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Quick impression.

Started Mar 30, 2014 | User reviews thread
Lin Evans
Lin Evans Forum Pro • Posts: 17,702
Re: Quick impression.

Hi William,

Actually, the MacIntosh uses the identical CPU selections from Intel as do PC's and also uses the same selection of available video GPU's so there are no differences which can be attributed to either the CPU or GPU. How effective SPP is depends on the same factors with Apple as it does with Windows. RAM is quite important and most differences can be attributed also to differences in operating systems. For example, I have several Windows based computers ranging from a Core 2 Duo Intel with an older nVidia GPU (8800 GT) with 500 meg RAM running under XP home edition with 4 gigabytes of system RAM to an ASUS i7 with a top-end nVidia GPU having 3 Gig of GDDR5 video ram and 32 Gigabytes of system RAM running under Window 8.1.

The difference between these two systems running SPP is huge. Modern 64 bit systems with fast processors and excellent graphics environments facilitate running SPP smoothly and efficiently.

Apple dropped the Motorola 6800 years ago and went to Intel CPU's..... Virtually all modern MacIntosh computers have Intel CPU's.

Best regards,

Lin

William Wilgus wrote:

It isn't the amount of ram. The Mac's CPU is much more powerful than the ones in IBM-PC derivatives. Also, the video system in the Mac might be faster than the one in your PC, contributing to the difference.

Unfortunately for Mac users, I read that Apple is changing the CPU in the new Macs to the same one as used in PCs. The reason? Cost, and a better ability to run PC software.

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