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Dual 2.5 and vpc and such
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I'm about to click "check out" on www.apple.com for a dual 2.5 G5, 2GB ram, but before I do I wanna know how well it will handle 2 resource intensive programs, wow and vpc7 at the same time?
i'm pretty sure it will plow through them both, but my only experience is a g4 powerbook.
and i can't decide between the NVIDIA 6800 Ultra DDL or NVIDI 6800 GT DDL. is it worth the extra 100 the bump in clock speeds?
thanks.
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Compared to a Powerbook, the dual 2.5 G5 is like night and day... it should have no problem chugging through two intensive apps, so long as neither program decides it wants more than 1 processor to itself, then you should notice no contention.
The GT isn't much slower than the Ultra - I think this has been discussed before, and it's something of the order of 25MHz, which is not much to miss. $100 on the other hand..
You could also save some $$$ by not specifiying the 2GB memory from Apple and buying it elsewhere for a fraction of the cost.
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thanks
i was going to get the ram from mushkin.com
or even try their price matching
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by jeffB:
thanks
i was going to get the ram from mushkin.com
or even try their price matching
RAM = MISSION CRITICAL = CRUCIAL.COM or RAMJET.COM
... and some people have had good experiences with owc.com, but their customer service isn't consistent. Don't cheap out on RAM or it'll be hell to pay. 
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Liberty lover since birth. Mac devotee since 1986.
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Originally posted by awcopus:
RAM = MISSION CRITICAL = CRUCIAL.COM or RAMJET.COM
... and some people have had good experiences with owc.com, but their customer service isn't consistent. Don't cheap out on RAM or it'll be hell to pay.
i concur, everything a computer does goes through the ram
i've used mushkin for 2 pc's and this powerbook, and i'm very happy, they should give me an advertising discount.
now i need to figure out how to sneak the tower into my house without getting screamed at
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Good luck! They come in a big heavy box with "G5" marked on the sides 
Btw, I have Kingston "ValueRAM" and it works faultlessly.
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