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Subject: Re: What's strongest AMD 64 single-proc. now?

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 18:47:35 10/20/05

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On October 20, 2005 at 15:53:47, stuart taylor wrote:

>On October 20, 2005 at 10:25:17, John Dillard wrote:
>
>>On October 19, 2005 at 17:00:35, enrico carrisco wrote:
>>
>>>On October 19, 2005 at 14:25:50, John Dillard wrote:
>>>
>>>>The strongest 64 bit processor on the market is the dual core G5 from Apple.  It
>>>>runs runs 21 double precision gigaflops per second and 76 in single precision
>>>>mode.  Nothing from Intel or AMD even gets in the ballpark.
>>>
>>>Impressive but I doubt Mr. Taylor was asking in reference to "rendering"
>>>something.  Perhaps within the Adobe stuff that was made for the Mac the numbers
>>>are very impressive -- but visit the link below for the real world (including
>>>computer chess, which just happens to be what this forum is about...)  G5 gets
>>>raped.  Period.
>>>
>>>http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=5
>>>
>>>-elc.
>>
>>I was talking about the new dual core G5's.  Neither Intel or AMD has anything
>>out that is remotely close in power at the present time.
>
>Can they be used with regular PC software? Are they not toooo expensive?
>S.Taylor

Hello Stuart. Apple Xserve Dual 2.3 Ghz. Power pc G5 processor.$3,763-$4,100.

I would go with amd.

Gerold.



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