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cmay123 · Mar 24, 2003, 02:01 PM

with hefty rendering and things, will a dual processor make a huge difference?

hadocon · Mar 24, 2003, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by cmay123:
with hefty rendering and things, will a dual processor make a huge difference?

No it makes no difference whatsoever........

Uh, sorry to sound like a jerk, but come on man. Take a guess.
Would a car with 2 motors be able to haul more trailer weight?

The answer is yes.

and there is a tonne of information on the web and @ Apple's site that details why this is true.
Lesson 4 the future: Get used to asking questions on google first, or risk getting treated like a moron by some anonymous jerk like me on these boards.

I found this link in less than a minute using google. Granted you may be new at this, and it may take you a bit longer, but certainly not more than a measly 5 minutes.

Please everyone, don't flame me that I was being a jerk. I know this already. I just thought I would show cmay123 a little "tough love"

daydream · Mar 25, 2003, 09:47 AM

I hate to differ when using FCP on single 967 performances seems to be no match for a dual 800

They both have about the same RAM yet the dual renders quicker.

DayDream

vanwyklr · Mar 25, 2003, 12:07 PM

it really depends on what your doing ... I use a dual 800 and a 17 inch labtop they both run great with fcp... yes the dual renders faster. The larger the render the time .. the bigger the difference will be.

hadocon · Mar 25, 2003, 02:10 PM

If you are interested in performance, you should think about getting a 2nd big drive and a cheap raid card. Rendering is disk bounded on the duals (and maby just well the 1GHZ single too).

Check out the Sonnet cards

link to xlr8yourmac data-sheet

real · Mar 25, 2003, 03:29 PM

FCP will run faster on a dual system, it's great, you wil not see proformance double but you will see improvment.
real

hadocon · Mar 25, 2003, 10:44 PM

looks like I scared cmay123 away....

JB72 · Mar 27, 2003, 07:59 PM

FCP likes dual CPUs, lotsa big fast drives, and this crazy az bag O keys.

bradoesch · Mar 28, 2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by hadocon:
looks like I scared cmay123 away....

I think the poke in the ear with that stick is what scared him away....

hadocon · Mar 29, 2003, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by bradoesch:
I think the poke in the ear with that stick is what scared him away....

I am sorry cmay123. I was a bit of a jerk and I apologise. <-- did I spell that right?

daydream · Mar 29, 2003, 04:02 PM

The real bottom line is Apple is only selling duals for desktops....

Point , game, match...........

Daydream

hadocon · Mar 29, 2003, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by daydream:
The real bottom line is Apple is only selling duals for desktops....

Point , game, match...........

Daydream

Perhaps, but we are in overtime now and I think I hear the announcer saying that we wont be seeing portable multi CPU systems until we can get more than one core per CPU. Probably not going to happen on the 970, but its architecture supports it, apparently.

Game, Set, Match.........

daydream · Mar 29, 2003, 10:54 PM

OK so you could tell that tennis is not my strong hold....

We do lose and I mean the workers as Apple has laid back for to long using bench tests to show how fast one filter works in Photoshop instead of really coming out with a crunchier. I am content with my dual 800 it serves it�s purpose. Yet I have clients that want a 3 Gig Mhz just to check their email and you need that speed for spell check you know what I mean.

My client list has dropped on the Mac side in the last two years and there is only one client willing to make bulk buys of Macs.

Daydream