perform on the AMD side. So, its not just processor. Intel has a good package but i have had tons of problems with the intergrated video chipset, the intel 915 chipset, and other shoddy onboard chips intel makes (audio and USB). The processor itself may be better on intel on the mobile side, but that doesn't make the rest of the system better. I would say the mbpros probably have really good chipsets in them but the reg old mac books (entry level) are no better if not worse in some scenerios.

Does Apple design it's own logic boards?

Handbrake test:

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Originally Posted by AliensAreFuzzy

Could you please try a Handbrake test?

Just for comparison, I use
h.264 main profile
1000kbps Average Quality
2-pass encoding
128kbps AAC audio

I get around 22 fps on my 2.0GHz MBP w/2GB RAM

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Originally Posted by lp

Just did a test, using Donnie Darko disc (not image on HD used actual disk). Been running for about 5 mins now and it's getting 65fps average

He again noted that the MacPro was "silent", all he could hear were the HDs.

He did a geekbench test (297.9), but I don't put much stock in it because it is not multi-CPU aware (yet).

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Originally Posted by Zalister

Does Apple design it's own logic boards?

Yes but the outsource companies to help them design them and make them. So, technically yes they do design their logic boards, but they do not design the chipsets, the wifi cards, the video cards (video chipset) or the processor, or the bridge on the logic board.

I'm curious about two things:

The drives. Do the enclosures for cable-free chasis installation accomodate any S-ATA drive?

The memory. Are these new FB chips with heat sinks settled on top a new standard that will soon become available through other (much less expensive) RAM dealers? (ie - dealram.com, etc)

Jacques

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Originally Posted by Jacques

I'm curious about two things:

The drives. Do the enclosures for cable-free chasis installation accomodate any S-ATA drive?

Indeed, here's how the chassis looks like:

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Originally Posted by Jacques

Are these new FB chips with heat sinks settled on top a new standard that will soon become available through other (much less expensive) RAM dealers? (ie - dealram.com, etc)

Here are the specs:

"DIMMs for Mac Pro must fit these specifications:
667 MHz, FB-DIMMs
72-bit wide, 240-pin modules
36 devices maximum per DIMM
Error-correcting code (ECC)
Memory from older Macintosh computers is not compatible with Mac Pro."

There are two RAM riser-cards with four slots each in the MacPro:

voldenuit

Thanks much for the replies! The chasis, makes sense. It seems to be implied that all FB chips (as by default design) include heat sinks, so it's a go to buy both of these things through less expensive sources.

I suppose you found the illustrations via Apple's website? I'll try to hunt them down..

= )

Jacques