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<ul><li>Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors</li><li>Intel Core microarchitecture <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/intelxeon.html"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_xeon20060807.png" alt="Intel Xeon" class="right" height="71" width="71" /></a> <ul class="last"><li>8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total; each pair of cores shares 4MB)</li><li>128-bit SSE3 vector engine</li><li>64-bit data paths and registers</li><li>Energy efficiency optimization</li></ul> </li><li>1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses </li></ul> <h3>Quad-core Processing</h3> <ul><li>Two 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processors</li><li>Intel Core microarchitecture <ul class="last"><li>4MB of shared L2 cache per processor (8MB total)</li><li>128-bit SSE3 vector engine</li><li>64-bit data paths and registers</li><li>Energy efficiency optimization</li></ul> </li><li>1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses </li></ul> <h3>Memory</h3> <ul><li>667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory</li><li>Eight FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards (four slots per card) supporting up to 16GB of main memory</li><li>256-bit-wide memory architecture</li></ul> <h3>Graphics and displays</h3> <ul><li>Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed: <ul class="last"><li>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port</li><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and two dual-link DVI ports</li><li>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port</li></ul> </li><li>Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT cards</li><li>300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards</li><li>Support for up to eight displays<sup>1</sup></li><li>Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels</li><li>Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels</li><li>DVI to VGA adapter included</li><li>Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes</li></ul> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h3>Communications</h3> <ul><li>Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames</li><li>Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking<sup>2</sup></li><li>Optional Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mb/s</li><li>Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11)</li></ul> <h3>Storage</h3> <ul><li>Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers included</li><li>Up to 3TB of internal storage<sup>3</sup> using hard drives in the following capacities: <ul class="last"><li>Hard drive bay 1 <ul class="last"><li>250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 2 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 3 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 4 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) <ul class="last"><li>Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 8x speed</li><li>Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes CD-R discs up to 32x speed</li><li>Writes CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed</li><li>Reads CDs at up to 32x speed</li></ul></li><li>One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_superdrive_20070313.jpg" alt="Up to two SuperDrives" class="across" id="specs-superdrive" height="126" width="264" /> <h3>Electrical and environmental requirements</h3> <ul><li>Meets ENERGY STAR requirements</li><li>Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)</li><li>Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase</li><li>Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)</li><li>Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)</li><li>Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)</li><li>Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing</li><li>Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <h3>Peripherals and audio</h3> <ul><li><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_ports20060807.jpg" alt="Peripherals and audio" class="right" height="150" width="64" />Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)</li><li>Two USB 1.1 ports on included keyboard</li><li>Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker</li><li>Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports</li><li>Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks</li></ul> <h3>PCI Express expansion<sup>4</sup></h3> <ul><li>Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots </li><li>Configurable bandwidth and mechanical support for 16-lane cards</li><li>300W combined maximum for all PCI Express slots</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_software20060109.png" alt="iLife and Mac OS X installer discs" class="across" height="140" width="190" /> <h3>Software</h3> <ul><li>Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, QuickTime, iCal, and other software)</li><li><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_universal20060109.gif" alt="Universal" class="right" height="80" width="60" />iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)</li><li>Comic Life</li><li>OmniOutliner</li><li>Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork ’06 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 8.5 trial</li></ul> <h3>Size and weight</h3> <ul><li>Height: 20.1 inches (51.1 cm) </li><li>Width: 8.1 inches (20.6 cm)</li><li>Depth: 18.7 inches (47.5 cm)</li><li>Weight (standard configuration): 42.4 pounds (19.2 kg)<sup>5</sup></li></ul> <h3>In the box</h3> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_box_20070313.png" alt="Mac Pro box" class="right" id="specs-box" height="150" width="146" /> <ul><li>Mac Pro</li><li>Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse</li><li>DVI to VGA adapter</li><li>USB keyboard extension cable</li><li>Install/restore DVDs</li><li>Printed and electronic documentation</li></ul> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid4col--> <h2 class="config">Configuration Options</h2> <table summary="Mac Pro Configurations" id="configurations" class="datasheet" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr class="header"> <th class="divider" width="20%"> </th> <th class="divider" width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Standard Configuration</a> (MA356LL/A)</th> <th width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Build-to-Order Options</a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Processor</th> <td class="divider">Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</td> <td>Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors<br /> Two 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Memory</th> <td class="divider">1GB (two 512MB) of 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM</td> <td><ul><li>2GB (four 512MB)</li><li>4GB (four 1GB)</li><li>8GB (eight 1GB)</li><li>8GB (four 2GB)</li><li>16GB (eight 2GB)</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express graphics</th> <td class="divider">NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI and dual-link DVI)</td> <td><ul><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (two dual-link DVI) </li><li>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB (stereo 3D, two dual-link DVI)</li><li>Two NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB</li><li>Three NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB </li><li>Four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Hard disk drive </th> <td class="divider">250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache</td> <td><ul><li>Hard Drive Bay 1 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 2 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 3 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 4 <ul class="last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Optical Drive</th> <td class="divider">16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> <td>Two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Wireless</th> <td class="divider">Optional</td> <td><ul><li>AirPort Extreme wireless networking<sup>2</sup></li><li>Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express</th> <td class="divider"> Optional </td> <td>Dual-Channel or Quad-Channel 4Gb Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Displays</th> <td class="divider"> Optional </td> <td> <ul><li>20-inch Apple Cinema Display (M9177LL/A)</li><li>23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9178LL/A)</li><li>30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9179LL/A)</li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><!--/configurations--> <h2 class="addons">Add-Ons</h2> <div class="options grid4col"> <div class="column first"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_addons_20070313.png" alt="Wireless keyboard and Mighty Mouse. Airport Extreme Base Station." height="141" width="180" /></div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h3>Upgrades</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA684G%2FA">1GB memory kit</a> (MA684G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA685G%2FA">2GB memory kit</a> (MA685G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA686G%2FA">4GB memory kit</a> (MA686G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA690G%2FA">500GB hard drive kit</a> (MA690G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA851G%2FA">750GB hard drive kit</a> (MA851G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA567Z%2FA">NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card kit</a> (MA567Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA631Z%2FA">ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card kit</a> (MA631Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA462G%2FA">Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card</a> (MA462G/A)<sup>4</sup></li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA465G%2FA">Apple Quad-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card</a> (MA465G/A)<sup>4</sup></li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column"> <h3>Accessories</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA073LL%2FA">AirPort Extreme Base Station</a> (MA073LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9470LL%2FA">AirPort Express Base Station featuring AirTunes</a> (M9470LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9270LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Keyboard</a> (M9270LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA272LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse</a> (MA272LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA034Z%2FA">Apple USB Modem</a> (MA034Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA361Z%2FA">.Mac Subscription</a> (MA361Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA516LL%2FA">AppleCare Protection Plan</a> (MA516LL/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <h3>Applications</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA285Z%2FA">Final Cut Studio</a> (MA285Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa?productLearnMore=MA261Z%2FA">Final Cut Express</a> (MA261Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA715Z%2FA">Aperture</a> (MA438Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA328Z%2FA">Logic Pro</a> (MA328Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA603Z%2FA">Logic Express</a> (MA603Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA434Z%2FA">Shake</a> (MA434Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA613Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (10-client license)</a> (MA613Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA612Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (Unlimited-client license)</a> (MA612Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA231Z%2FA">Apple Remote Desktop</a> (MA231Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA222Z%2FA">iWork ’06</a> (MA222Z/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/options.grid4col--> <ol class="clear decimal sosumi"><li>Requires installation of four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards, each of which provides support for up to two 20-inch Apple Cinema Displays or 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays.</li><li>Wireless Internet access requires base station or other wireless access point and Internet access (fees may apply). Achieving optimal 802.11n data rates requires that all users have an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Card and connect to an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station. Speed and range will be less if an 802.11a/b/g product joins the network. Actual performance will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network, and other factors. Range will vary with site conditions. Based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification.</li><li>1TB = approximately 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.</li><li>PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.</li><li>Actual weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.</li></ol> <p class="sosumi">Intel, Intel Core, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corp. in the U.S. and other countries.</p></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-91950941693713511942007-04-05T16:30:00.000+02:002007-04-05T16:31:25.824+02:00Mac Pro 8 Core - Design page 5 April 2007<div style="text-align: center;"> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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It provides four hard drive bays and a cable-free installation process — with no cables or connectors to trouble you. A tool-less PCI bracket simplifies the installation and removal of expansion cards. The double-wide graphics slot means you don’t have to sacrifice a valuable expansion slot. Eight FB-DIMM slots on two riser cards offer quick, easy memory installation. And you’ll find plenty of ports up front for added convenience — including a FireWire 400 port, a FireWire 800 port, and two USB 2.0 ports.</p> <h3>Massive internal storage</h3> <p>Mac Pro offers four drive bays, providing up to 3TB of internal storage. Speedy 3Gb/s Serial ATA drives install in sleek aluminum carriers that slide simply into place. And the side door latch locks them securely into the enclosure. </p> <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/expansion.html"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_side20060807.png" alt="Massive Internal Storage" class="across" height="370" width="415" /></a> <div id="gallery"> <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/gallery/"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_gallery20060807.png" alt="Mac Pro Gallery" class="left" height="68" width="175" /></a> <h3>Mac Pro Gallery</h3> <p>Front side. Back side. Inside.<br />Get a <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/gallery/">closer look</a> at Mac Pro. </p> </div> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last"> <h3>A double dose of optical drives</h3> <p>Every Mac Pro comes with a single 16x SuperDrive, but a second bay lets you outfit your Mac Pro with a pair of SuperDrives. Talk about productivity gains. With two 16x SuperDrives, you can simultaneously read from one drive and write to the other. Read from both drives. Or even write to both.</p> <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/expansion.html"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_opticaldrives20060807.png" alt="A Double Dose of Optical Drives" class="across" height="319" width="415" /></a> <h3>Workstation graphics, no sacrifices</h3> <p>Offering ample room for future growth, the Mac Pro enclosure features a double-wide PCI Express graphics slot. Install any of the available graphics cards, and you can still use any and all of the three remaining PCI Express expansion slots.</p> <div class="grid2col"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Making connections</h3> <p>Mac Pro provides 16 ports for connecting network and peripheral devices. That includes five ports right up front: Below the <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number1_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> Power button, you’ll find the <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number2_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> headphone minijack,<br /><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number3_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> USB 2.0, <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number4_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> FireWire 400, and <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number5_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> FireWire 800 ports.</p> <p>And 11 more in back, including <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number1_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> USB 2.0, <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number2_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> FireWire 400,<br /><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number3_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> FireWire 800, <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number4_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> optical audio in and out, <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number5_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> analog audio in and out, and <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/number6_20060807.png" alt="" height="14" width="14" /> dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.</p> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_ports20060807.jpg" alt="Making Connections" height="273" width="203" /> <p class="sosumi caption front">Front</p> <p class="sosumi caption back">Back</p> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid2col--> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid2col--></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com94tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-52863860623130229502007-04-05T16:27:00.000+02:002007-04-05T16:29:19.492+02:00Mac Pro 8 Core - Intel Xeon page 5 April 2007<div style="text-align: center;"> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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Up to 3.0GHz.</h1> <p class="intro">Inside each Mac Pro reside either two Quad-Core or two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors. Running at up to 3.0GHz, they bring industry-leading 64-bit performance to every Mac Pro. </p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/intel_logo20060807.png" alt="Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor" class="left" height="130" width="130" /> <h3>8-core or quad-core. It's all Xeon.</h3> <p>Based on Intel’s <a href="http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture/coremicro/">Core microarchitecture</a> and designed for systems with multiple processors, the two 64-bit Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors in the new 8-core Mac Pro set a blistering 3GHz pace.</p> <p>And the 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors that power the quad-core Mac Pro run at clock speeds of 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz. That translates to up to 2x the performance of the Power Mac G5 Quad.<sup>1</sup> </p> <h3>More power using less power</h3> <p>Because Intel designed its Xeon processors to be more efficient, they consume less power than similar workstation-level processors, so your system fans don’t have to work as hard to keep them cool. Working hand in glove with Mac OS X Tiger, Xeon also continues the tradition of enabling 64-bit computation. Ideal for demanding creative and scientific applications, the 64-bit Intel Xeon processors can manage the precision needed for floating-point mathematics that express integers up to 18 billion billion. They also allow Mac Pro to surpass the 4GB memory limit of 32-bit processors.</p> <h3>Speedy system architecture</h3> <p>Augmenting the speed of its processors, the Mac Pro system architecture features 1.33GHz dual independent frontside buses that maximize performance and deliver total processor bandwidth of up to 21.3GB/s. Every Intel Xeon processor also offers an enhanced SSE3 vector engine. Capable of completing 128-bit vector computations in a single cycle, the SSE3 vector engine accelerates data manipulation by simultaneously applying a single instruction to multiple data — ideal for transforming large sets of data, such as applying a filter to an image or rendering a video effect.</p> <h3>Count on the cache</h3> <p>The L2 cache — 8MB per processor on the 8-core Mac Pro (16MB total) and 4MB per processor on the quad-core Mac Pro (8MB total) — keeps data and instructions closer to the processor cores, enhancing performance. And every Mac Pro features Intel’s Advanced Smart Cache technology, which allows each processor core access up to 4MB of L2 cache.</p> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last"> <h3>Up to 16GB of fully buffered memory</h3> <p>All Mac Pro workstations support a fully buffered memory standard that allows for more memory capacity, higher-speed memory, and better memory reliability. <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/intel_dimm20060807.png" alt="Riser card with four DIMMs" class="right" height="172" width="220" />You can install up to 16GB of 667MHz DDR2 Error Correction Code (ECC) fully buffered memory in every Mac Pro system. And with its 256-bit-wide memory architecture, Mac Pro offers twice the width of the memory architecture in the Power Mac G5.</p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/intel_archdiagram20060807.png" alt="Speedy system architecture" class="across" height="515" width="415" /> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid2col--> <div class="clear grid3col" id="performancedata"> <h2>Mac Pro Performance</h2> <div class="column first"> <h3>3D Rendering<sup>2</sup></h3> <div class="sidegraph"> <h5>Luxology modo 203 <em>3D rendering</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 100%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>3.1x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 61.2%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.9x </span></strong> <h5>Maya 8.5 / Mental Ray <em>3D rendering</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 83.8%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>2.6x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 45.1%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Cinebench 9.5 <em>Multiple-processor rendering test</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 64.5%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>2.0x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 41.9%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5 class="baseline">Power Mac G5 <em>Quad 2.5GHz</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 32.3%;">Baseline </strong> </div> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h3>Science and Technical Computing<sup>3</sup></h3> <div class="sidegraph"> <h5>Linpack <em>Double Precision</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 100%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>2.2x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 63.6%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em> <span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>PyMOL <em>Multi-thread ray trace</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 86.4%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>1.9x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 63.6%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mathematica <em>MathematicaMark5.2</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 81.8%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>1.8x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 68.1%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.5x </span></strong> <h5>HMMER <em>hmmcalibrate</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 63.6%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz 8-core</em> <span>1.4x </span></strong> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 54.5%;"><em class="label"> 3GHz Quad</em><span>1.2x </span></strong> <h5 class="baseline">Power Mac G5 <em>Quad 2.5GHz</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 45.5%;">Baseline </strong> </div> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <dl class="comparison"><dt id="t1" class="comparisonnav active">3GHz Quad</dt><dd id="t2" class="comparisoncontent active"> <h3>Up to 2x Faster Than Power Mac G5 Quad<sup>1</sup></h3> <h4>SPEC CPU2000 performance</h4> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" summary="MacBook Pro SPECint_rate_base2000 Performance" class="performance" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Quad G5</th> <th>Quad Xeon</th> <th class="delta">Δ</th> </tr> <tr> <td>53.8</td> <td>115.3</td> <td class="change">2.1X</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="spec"><h5>SPECint_rate_base2000</h5><h6>Integer calculation (estimate)</h6></th> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" summary="MacBook Pro SPECfp_rate_base2000 Performance" class="performance" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Quad G5</th> <th>Quad Xeon</th> <th class="delta">Δ</th> </tr> <tr> <td>47.9</td> <td>76.4</td> <td class="change">1.6X</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="spec"><h5>SPECfp_rate_base2000</h5><h6>Floating-point calculation (estimate)</h6></th> </tr> </tbody></table> </dd><dt id="t2" class="comparisonnav">3GHz 8-core</dt><dd id="d2" class="comparisoncontent"> <h3>Up to 1.4x Faster Than Quad Xeon<sup>4</sup></h3> <h4>SPEC CPU2006 performance</h4> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" summary="Mac Pro 8-core Xeon SPECint_rate_base2006 Performance" class="performance" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Quad Xeon</th> <th>8-core Xeon</th> <th class="delta">Δ</th> </tr> <tr> <td>50.4</td> <td>69.5</td> <td class="change">1.4X</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="spec"><h5>SPECint_rate_base2006</h5><h6>Integer calculation (estimate)</h6></th> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" summary="Mac Pro 8-core Xeon SPECfp_rate_base2006 Performance" class="performance" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Quad Xeon</th> <th>8-core Xeon</th> <th class="delta">Δ</th> </tr> <tr> <td>41.2</td> <td>52.1</td> <td class="change">1.3X</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="spec"><h5>SPECfp_rate_base2006</h5><h6>Floating-point calculation (estimate)</h6></th> </tr> </tbody></table> </dd></dl> <ul class="sidegraph key"><li><strong class="bar7"> </strong> 3GHz 8-core</li><li><strong class="bar4"> </strong> 3GHz Quad</li></ul> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid3col--> <ol class="sosumi"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. SPEC® is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see <a href="http://www.spec.org/">www.spec.org</a> for more information. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.</li><li>Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using preproduction 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units and shipping 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro and 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Testing was conducted with a beta version of modo. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Modo test files = BathFaucet.lxo and Couch.lxo, Maya test file = Benchmark_Maya.mb from http://www.zoorender.com/benchmark/. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.</li><li>Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using preproduction 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units and shipping 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro and 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Linpack results are based on the 1000s and 1000d Linpack benchmarks available from www.netlib.org/benchmark using the Accelerate Framework and a matrix size of 16,000. PyMOL results are based on ray trace-based tests from the built-in PyMOL Wizard Benchmark, modified for 4 threads for the quad-core systems and 8 threads for the 8-core system. For HMMER tests, Power Mac G5 was tested with the binary distribution available at hmmer.janelia.org; Mac Pro was tested with source, compiled using the patch available from www.scalableinformatics.com and the following compile-time options: -O3 --enable-threads. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.</li><li>Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using preproduction 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units and shipping 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units. SPEC® is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see www.spec.org for more information. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.</li></ol></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-49699864284645431622007-04-05T16:23:00.000+02:002007-04-05T16:25:00.091+02:00MacPro 8 Core<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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It also gives you four PCI Express slots and lots of I/O options for ultimate flexibility. </p> <div class="clearer"> </div> <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/graphics.html"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/index_4displays20060807.jpg" alt="Killer Graphics" class="right" height="112" width="170" /></a> <h3 id="trouble">Killer graphics</h3> <p>Looking for high-performance workstation graphics? You’ve come to the right place. Three <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/graphics.html">graphics</a> card options let you choose the card that meets your specific needs. And every one lets you connect up to two displays, including at least one 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. </p> <h3>More than 33 million possible configurations</h3> <p>You’re the expert. With build-to-order options available for processors, graphics cards, memory, hard drives, optical drives, and other features and components, the über-configurable Mac Pro lets you build your personal dream machine. The Mac you’ve been waiting for.</p> <a href="http://www.apple.com/creativesuite3/"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/index_creativesuite320070327.png" alt="Creativity optimized. Adobe Creative Suite 3." class="left" border="0" height="68" width="360" /></a> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid2col--> <ol class="sosumi"><li>Based on estimated SPECint_rate_base2000 results. Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. SPEC® is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see <a href="http://www.spec.org/">www.spec.org</a> for more information. 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For added graphics performance, you can choose upgraded, workstation-class graphics cards that can power two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD displays.</p> </div> <div class="clearer"> </div> </div> <div class="col2"> <div class="txt"> <h3>PCI Express expansion</h3> <p>Install additional PCI Express cards into the three full-length PCI Express expansion slots, which feature a newly designed bracket for tool-less installation and removal of cards.<sup>2</sup></p> </div> <div><img src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1236/store.apple.com/Catalog/regional/amr/macpro/img/overview-aerial.jpg" border="0" height="144" width="201" /></div> <div class="txt"> <h3>Up to 16GB RAM</h3> <p>Add up to 16GB of 667MHz DDR2 fully buffered ECC memory — a new memory architecture that’s up to 256 bits wide and allows for greater memory capacity, faster speeds, and better reliability.</p> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"> </div> <div class="section2"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr class="r-1"> <td class="n-1"> <h3>What's in the box</h3> <ul><li><span>•</span> Mac Pro</li><li><span>•</span> Power cord</li><li><span>•</span> Apple Keyboard</li><li><span>•</span> Mighty Mouse</li><li><span>•</span> DVI to VGA adapter</li><li><span>•</span> Install/restore DVDs</li><li><span>•</span> Printed and electronic documentation</li></ul> </td> <td class="n-2"> <img src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1236/store.apple.com/Catalog/regional/amr/macpro/img/overview-box.jpg" border="0" height="143" width="148" /> </td> <td class="n-3"> <h3>Configuration Options</h3> <ul><li><span>•</span> Processors up to 3.0GHz</li><li><span>•</span> Memory up to 16GB</li><li><span>•</span> Upgraded graphics cards</li><li><span>•</span> Hard drive up to 3TB</li><li><span>•</span> Up to two SuperDrives</li><li><span>•</span> AirPort Extreme</li><li><span>•</span> Bluetooth 2.0+EDR</li><li><span>•</span> More options</li></ul> </td> <td class="n-4" rowspan="2"> <h3>Included Software</h3> <div id="req-switcher" class="os"> <ul><li onclick="requirementsSwap.swap('os');" class="os"><span>Operating System</span></li><li onclick="requirementsSwap.swap('apps');" class="apps"><span>Applications</span></li></ul> </div> <ul id="req-os"><li class="special"><div>Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger</div><span>The world's most advanced operating system including the latest versions of these system applications:</span></li><li><span>•</span> Address Book</li><li><span>•</span> DVD Player</li><li><span>•</span> iCal</li><li><span>•</span> iChat AV</li><li><span>•</span> Mail</li><li><span>•</span> Preview</li><li><span>•</span> Safari</li><li><span>•</span> Xcode</li></ul> <ul id="req-apps" class="hide"><li><span>•</span> iLife '06 suite for creating photo projects, making movies, designing DVDs, building websites, and composing music</li><li><span>•</span> iWork '06 30-day trial</li><li><span>•</span> Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 30-day Test Drive</li><li><span>•</span> Comic Life</li><li><span>•</span> OmniOutliner</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="r-2"> <td class="n-1" colspan="3"> <div id="footnotes"> <ol><li>(1) 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. (2) PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.</li></ol> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="btm"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="btm"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="btm"> </div> </div><br /></center>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-51751702519726369772007-04-03T11:50:00.001+02:002007-04-03T11:51:56.272+02:00Mac Pro April 2007 Technical Specifications page<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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memory riser cards (4 slots per card) supporting up to 16GB of main memory</li><li>Up to 256-bit wide memory architecture</li></ul> <h4>Graphics and Displays</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Double-wide 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed: <ul class="circle last"><li>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port</li><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and two dual-link DVI ports</li><li>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port</li></ul></li><li>Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT cards</li><li>300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards</li><li>Support for up to eight displays<sup>1</sup></li><li>Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels</li><li>Support for analog resultions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels</li><li>DVI to VGA Adapter included</li><li>Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes</li></ul> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h4>Storage</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers included</li><li>Up to 3TB of internal storage <sup>2</sup> using hard drives in the following capacities: <ul class="circle last"><li>Hard drive bay 1 <ul class="square last"><li>160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 2 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 3 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 4 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) <ul class="circle last"><li>Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x speed</li><li>Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed</li><li>Reads CDs at up to 32x speed</li></ul></li><li>One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_superdrive20060807.jpg" alt="Up to two SuperDrives" class="across" border="0" height="126" width="185" /> <h4>PCI Express expansion <sup>3</sup></h4> <ul class="square"><li>Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots </li><li>Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards</li><li>300W combined max for all PCI Express slots</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column"> <h4>Communications</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames</li><li>Optional AirPort Extreme wireless networking<sup>4</sup></li><li>Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps</li><li>Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11)</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_ports20060807.jpg" alt="Peripherals and audio" class="right" border="0" height="150" width="64" /> <h4>Peripherals and audio</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)</li><li>Two USB 1.1 ports on included keyboard</li><li>Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker</li><li>Optical digital audio input and output Toslink ports</li><li>Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks</li></ul> <h4>Electrical and environmental requirements</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Meets ENERGY STAR requirements</li><li>Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)</li><li>Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase</li><li>Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)</li><li>Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)</li><li>Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)</li><li>Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing</li><li>Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet</li></ul> <h4>Size and weight</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Height: 20.1 inches (51.1 cm) </li><li>Width: 8.1 inches (20.6 cm)</li><li>Depth: 18.7 inches (47.5 cm)</li><li>Weight (standard configuration): 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)<sup>5</sup></li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_software20060109.png" alt="Software" border="0" height="140" width="190" /> <h4>Software</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, QuickTime, iCal, and other software) <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_universal20060109.gif" alt="Universal" class="right" border="0" height="80" width="60" /></li><li>iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)</li><li>Comic Life</li><li>Omni Outliner</li><li>Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork ’06 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 8.5 trial</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_box20060807.png" alt="Redesigned Mac Pro enclosure" class="across" border="0" height="150" width="190" /> <h4>In the box</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Mac Pro</li><li>Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse</li><li>DVI to VGA Adapter</li><li>USB Keyboard Extension Cable</li><li>Install/restore DVDs</li><li>Printed and electronic documentation</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_side20070207.png" alt="Mac Pro" class="across" border="0" height="150" width="185" /> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid4col--> <h2 class="config clear">Configuration Options</h2> <table summary="Mac Pro Configurations" id="configurations" class="datasheet" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr class="header"> <th class="divider" width="20%"> </th> <th class="divider" width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Standard Configuration</a> (MA356LL/A)</th> <th width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Build-to-Order Options</a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Processor</th> <td class="divider">Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</td> <td>Two 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Memory</th> <td class="divider">1GB (2 x 512MB) of 667MHz DDR2 Fully-buffered DIMM ECC</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>2GB (4x 512MB)</li><li>4GB (4 x 1GB)</li><li>8GB (8 x 1GB)</li><li>8GB (4 x 2GB)</li><li>16GB (8 x 2GB)</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express Graphics</th> <td class="divider">Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB single-link DVI/Dual-link DVI</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2x dual-link DVI) </li><li>Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)</li><li>2 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB</li><li>3 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB </li><li>4 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Hard disk drive </th> <td class="divider">250GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s); 7200 rpm; 8Mb cache</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>Hard Drive Bay 1 <ul class="circle last"><li>160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 2 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 3 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 4 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Optical Drive</th> <td class="divider">16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> <td>Two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Wireless</th> <td class="divider">Optional</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>AirPort Extreme wireless networking <sup>(4)</sup></li><li>Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express</th> <td class="divider"> - </td> <td>Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express card</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Displays</th> <td class="divider"> - </td> <td> <ul class="square"><li>20-inch Apple Cinema Display (M9177LL/A)</li><li>23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9178LL/A)</li><li>30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9179LL/A)</li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><!--/configurations--> <h2>Add-Ons</h2> <div class="options grid4col"> <div class="column first"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_addons20070207.png" alt="Wireless keyboard and Mighty Mouse. Airport Extreme Base Station." border="0" height="141" width="180" /></div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h3>Upgrades</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA684G%2FA">1GB memory kit</a> (MA684G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA685G%2FA">2GB memory kit</a> (MA685G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA833G%2FA">4GB memory kit</a> (MA833G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA690G%2FA">500GB hard drive kit</a> (MA690G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA851G%2FA">750GB hard drive kit</a> (MA851G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA567Z%2FA">NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card kit</a> (MA567Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA631Z%2FA">ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card kit</a> (MA631Z/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column"> <h3>Accessories</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA073LL%2FA">AirPort Extreme Base Station</a> (MA073LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9470LL%2FA">AirPort Express Base Station featuring AirTunes</a>(M9470LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9270LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Keyboard</a> (M9270LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA272LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse</a> (MA272LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA034Z%2FA">Apple USB Modem</a> (MA034Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA361Z%2FA">.Mac Subscription</a> (MA361Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA516LL%2FA">AppleCare Protection Plan</a> (MA516LL/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <h3>Applications</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA285Z%2FA">Final Cut Studio</a> (MA285Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa?productLearnMore=MA261Z%2FA">Final Cut Express</a> (MA261Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA438Z%2FA">Aperture</a> (MA438Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA328Z%2FA">Logic Pro</a> (MA328Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA603Z%2FA">Logic Express</a> (MA603Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA434Z%2FA">Shake</a> (MA434Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA613Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (10-client license)</a> (MA613Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA612Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (Unlimited-client license)</a> (MA612Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA231Z%2FA">Apple Remote Desktop</a> (MA231Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA222Z%2FA">iWork ’06</a> (MA222Z/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/options.grid4col--> <ol class="clear decimal sosumi"><li>Requires installation of four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards, each of which provides support for up to two 20-inch Apple Cinema or 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays.</li><li>1TB = approximately 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.</li><li>PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.</li><li>Wireless Internet access requires base station or other wireless access point and Internet access (fees may apply). Achieving data rates up to 54 Mbps requires that all users have an AirPort Extreme Card and connect to an AirPort Extreme Base Station. Some ISPs are not currently compatible with AirPort. Range may vary with site conditions.</li><li>Actual weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.</li></ol> <p class="sosumi">Intel and Intel Core are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.</p></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-13824522076644165592007-04-03T11:50:00.000+02:002007-04-03T11:51:50.277+02:00Mac Pro April 2007 technical Specifications page<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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memory riser cards (4 slots per card) supporting up to 16GB of main memory</li><li>Up to 256-bit wide memory architecture</li></ul> <h4>Graphics and Displays</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Double-wide 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed: <ul class="circle last"><li>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port</li><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and two dual-link DVI ports</li><li>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port</li></ul></li><li>Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT cards</li><li>300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards</li><li>Support for up to eight displays<sup>1</sup></li><li>Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels</li><li>Support for analog resultions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels</li><li>DVI to VGA Adapter included</li><li>Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes</li></ul> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h4>Storage</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers included</li><li>Up to 3TB of internal storage <sup>2</sup> using hard drives in the following capacities: <ul class="circle last"><li>Hard drive bay 1 <ul class="square last"><li>160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 2 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 3 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard drive bay 4 <ul class="square last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) <ul class="circle last"><li>Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x speed</li><li>Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed</li><li>Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed</li><li>Reads CDs at up to 32x speed</li></ul></li><li>One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_superdrive20060807.jpg" alt="Up to two SuperDrives" class="across" border="0" height="126" width="185" /> <h4>PCI Express expansion <sup>3</sup></h4> <ul class="square"><li>Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots </li><li>Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards</li><li>300W combined max for all PCI Express slots</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column"> <h4>Communications</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames</li><li>Optional AirPort Extreme wireless networking<sup>4</sup></li><li>Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps</li><li>Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11)</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_ports20060807.jpg" alt="Peripherals and audio" class="right" border="0" height="150" width="64" /> <h4>Peripherals and audio</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)</li><li>Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)</li><li>Two USB 1.1 ports on included keyboard</li><li>Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker</li><li>Optical digital audio input and output Toslink ports</li><li>Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks</li></ul> <h4>Electrical and environmental requirements</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Meets ENERGY STAR requirements</li><li>Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)</li><li>Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase</li><li>Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)</li><li>Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)</li><li>Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)</li><li>Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing</li><li>Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet</li></ul> <h4>Size and weight</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Height: 20.1 inches (51.1 cm) </li><li>Width: 8.1 inches (20.6 cm)</li><li>Depth: 18.7 inches (47.5 cm)</li><li>Weight (standard configuration): 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)<sup>5</sup></li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_software20060109.png" alt="Software" border="0" height="140" width="190" /> <h4>Software</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, QuickTime, iCal, and other software) <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_universal20060109.gif" alt="Universal" class="right" border="0" height="80" width="60" /></li><li>iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)</li><li>Comic Life</li><li>Omni Outliner</li><li>Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork ’06 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 8.5 trial</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_box20060807.png" alt="Redesigned Mac Pro enclosure" class="across" border="0" height="150" width="190" /> <h4>In the box</h4> <ul class="square"><li>Mac Pro</li><li>Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse</li><li>DVI to VGA Adapter</li><li>USB Keyboard Extension Cable</li><li>Install/restore DVDs</li><li>Printed and electronic documentation</li></ul> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_side20070207.png" alt="Mac Pro" class="across" border="0" height="150" width="185" /> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid4col--> <h2 class="config clear">Configuration Options</h2> <table summary="Mac Pro Configurations" id="configurations" class="datasheet" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr class="header"> <th class="divider" width="20%"> </th> <th class="divider" width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Standard Configuration</a> (MA356LL/A)</th> <th width="40%"><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacPro">Build-to-Order Options</a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Processor</th> <td class="divider">Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</td> <td>Two 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Memory</th> <td class="divider">1GB (2 x 512MB) of 667MHz DDR2 Fully-buffered DIMM ECC</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>2GB (4x 512MB)</li><li>4GB (4 x 1GB)</li><li>8GB (8 x 1GB)</li><li>8GB (4 x 2GB)</li><li>16GB (8 x 2GB)</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express Graphics</th> <td class="divider">Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB single-link DVI/Dual-link DVI</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2x dual-link DVI) </li><li>Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)</li><li>2 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB</li><li>3 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB </li><li>4 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256MB</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Hard disk drive </th> <td class="divider">250GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s); 7200 rpm; 8Mb cache</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>Hard Drive Bay 1 <ul class="circle last"><li>160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 2 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 3 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li><li>Hard Drive Bay 4 <ul class="circle last"><li>500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8MB cache</li><li>750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 16MB cache</li></ul></li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">Optical Drive</th> <td class="divider">16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> <td>Two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Wireless</th> <td class="divider">Optional</td> <td><ul class="square"><li>AirPort Extreme wireless networking <sup>(4)</sup></li><li>Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th class="divider">PCI Express</th> <td class="divider"> - </td> <td>Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express card</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th class="divider">Displays</th> <td class="divider"> - </td> <td> <ul class="square"><li>20-inch Apple Cinema Display (M9177LL/A)</li><li>23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9178LL/A)</li><li>30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (M9179LL/A)</li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><!--/configurations--> <h2>Add-Ons</h2> <div class="options grid4col"> <div class="column first"><img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/specs_addons20070207.png" alt="Wireless keyboard and Mighty Mouse. Airport Extreme Base Station." border="0" height="141" width="180" /></div><!--/first--> <div class="column"> <h3>Upgrades</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA684G%2FA">1GB memory kit</a> (MA684G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA685G%2FA">2GB memory kit</a> (MA685G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA833G%2FA">4GB memory kit</a> (MA833G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA690G%2FA">500GB hard drive kit</a> (MA690G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA851G%2FA">750GB hard drive kit</a> (MA851G/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA567Z%2FA">NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card kit</a> (MA567Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA631Z%2FA">ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card kit</a> (MA631Z/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column"> <h3>Accessories</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA073LL%2FA">AirPort Extreme Base Station</a> (MA073LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9470LL%2FA">AirPort Express Base Station featuring AirTunes</a>(M9470LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9270LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Keyboard</a> (M9270LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA272LL%2FA">Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse</a> (MA272LL/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA034Z%2FA">Apple USB Modem</a> (MA034Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA361Z%2FA">.Mac Subscription</a> (MA361Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA516LL%2FA">AppleCare Protection Plan</a> (MA516LL/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/column--> <div class="column last"> <h3>Applications</h3> <ul class="square"><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA285Z%2FA">Final Cut Studio</a> (MA285Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa?productLearnMore=MA261Z%2FA">Final Cut Express</a> (MA261Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA438Z%2FA">Aperture</a> (MA438Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA328Z%2FA">Logic Pro</a> (MA328Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA603Z%2FA">Logic Express</a> (MA603Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA434Z%2FA">Shake</a> (MA434Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA613Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (10-client license)</a> (MA613Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA612Z%2FA">Mac OS X Server v10.4 (Unlimited-client license)</a> (MA612Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA231Z%2FA">Apple Remote Desktop</a> (MA231Z/A)</li><li><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA222Z%2FA">iWork ’06</a> (MA222Z/A)</li></ul> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/options.grid4col--> <ol class="clear decimal sosumi"><li>Requires installation of four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards, each of which provides support for up to two 20-inch Apple Cinema or 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays.</li><li>1TB = approximately 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.</li><li>PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.</li><li>Wireless Internet access requires base station or other wireless access point and Internet access (fees may apply). Achieving data rates up to 54 Mbps requires that all users have an AirPort Extreme Card and connect to an AirPort Extreme Base Station. Some ISPs are not currently compatible with AirPort. Range may vary with site conditions.</li><li>Actual weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.</li></ol> <p class="sosumi">Intel and Intel Core are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.</p></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-67466379469642415322007-04-03T11:47:00.000+02:002007-04-03T11:48:42.751+02:00Mac Pro April 2007 Performance page<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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Upgrade to the Performance Package.</p> </div> </div><!--/grid2col--> <h2>Film and Video</h2> <div class="grid2cola"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Any Project in Any Format</h3> <p>No matter what the format — DV, SD, HDV, HD, or even film — the Mac Pro gives film and video professionals the freedom and power to create studio-quality and award-winning projects.</p> <ul class="square"><li>Mac Pro systems with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors speed up editing and enhance multistream and multicamera production using <a href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/">Final Cut Pro</a>. In addition to supporting more simultaneous streams and real-time effects, they also accelerate video processing and rendering.</li><li>High-performance PCI Express graphics cards — such as the ATI Radeon X1900 XT or the Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 — boost motion graphics and animation performance in such applications as Motion, Maya, Modo and Aperture.</li><li>Thanks to its new double-wide PCI Express graphics slot, Mac Pro lets you enjoy workstation graphics performance and still have three open PCI Express expansion slots.<sup>1</sup> Install the latest cards from AJA Video and Blackmagic Design (for video acquisition and playback) or the Apple Fibre Channel card (for connecting to Xserve RAID or an Xsan storage area network).</li><li>Install up to four 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drives for up to 3TB of internal storage and stripe them together using Mac OS X RAID for fast access to all of your digital media files.</li><li>Mac Pro provides two optical drive bays. One comes filled with a 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support. Adding an optional second SuperDrive makes it easy to author commercial-grade DVDs in record time using DVD Studio Pro</li><li>A workflow based on Mac OS X and QuickTime provides the flexibility to author in any format, while XML extensibility allows project sharing between applications.</li></ul> <dl id="comparison1" class="comparison"><dt id="t1" class="comparisonnav1 active">Final Cut Pro <span>(DV) rendering</span></dt><dd id="d1" class="comparisoncontent1 active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Final Cut Pro Rendering Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> Digital video (DV) rendering</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t2" class="comparisonnav1">Final Cut Pro <span>(DV) encoding</span></dt><dd id="d2" class="comparisoncontent1"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Final Cut Pro Encoding Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> Digital video (DV) MPEG-2 encoding</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t3" class="comparisonnav1">Final Cut Pro <span>(HDV) rendering</span></dt><dd id="d3" class="comparisoncontent1"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Final Cut Pro Rendering Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.3x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> High definition video (HDV-1080i60) rendering</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 79.2%;"><span>1.2x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t4" class="comparisonnav1">Final Cut Pro <span>(HDV) encoding</span></dt><dd id="d4" class="comparisoncontent1"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Final Cut Pro Encoding Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> High definition video (HDV-1080i60) MPEG-2 encoding</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t5" class="comparisonnav1">modo 202 <span>3D rendering</span></dt><dd id="d5" class="comparisoncontent1"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>modo 202 Rendering Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.8x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> 3D rendering</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 90%;"><span>1.8x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 80%;"><span>1.6x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 50%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of modo. Test files = BathFaucet.lxo and Couch.lxo.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t6" class="comparisonnav1">Cinebench 9.5 <span>rendering test</span></dt><dd id="d6" class="comparisoncontent1"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Cinebench 9.5 Results</h3> <h4><em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad.</em> Multiple-processor rendering test</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 79.2%;"><span>1.2x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units.</li></ul> </dd></dl> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last sidebar"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/perform_side_fcp20070207.png" alt="Film and Video" class="across" height="149" width="240" /> <h3>Xsan for Video Workflows</h3> <p>Mac Pro is the perfect client for <a href="http://www.apple.com/xsan/videoworkflow.html">Xsan</a>, Apple’s enterprise-class storage area network (SAN) solution. Xsan provides concurrent access to terabytes of storage on centralized Xserve RAID volumes from multiple computers — providing the high performance required by individual editors, as well as the stability and security valued by network administrators.</p> <p>An Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card can connect Mac Pro to <a href="http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/">Xserve RAID</a> and an Xsan network. Built-in dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and the new double-wide PCI Express graphics slot on Mac Pro frees up slots for specialized cards such as a PCI Express video I/O card or an audio DSP or I/O card for sound editing.</p> <p>For more information on the Xsan video workflow, visit <a href="http://www.apple.com/xsan/">www.apple.com/xsan</a>.</p> <h3>Recommended Mac Pro Film and Video Workstation</h3> <ul class="square"><li>Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</li><li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC memory</li><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card</li><li>Four 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives</li><li>16x SuperDrive</li></ul> <p>“We couldn't believe it when we realized that Mac Pro renders images 2x faster than even the Power Mac G5 Quad. <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">This really is an amazing machine.”</a> <br /><em>- Dana Batali, Director of RenderMan Development, Pixar Animation Studios</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">More quotes…</a></p> </div><!--/sidebar--> </div><!--/grid2cola--> <h2 class="clear">Music and Audio</h2> <div class="grid2cola"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Create Without Limits</h3> <p>Innovative tools for the Mac platform — such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/logicpro/">Logic Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/logicexpress/">Logic Express</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/">Soundtrack Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.digidesign.com/" target="_blank">Digidesign Pro Tools</a>, <a href="http://www.motu.com/">MOTU Digital Performer</a>, <a href="http://www.ableton.com/">Ableton Live</a> and <a href="http://waves.com/">Waves</a> — provide composers and sound designers with a wealth of software for capturing every inspiration. With Mac Pro, there’s even more power available to compose, record, edit, mix, and perform.</p> <ul class="square"><li>Two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors in every Mac Pro let you synthesize more instruments and apply more effects than ever before.</li><li>Up to 16GB of fast 667MHz fully buffered memory provides ample memory bandwidth to compose using an unprecedented number of tracks. </li><li>Up to 3TB of fast internal hard drive space supports the local storage of massive amounts of audio files — ready and waiting at your fingertips.</li><li>Three full-length PCI Express expansion slots support state-of-the-art audio DSP and I/O solutions, such as those from Digidesign and Apogee. </li><li>Built-in optical digital and analog stereo audio ports support both new and legacy hardware, and convenient FireWire and USB ports allow connection to virtually any audio, MIDI, and storage devices. </li><li>Dual display support in every Mac Pro graphics card provides added screen real estate — perfect for spreading out application windows, tool palettes and timelines.</li></ul> <dl id="comparison2" class="comparison"><dt id="t7" class="comparisonnav2 active">Logic Pro <span>Platinum Verb reverb</span></dt><dd id="d7" class="comparisoncontent2 active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Logic Pro 7.2.2 Results <em>Up to 1.8x the plug-ins of Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Number of concurrently playing Platinum Verb reverb plug-ins</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 90%;"><span>1.8x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 80%;"><span>1.6x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 50%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Logic Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t8" class="comparisonnav2">Logic Pro<span>Sculpture modeling</span></dt><dd id="d8" class="comparisoncontent2"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Logic Pro 7.2.2 Results <em>Up to 1.8x the modeling synths of Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Number of concurrently playing Sculpture modeling synths</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 90%;"><span>1.8x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85%;"><span>1.7x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 50%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Logic Pro.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t9" class="comparisonnav2">Soundtrack Pro<span>Common application tasks</span></dt><dd id="d9" class="comparisoncontent2"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Soundtrack Pro 1.1 Results <em>Up to 1.6x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Common application tasks</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 80%;"><span>1.6x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 70%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 50%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. </li></ul> </dd></dl> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last sidebar"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/perform_side_logic20070207.png" alt="Music and Audio" class="across" height="149" width="240" /> <h3>Audio in Mac OS X</h3> <p>Mac OS X integrates a range of audio technologies into a modern platform, delivering stunning audio quality from 24kHz to 192kHz, outstanding performance, and ease of use for musicians, composers, sound designers, and audio editors. The Audio Units plug-in architecture allows plug-ins to be used across Mac OS X audio applications. Apple supplies several <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/coreaudio/">Audio Units</a> in Mac OS X, including one that adjusts timing without affecting pitch and a matched pair that streams audio over a network.</p> <p>Also integrated are MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Services for increased stability and performance, as well as Audio MIDI Setup for managing MIDI needs and defining a systemwide MIDI configuration that’s available to all applications.</p> <h3>Recommended Mac Pro Music and Audio Workstation</h3> <ul class="square"><li>Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</li><li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC memory</li><li>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card</li><li>Two 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives</li><li>16x SuperDrive</li></ul> <p>“Our customers will be totally energized by the power of the Mac Pro. <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">It’s optimally suited for serious audio processing </a>- effects plug-ins and software virtual instruments will thrive on this machine.” <br /><em>- Dave Lebolt, General Manager, Digidesign</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">More quotes…</a></p> </div><!--/sidebar--> </div><!--/grid2cola--> <h2 class="clear">Science and Technical Computing</h2> <div class="grid2cola"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Faster Time to Discovery</h3> <p>The new Mac Pro workstation lets scientific researchers visualize data beautifully, analyze data efficiently, and achieve results quickly. Whether it’s 3D molecular modeling with PyMOL, searching for DNA alignments with HMMER, or modeling equations with Mathematica, scientific insights arrive faster with Mac Pro.</p> <ul class="square"><li>With four 64-bit Intel Xeon processor cores and an enhanced 128-bit SSE3 vector engine, you’ll see dramatic acceleration of the most processor-intensive scientific applications such as HMMER, BioConductor, and VIDA.</li><li>Up to 16GB of fast 667MHz DDR2 fully buffered ECC memory makes light work of enormous tasks and data sets.</li><li>The optional NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 workstation graphics card supports such advanced scientific visualization applications as stereo 3D visualization in a window<sup>2</sup> — perfect for complex 3D stereo data analysis applications such as <a href="http://delsci.com/macpymol/">PyMOL</a> from Delano Scientific. </li><li>With four PCI Express slots, you can install up to four graphics cards to drive an array of up to eight Apple Cinema Displays for large visualization projects and display walls.<sup>3</sup></li><li>PCI Express expansion supports Apple’s Fibre Channel card for connecting to high-speed external storage such as Apple’s Xserve RAID and the latest scientific data collection devices.</li><li>UNIX-based Mac OS X lets you run complex scientific applications and command-line tools alongside essential productivity applications, such as Microsoft Excel — all on the same computer and operating system.</li></ul> <dl id="comparison3" class="comparison"><dt id="t10" class="comparisonnav3 active">PyMOL<span>Wizard Benchmark CPU-based tests </span></dt><dd id="d10" class="comparisoncontent3 active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>PyMOL .99 Results <em>Up to 1.5x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Wizard Benchmark CPU-based tests</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 99%;"><span>1.5x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Results based on CPU-based tests from the built-in PyMOL Wizard Benchmark.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t11" class="comparisonnav3">OsiriX<span>Volume and surface render</span></dt><dd id="d11" class="comparisoncontent3"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>OsiriX 2.4 Results <em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Volume and surface render</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Test file = DICOM sample image set MANIX.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t12" class="comparisonnav3">Mathematica<span>MathematicaMark5.2</span></dt><dd id="d12" class="comparisoncontent3"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Mathematica 5.2.2 Results <em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>MathematicaMark5.2</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 79.2%;"><span>1.2x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t13" class="comparisonnav3">Xcode<span>Build project</span></dt><dd id="d13" class="comparisoncontent3"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Xcode 2.3 Results <em>Up to 1.8x faster builds than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Build project</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 90%;"><span>1.8x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85%;"><span>1.7x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 50%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Results based on build time of AdiumX 0.89.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t14" class="comparisonnav3">Linpack<span>Single-precision results</span></dt><dd id="d14" class="comparisoncontent3"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Linpack Results <em>Up to 1.5x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Single-precision results</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 99%;"><span>1.5x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Results based on the 1000s and 1000d Linpack benchmarks available from www.netlib.org/benchmark using a matrix size of 20,000 for the single-precision results and 16,000 for the double-precision results. Power Mac G5 was tested using the Accelerate Framework; Mac Pro was tested using Intel's MKL 8.1.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t15" class="comparisonnav3">Linpack<span>Double-precision results</span></dt><dd id="d15" class="comparisoncontent3"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Linpack Results <em>Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad</em></h3> <h4>Double-precision results</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92.4%;"><span>1.4x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66 GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 85.8%;"><span>1.3x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Results based on the 1000s and 1000d Linpack benchmarks available from www.netlib.org/benchmark using a matrix size of 20,000 for the single-precision results and 16,000 for the double-precision results. Power Mac G5 was tested using the Accelerate Framework; Mac Pro was tested using Intel's MKL 8.1.</li></ul> </dd></dl> <p>The Mac Pro delivers the performance, ease of use, and interoperability you need to accelerate your <a href="http://www.apple.com/science/">research</a> and make your next <a href="http://www.apple.com/science/">discovery</a>.</p> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last sidebar"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/perform_side_pymol20070207.png" alt="Science and Technical Computing" class="across" height="149" width="240" /> <h3>Scientific Visualization and Stereo 3D</h3> <p>In fields such as molecular modeling, genomics, computational chemistry, GIS, or medical imaging, scientists depend on advanced graphics and visualization to extract meaning from their data sets. In some cases, they need to visualize more data than a conventional planar display can present. By turning to stereoscopic technologies, researchers can add another dimension to the data they’re visualizing, helping them investigate extreme large data sets — e.g., drug protein interactions — or extremely complex data — e.g., a detailed aerial photograph.</p> <p>To view such an added dimension on CRT displays, researchers using Mac Pro can employ the optional NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card which features a stereo 3D graphics port, enabling the use of stereo 3D goggles (such as those available form Stereo Graphics Corporation). Stereo-in-a-window support in Mac OS X further enhances visualization, letting researchers interact with their data in real time — to control the model, edit data, or make notations — while viewing the rest of their workflow seamlessly in 2D windows.<sup>3</sup></p> <h3>Recommended Mac Pro Science Workstation</h3> <ul class="square"><li>Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</li><li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC memory</li><li>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card</li><li>250GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drive</li><li>16x SuperDrive</li></ul> <p>“Apple continues to bring the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">best hardware</a> for science and engineering to market in record time.” <br /><em>- Theodore Gray, Co-founder, Wolfram Research</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/quotes.html">More quotes…</a></p> </div><!--/sidebar--> </div><!--/grid2cola--> <h2 class="clear">Design and Print</h2> <div class="grid2cola"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Perfect 2D, 3D, and Color</h3> <p>Whether you design for print or for the web, you can realize your ideas as fast as you can conjure them with the Mac Pro workstation and industry-standard tools such as Photoshop and QuarkXPress. The latest version of <a href="http://www.quark.com/">QuarkXPress 7</a> is now universal, delivering 100% native performance on the Intel-based Mac Pro. And, with new <a href="http://www.apple.com/rosetta/">Rosetta</a> improvements in Mac OS X v10.4.8, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/">Photoshop CS2</a> performance on today’s Mac Pro has taken a leap ahead. Stay tuned for Adobe’s forthcoming <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf">universal version of Creative Suite</a>.</p> <ul class="square"><li>New quad-core Mac Pro systems with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors crunch through huge images and layouts. They also let you work with multiple applications, generate PDFs, print in the background. All simultaneously and without interrupting your creative process.</li><li>Up to 16GB of fast 667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory enables fast manipulation of massive media files.</li><li>Every Mac Pro supports dual displays. While using extended desktop mode, you can maximize your viewable screen real estate.</li><li>Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, high-speed I/O, and additional front I/O ports provide both high-bandwidth and convenient connections to networks, printers, scanners, cameras, and storage devices. </li><li>The <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartz/">Quartz</a> graphics engine in Mac OS X renders breathtaking content across mediums, while <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/colorsync/">ColorSync</a> ensures perfect color from capture to edit to output. Mac OS X Tiger also includes <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/automator/">Automator</a>, which simplifies the automation of repetitive tasks to streamline workflow. </li></ul> <dl id="comparison4" class="comparison"><dt id="t16" class="comparisonnav4 active">Photoshop CS2 <span>vs Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz</span></dt><dd id="d16" class="comparisoncontent4 active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Photoshop CS2 Results <em>Outstanding Rosetta performance</em></h3> <h4><strong>45-filter function test</strong> Performance compared to 2.3GHz Power Mac G5 Dual</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad 3GHz Xeon)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 100%;"><span>8% faster </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad 2.66GHz Xeon)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 92%;"><span>As fast as </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Dual 2.3GHz G5)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 92%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in September 2006 using shipping units and a prerelease version of OS X (Tiger) 10.4.8. File size = 400MB, system memory = 4 GB.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t17" class="comparisonnav4">Photoshop CS2 <span>vs Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz</span></dt><dd id="d17" class="comparisoncontent4"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Photoshop CS2 Results <em>Outstanding Rosetta performance</em></h3> <h4><strong>45-filter function test</strong> Performance compared to 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad 3GHz Xeon)</em></h5> <strong class="bar7" style="width: 77%;"><span>77% the performance of </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad 2.5GHz G5)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 100%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in September 2006 using shipping units and a prerelease version of OS X (Tiger) 10.4.8. File size = 400MB, system memory = 4 GB.</li></ul> </dd></dl> <dl id="comparison5" class="comparison"><dt id="t18" class="comparisonnav5 active">Photoshop CS2<span>vs Power Mac G4</span></dt><dd id="d18" class="comparisoncontent5 active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results</h3> <h4>Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3GHz is 48% faster than Power Mac G4</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz) </em></h5> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 100%;"><span>1.48x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66GHz) </em></h5> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 93%;"><span>1.30x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G4 <em>(Dual G4 1.25GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 66%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X (Tiger) 10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t19" class="comparisonnav5">Photoshop CS2 <span>vs Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz</span></dt><dd id="d19" class="comparisoncontent5"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results</h3> <h4>Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3GHz is 8% faster than Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 100%;"><span>1.08x </span></strong> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 2.66GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 88%;"><span>.95x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Dual G5 2.3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 92%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X (Tiger) 10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t20" class="comparisonnav5">Photoshop CS2 <span>vs Power Mac G5 Quad</span></dt><dd id="d20" class="comparisoncontent5"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results</h3> <h4>Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3GHz is 96% as fast as Power Mac G5 Quad</h4> <h5>Mac Pro <em>(Quad Xeon 3GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 96%;"><span>.96x </span></strong> <h5>Power Mac G5 <em>(Quad G5 2.5GHz)</em></h5> <strong class="bar3" style="width: 100%;"><span>Baseline </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X (Tiger) 10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB. </li></ul> </dd></dl> <p>View the <a href="http://images.apple.com/macpro/docs/MacPro_CS2_Report.pdf">complete report</a>.</p> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last sidebar"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/perform_side_quark20070207.png" alt="Design and Print" class="across" height="149" width="240" /> <h3>Professional Color Management</h3> <p>Mac Pro, Mac OS X Tiger, and an Apple Cinema Display lets designers implement an entirely digital, color-managed workflow — improving the quality of printed output while saving time and money. Apple’s groundbreaking <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/colorsync/">ColorSync</a> technology, based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) standard for color management, is built into every phase of a Mac-based design workflow. From capture to edit to output, color translates accurately from one device to another.</p> <p>Apple Cinema Displays work as a virtual color palette, with advanced panel technology for flicker-free viewing and twice the brightness, sharpness, and contrast of a CRT. A calibration device from <a href="http://www.xrite.com/">X-Rite</a> can be used to calibrate the Apple Cinema Display, resulting in consistent color proofs, reduced express shipping expenses, and fewer proofing cycles.</p> <p>For more information about how color management in Mac OS X can enhance workflow and improve final output, visit <a href="http://www.apple.com/pro/color">www.apple.com/pro/color</a>. </p> <h3>Recommended Mac Pro Design and Print Workstation</h3> <ul class="square"><li>Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors</li><li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC memory</li><li>NVIDIA 7300 GT graphics card</li><li>250GB & 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drive</li><li>16x SuperDrive</li></ul> </div><!--/sidebar--> </div><!--/grid2cola--> <h2 class="clear">Photography</h2> <div class="grid2cola"> <div class="column first"> <h3>Shoot RAW?</h3> <p>Then you’ll want to focus your attention on the blazing fast, highly expandable Mac Pro. That’s because it addresses just about every need that might arise for digital photographers.</p> <ul class="square"><li>Two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors — quad-performance in every system — deliver all the speed you need to display your large RAW files. Instantly and as large as screen real estate permits.</li><li>By upgrading to a high-performance graphics card, you can make the most out of such OpenGL accelerated applications as <a href="http://www.apple.com/aperture/">Aperture</a>.</li><li>Four hard drive bays give you options. Stripe your drives in a RAID 0 to build an extra large volume of up to 3TB. Or pair two drives in a RAID 1 for redundant reliability and instant backups.</li><li>Work large. Thanks to built-in support for the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, you can edit, compare, rate, organize, and adjust images full screen in <a href="http://www.apple.com/aperture/">Aperture</a>. And because Mac Pro offers built-in support for two displays, you can compare multiple images at once to find your selects faster.</li><li>Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet and high-speed I/O provide high-bandwidth and convenient connections to networks, printers, scanners, cameras, and storage devices.</li></ul> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last sidebar"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/perform_side_aperture20070207.png" alt="Photography" class="across" height="149" width="240" /> <h3>Working with a Big Canvas</h3> <p>So many images, so little time. When it comes to the demanding task of reviewing hundreds — or thousands — of images and identifying your best work, nothing beats having a truly large canvas on which to make your selects. Like the canvas provided by a pair of big, beautiful Apple Cinema Displays.</p> <p>Because both Aperture and Mac Pro were designed with multiple displays in mind, you have numerous options for building your perfect photographic workstation. With the ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card, for example, you can connect two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays and have a canvas that’s practically life size.</p> <h3>Recommended Mac Pro Photographer’s Workstation</h3> <ul class="square"><li>Two 3GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon</li><li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 FB DIMMs</li><li>ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card</li><li>Three 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives</li><li>16x SuperDrive</li></ul> </div><!--/sidebar--> </div><!--/grid2cola--> <ol class="clear sosumi"><li>PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.</li><li>Stereo-in-a-window requires an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card, a CRT display, and stereo goggles (sold separately). The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card can be installed in the Mac Pro’s double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express slot, leaving the adjacent PCI Express slot available for another PCI Express expansion card.</li><li>To support up to eight 20-inch or 23-inch Apple Cinema Displays, install up to three additional NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards.</li></ol></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671015734434691989.post-57668020191187537072007-04-03T11:44:00.000+02:002007-04-03T11:46:05.066+02:00Mac Pro April 2007 Expansion page<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.8. 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A powerful system that not only meets your needs today but, thanks to an ingeniously redesigned enclosure, expands easily to meet tomorrow’s challenges as well.</p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/expand_side20060807.png" alt="Redesigned enclosure expands easily" class="across flushleft" height="500" width="415" /> <h3>Up to 3TB of Internal Storage</h3> <p>Mac Pro now comes with four, 3Gb/s internal SATA hard drive bays, each on its own independent channel. While the standard configuration comes with a single 250GB drive, you can fill yours with up to four 750GB SATA hard drives for up to 3 terabytes of lightning fast data storage. 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Now, installing a drive is as simple as attaching a drive to a carrier, and sliding the drive into place. The side door latch has even been redesigned to lock your drives securely in the enclosure.</p> <ol class="sosumi"><li>Uncompressed HD based on uncompressed 1080i 60 (8-bit)</li><li>HDV based on HDV 1080i 1920x1080 29.97 fps</li><li>DV based on NTSC DV25 standard definition 720x486 29.97 fps</li><li>RAW based on average digital SLR resolution of 8 megapixels</li></ol> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/expand_dimm20060807.png" alt="Expansive Memory" class="right" height="165" width="220" /> <h3>Expansive Memory</h3> <p>With Mac Pro, you’ll not only enjoy highly reliable and extremely fast 667MHz fully-buffered ECC memory, but you’ll find it incredibly easy to add memory to your system.</p> <p>That’s because every Mac Pro comes with two memory riser cards, each with four fully-buffered DIMM slots. With a total of eight DIMM slots available, you can install up to 16GB of memory. To help dissipate heat, every Apple DIMM you purchase for your Mac Pro comes with its own preinstalled heat sink. This unique heat sink lets fans run slower — and quieter — yet keeps the memory cool enough to run at full speed.</p> <h3>New, Double-wide PCI Express Graphics Slot</h3> <p>When it comes time to add capabilities to your system — with, for example, an audio DSP solution, video capture card, data acquisition device, or Fiber Channel card — the new Mac Pro accommodates with three full-length PCI Express expansion slots. New to the Mac Pro: you can even adjust the PCI Express bandwidth on your system to meet your specific needs. What’s more, the new double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot brings an end to sacrificing a slot in favor of better graphics. 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Aperture. Maya. Final Cut Pro. PyMOL. Demanding graphics deserve serious attention. The type they get from the new Mac Pro. Delivering high-end workstation graphics and built-in support for the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, Mac Pro systems help your dreams come true. Right before your eyes.</p> <p>Like options? You have three powerful graphics cards from which to choose, including the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (256MB), ATI Radeon X1900 XT (512MB), and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (512MB) graphics cards. And you can fill your Mac Pro with as many as four GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards. </p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/graphics_displays20070207.png" alt="A pair of 30-inch displays" class="across" height="165" width="370" /> <h3>A Pair of 30s — or More?</h3> <p>The GeForce 7300 GT comes with one dual-link DVI and one single-link DVI port, allowing you to connect one 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display to the dual-link DVI port and one 20-inch or 23-inch Cinema Display to the single-link DVI port. Or connect two 30-inch displays to either the ATI Radeon X1900 XT or the workstation-class NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Both feature two dual-link DVI ports.</p> <p>Like even more screen real estate? Thanks to the new double-wide PCI Express graphics slot, no matter which card you have installed as your primary graphics card, your Mac Pro still provides room for three additional PCI Express expansion cards. In all, Mac Pro lets you install up to four PCI Express graphics cards. Providing support for up to eight displays simultaneously, Mac Pro offers an ideal solution for advanced visualization projects and large display walls. You don’t need a clear day to see forever. You just need a new Mac Pro. </p> </div><!--/first--> <div class="column last"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/graphics_aticard20060807.png" alt="ATI Radeon X1900 XT" class="left" style="margin-bottom: 40px;" height="170" width="183" /> <h3>Set Your Sights High</h3> <p>The NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, which comes in our standard configuration, provides excellent all-around performance for creative applications. If you’re working in motion graphics, animation, digital photography, or 3D design and visualization, the faster ATI Radeon X1900 XT may suit your needs perfectly. </p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/graphics_nvidia4500_20060807.png" alt="NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500" class="right" height="203" width="224" /> <p>Or choose the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card. One of the most advanced graphics cards available, the Quadro FX 4500 provides a 3D stereo graphics port for stereo-in-a-window applications, making it an excellent choice for high-end scientific visualization.</p> <dl id="features1" class="comparison"><dt id="t1" class="comparisonnav active">Doom 3 Results</dt><dd id="d1" class="comparisoncontent active"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Doom 3 Results <em>Up to 2.5x faster than standard graphics card</em></h3> <h4>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 <em>(512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 100%;"><span>110 fps </span></strong> <h4>ATI Radeon X1900 XT <em>(512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 96.4%;"><span>106 fps </span></strong> <h4>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT<em>(256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 40%;"><span>44 fps </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction 3GHz Mac Pro units and graphics cards. Tested using Doom 3 v1.3.1303 TimeDemo 1, high video quality, at 1280 by 1024.</li></ul> </dd><dt id="t2" class="comparisonnav">Quake 4 Results</dt><dd id="d2" class="comparisoncontent"> <div class="sidegraph"> <h3>Quake 4 Results <em>Up to 2.5x faster than standard graphics card</em></h3> <h4>NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 <em>(512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 100%;"><span>87 fps </span></strong> <h4>ATI Radeon X1900 XT <em>(512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 86.2%;"><span>75 fps </span></strong> <h4>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT<em>(256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM)</em></h4> <strong class="bar4" style="width: 40.2%;"><span>35 fps </span></strong> </div> <ul class="sosumi txtleft"><li>Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using preproduction 3GHz Mac Pro units and graphics cards. Tested using Quake 4 v1.2.0.2386, netTimeDemo: demo001, high video quality, at 1280 by 1024.</li></ul> </dd></dl> </div><!--/last--> </div><!--/grid2col--> <h3>Graphics Card Specifications</h3> <table class="specs" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th><br /></th> <th>NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT</th> <th>ATI Radeon X1900 XT</th> <th>Quadro FX 4500</th> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th>Memory interface</th> <td>128-bit</td> <td>256-bit</td> <td>256-bit</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th>Frame buffer memory</th> <td>256MB GDDR2 SDRAM</td> <td>512MB GDDR3 SDRAM</td> <td>512MB GDDR3 SDRAM</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th>Memory bandwidth</th> <td>10.7 GB/s</td> <td>41.6 GB/s</td> <td>33.6 GB/s</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th>Vertices per second</th> <td>350 million</td> <td>1.2 billion</td> <td>940 million</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th>Fill rate (billion pixels per second)</th> <td>2.8 billion</td> <td>9.6 billion</td> <td>10.8 billion</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <th>Ports</th> <td>One single-link<br />and one dual-link DVI</td> <td>Two dual-link DVI</td> <td>Two dual-link DVI,<br />one stereo 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <th>Slots occupied</th> <td>One standard slot</td> <td>One double-wide slot</td> <td>One double-wide slot</td> </tr> </tbody></table></div></div></div>Luca Cappellettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032207472077997592noreply@blogger.com3