[lizardgator]

Basically in a PC which processor would be closest in performance to the current top of the line Powermac G5?

[Scotttheking]

Since you said Intel I'd have to answer Woodcrest.

[Catfish_Man]

Depends heavily on what you're running. Just for one datapoint, on CineBench the quad scores just a hair above a dual core 3.46GHz Xeon (the newer Dempsey one).

http://www.2cpu.com/review.php?id=112&page=5

quad score from here:�http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...6&posted=1

Woodcrest scores much higher than the G5.

[lizardgator]

How would the Intel Pentium 965 Extreme Edition with Dual Core Technology @ 3.73GHz compare to the 2.5GHz Quad G5?

[Scotttheking]

Originally Posted by lizardgator

How would the Intel Pentium 965 Extreme Edition with Dual Core Technology @ 3.73GHz compare to the 2.5GHz Quad G5?

A more accurate comparison would be taking that chip and comparing it to a single dual core chip.
And, the Intel chip would likely win.