Re: [sc-users] quad G5's?

[Wouter Snoei <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I was wondering if the quad G5 systems apple is selling now run  
> > well with
> > > SuperCollider.
> -Seems to me waiting for the Intel-version would be a wiser (faster  
> cpu-wise
>  thing to do. Unless you need the power of these machines right away.

We probably don't have enough time to wait for them..
But if we do; will SC (being not optimized for intel SSE so far) run  
faster on an Intel mac anyway?

> > I know from my own dual G5 that SC has
> > optimization problems which force users to run two server apps at the
> > same time doing more or less the same thing to gain full power
> > (otherwise it is slower than a G4 1,67GHz powerbook).
> -Isn't this more a problem of SC not using the the other FPU-unit  
> that each
>  PPC970 has?

If it is, I'd very much like to know how to change that..
And would the same problem occur with the quad G5's then?


cheers,
Wouter

Wouter Snoei

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