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Old December 20th, 2006, 10:46 PM   #1
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How much better is the faster MB?

Hello. I have an oppurtunity to pick up a 2.66 Ghz Mac Pro for crazy cheap. After talking with the seller I am convinced that it is a fair sale and not a scam. But that's not what this is about. Anyway, I was wondering, I originally was going to get the 3.0 GHz, but with this other one available it got me thinking. So, in short, How much of a difference have you noticed/heard between the two motherboards?
I saw some tests in a current mac magazine that basicly said it was matter of hundreths of seconds difference.

Also, if important the other specs are:
2 Gig RAM
1 250 Gig HD
1 500 Gig HD
1 NVIDIA 7300 GT graphic card.

The graphic card I will probably replace first and then add more ram as needed.

More revelant info:

Plan on using FCP Studio and Shake for my next film project. Will also be using Photoshop.
(and will be shooting the film in HD)

Thanks for looking :P

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Old December 21st, 2006, 05:23 AM   #2
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The motherboards are equal, and if you put on your hard hat you can even pop quad-cores into that motherboard. (It has been done already).

You'll want the ATI 1900 for SHAKE /Motion previews adn the new FX in FCP.

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Old December 21st, 2006, 07:01 AM   #3
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The motherboards are equal, and if you put on your hard hat you can even pop quad-cores into that motherboard. (It has been done already).


You can?!...sweet.


You'll want the ATI 1900 for SHAKE /Motion previews adn the new FX in FCP.

Gunleik
Yeah I figured as much. WIll probably have to pick that yp sooner rather than later.
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