Mac Pro processors??

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:18

What is the PC eqiv of one of these processors?

I noticed ocuk stock a
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6800 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.93GHz (1066FSB)

which isnt a zeon but its almost 800quid!

There is a zeon too but its far cheaper.

TheVoice · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:23

There is no PC equivalent - Macs and normal PCs use the same CPUs.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:26

what is the processor then

J1234 · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:27

Zeon Clovertowns 3.0Ghz?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:30

The Apples is a woodcrest

J1234 · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:35

Fstop11 said:
The Apples is a woodcrest

The 8-core is two Clovertowns.

Get 8-core power from two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors, or enjoy quad-core performance with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors, available in speeds up to 3.0GHz.

MagicBoy · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:45

It's called a XEON.

r44b · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:30

the 3.0Ghz quad core clovertown chips in the 8 core mac pro are only available for the Mac pro atm and you cant buy them seperatly anywhere.

MikeHunt79 · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:41

r44b said:
the 3.0Ghz quad core clovertown chips in the 8 core mac pro are only available for the Mac pro atm and you cant buy them seperatly anywhere.

I guess if you overclocked some qx6600's then you could get equivelent performance tho.

J1234 · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:43

Ignore.

JonB · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:49

Justin said:
Same with the Santa Rosa chips, they're exclusive to Apple.

Not they're not...

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J1234 · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:51

Oh, my mistake.

JonB · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:52

Infact apple were one of the last laptop manufacturers to take up Santa Rosa.

Deleted member 651465 · 13 Jun 2007 at 16:33

I believe the Intel dual-quad (Octo) used in the top-spec Mac Pro is actually only available to Apple in limited supplies.. AFAIK no other manufacturer has access to this chip

FYI: The Mac Pro uses a Xeon chip (used in servers and workstations), whereas the chip you mentioned is the top-spec desktop chip

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 13 Jun 2007 at 17:18

EVH said:
I believe the Intel dual-quad (Octo) used in the top-spec Mac Pro is actually only available to Apple in limited supplies.. AFAIK no other manufacturer has access to this chip

FYI: The Mac Pro uses a Xeon chip (used in servers and workstations), whereas the chip you mentioned is the top-spec desktop chip

Yeah I understand that matey. I was just looking at some cpus and noticed this one was clocked to 2.9Ghz whereas the only xeon was much lower.

You have all answered my question now anyway

I only ask because I really want to see a MacPro 8core 3Ghz Vs a PC equiv spec head to head benchmark.

Will_3rd · 13 Jun 2007 at 17:32

iirc Apple got some special Xeons from Intel the 5100/5300 series, before other manufacturers.

unknowndomain · 13 Jun 2007 at 23:25

Overclocking a non xeon isnt the same the xeon has a larger bus, and stuch like right?

Mac Pro processors??

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