Quad PM G5 2.5 and 30" ACD have arrived !!

dmg · Nov 29th, 2005, 08:26 PM

Yes, I'm typing this message on my new PM Quad 2.5 with 8GB RAM and an nVidia FX4500 video card.

I'm currently downloading a large number of Software Updates.

First impressions.

The 30" ACD is really big!

The PM is much quieter than I expected but then I'm not really taxing it very much.

I'll keep everyone posted. But I've got to finish setting everything up so I may not post again for a few days.

~dmg

jonmon · Nov 30th, 2005, 12:35 AM

too cool
just needs one thing
pictures!

migs · Nov 30th, 2005, 02:04 AM

It guess it will look something like this!

Sorry for the hijack.

Daktari · Nov 30th, 2005, 03:05 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by dmg
	Yes, I'm typing this message on my new PM Quad 2.5 with 8GB RAM and an nVidia FX4500 video card. I'm currently downloading a large number of Software Updates. First impressions. The 30" ACD is really big! The PM is much quieter than I expected but then I'm not really taxing it very much. I'll keep everyone posted. But I've got to finish setting everything up so I may not post again for a few days. ~dmg

Tease!

kent · Nov 30th, 2005, 04:01 AM

Sweet ... my quad is enroute somewhere, actually ... I have absolutely no idea where it is, I just know it's "shipped"... I can't wait for my life to be accelerated. I'm surprised there aren't more posts from people regarding your new machine; if it had been an iMac, a Mac Mini, or a new iPod you would have been bombarded!

Put your helmet and seatbelt on and enjoy.

adagio · Nov 30th, 2005, 06:06 AM

I'm drooling with envy. Looking forward to hearing everyone's impressions of the quad machine.

gastonbuffet · Nov 30th, 2005, 07:40 AM

looking forward for someone to run an xbench score!!!!!!!
Enquiring minds need to know!!!

chop chop

ramsesm · Nov 30th, 2005, 10:26 AM

way too cool !!!! That must be a sweet setup !!!

CompGuy · Dec 3rd, 2005, 09:17 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by kent
	I'm surprised there aren't more posts from people regarding your new machine; if it had been an iMac, a Mac Mini, or a new iPod you would have been bombarded! Put your helmet and seatbelt on and enjoy.

I'm sure more people would have posted about this but for their fingers slipping off the keyboards from all the drool.... :-)

MacDoc · Dec 3rd, 2005, 09:27 AM

We just got our stock in yesterday - ( btw we have ONE unspoken for if anyone is looking

) and if I get time I might throw it up on the bench for some test runs.

I hope to have an 8 gig RAM "touring unit" as we did with the original G5s so appropriate clients can take a test drive to see the benefits of the additional speed.

If anyone has specific questions or tests I'd be happy to try and help out.

Quick impression from set up for a client yesterday was very little "feel" difference from a 2.3 but that is to be expected as the architecture is the same. It'll show up in the grunt work - encoding, rendering etc.
Our video guy is frothing at the mouth to try it

but he's busy all weekend

Stay tuned.

•••••

BTW I have a question for 30" owners - how is the screen redraw with big photoshop files and what video card are you using??
•••

Gaston Xbench ....will not reveal anything as it's does not measure the multi processors.

Nov 29th, 2005, 08:26 PM	#1
dmg Full Citizen Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 69	Quad PM G5 2.5 and 30" ACD have arrived !! Yes, I'm typing this message on my new PM Quad 2.5 with 8GB RAM and an nVidia FX4500 video card. I'm currently downloading a large number of Software Updates. First impressions. The 30" ACD is really big! The PM is much quieter than I expected but then I'm not really taxing it very much. I'll keep everyone posted. But I've got to finish setting everything up so I may not post again for a few days. ~dmg

Nov 30th, 2005, 04:01 AM	#5
kent Full Citizen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 630	Sweet ... my quad is enroute somewhere, actually ... I have absolutely no idea where it is, I just know it's "shipped"... I can't wait for my life to be accelerated. I'm surprised there aren't more posts from people regarding your new machine; if it had been an iMac, a Mac Mini, or a new iPod you would have been bombarded! Put your helmet and seatbelt on and enjoy. __________________ PowerMac G5 QUAD; Cinema Display; PowerBook G4 [Al. 1.25 GHz]

Nov 30th, 2005, 07:40 AM	#7
gastonbuffet Honourable Citizen Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,660	looking forward for someone to run an xbench score!!!!!!! Enquiring minds need to know!!! chop chop __________________ "il mondo è grigio il mondo è blu" http://www.battiato.it/media/sound/cuccurucucu.wma I miss MacNutt !

Nov 30th, 2005, 10:26 AM	#8
ramsesm Full Citizen Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 127	way too cool !!!! That must be a sweet setup !!! __________________ Octo 2.66 Nehalem 16 Gb RAM, MacBook Pro 4Gb, PowerMac G5, 6Gb RAM, 8Tb storage iPhone 3G, iPod http://www.ramsesmoya.com

Dec 3rd, 2005, 09:27 AM	#10
MacDoc Honourable Citizen Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Planet Earth.....on slow boil Posts: 28,080	We just got our stock in yesterday - ( btw we have ONE unspoken for if anyone is looking ) and if I get time I might throw it up on the bench for some test runs. I hope to have an 8 gig RAM "touring unit" as we did with the original G5s so appropriate clients can take a test drive to see the benefits of the additional speed. If anyone has specific questions or tests I'd be happy to try and help out. Quick impression from set up for a client yesterday was very little "feel" difference from a 2.3 but that is to be expected as the architecture is the same. It'll show up in the grunt work - encoding, rendering etc. Our video guy is frothing at the mouth to try it but he's busy all weekend Stay tuned. ••••• BTW I have a question for 30" owners - how is the screen redraw with big photoshop files and what video card are you using?? ••• Gaston Xbench ....will not reveal anything as it's does not measure the multi processors. __________________ Are you backed up??? if not why not? - Superduper is FREE!! Find out more here Support Green- buy Bullfrog Power http://www.bullfrogpower.com/ Last edited by MacDoc; Dec 3rd, 2005 at 09:49 AM.

Nov 30th, 2005, 12:35 AM	#2
jonmon Honourable Citizen Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,483	too cool just needs one thing pictures!

Nov 30th, 2005, 06:06 AM	#6
adagio Honourable Citizen Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,444	I'm drooling with envy. Looking forward to hearing everyone's impressions of the quad machine.

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