Dual G5 2.5 Ghz...where's that G4guy

hey, apple has released there next update. (G5 Dual 2.5Ghz) well it was a few days a go anyway.

I was just reminded of that G5Guy... or what ever his name was. wondered if he was in here yet causing any rucus and not returning to defend himself.

I might say that a jump of 500Mhz is quite a feet tho. Bravo IBM.

too bad they were not able to make that Unrealist jump of 1Ghz in one years prediction (2.0 Ghz -> 3.0 Ghz)... tho it has not been 1 full year yet...they won't be releasing a new G5 till at least sometime near Xmas... so unless they come up with some other product that would house this supposed 3.0 Ghz Chip, Steve Lied.



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Heat pipe technology, weeee

25% core speed increase is good, they were capable of that speed from the beginning. In fact they should have release the 2.0Ghz @ 2.6Ghz from the start. The G5 CPu has low power consumption and much lower wattage than P4 or AMD.

One problem is that both CPU's are on the same loop, they should have made a loop for each CPU back to the heat exchanger. There is lots of wasted space on it now.

One CPU feeds its heat load on the other CPU...

Adding fins to the pipes that move the liquid would have increased the effectiveness too.

I had one of the first G5 2Ghz duals and had the processors pulled out before I had the power cord unpacked from the box.

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>The G5 CPu has low power consumption and much lower wattage
>than P4 or AMD.

Got any numbers to back that up ? AFAIK, IBM only discloses "typical" power consumption numbers, which are completely meaningless when you want to compare them to AMD's or Intel's TDP figures (which can't even be compared to each other).

I seem to recall that the 130nm PPC970 was rated at 90W max power draw, so I wouldn't be too quick to say the G5 is that much cooler as P4 let alone A64.

As for the cooling setup, I wondered about the same thing (one cpu heating up more than the other). I'm guessing either that marketing image is just a simplification, but if not, then I guess even using that less than optimal, but cheaper liquid cooling setup, its still more than good enough. Since they are not targetting overcockers, who really cares it could be even better ?

BTW, its not a heatpipe IMHO, its really a closed liquid cooling circuit with a pump (although apparently one without moving parts, like this one: <A HREF="http://www.cooligy.com/electrokinetic_pump.html" target="_new"> link </A> )

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