The Power Mac G5 is the world?s fastest personal computer and the first with a 64-bit processor ? which means it breaks the 4 gigabyte barrier and can use up to 8 gigabytes of main memory. The new G5 processor ? available at speeds up to dual 2GHz with a new ultrahigh-bandwidth system architecture featuring AGP 8X and PCI-X ? makes the Power Mac G5 a breakthrough in desktop processing power.
How fast is the world?s fastest personal computer?
The new Power Mac G5 throttles past both the fastest Pentium 4 and a dual-processor Xeon workstation when tested using industry standard SPEC CPU 2000 benchmarks ? SPECfp_base2000 and SPECint_base2000 measure the speed of a single task ? either a floating-point calculation or an integer calculation ? executing on a single processor. The ?SPEC rate? metrics, which recognize multiple processors, more accurately demonstrate the performance of a dual processor system.
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Processing
? 1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, or dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 microprocessors
? PowerPC processor architecture with 64-bit data paths and registers
? Native support for 32-bit application code
? 512K on-chip L2 cache running at processor speed
? Parallel data structure supporting up to 215 simultaneous in-flight instructions
? Simultaneous issue of up to 10 out-of-order operations
? Dual-pipeline Velocity Engine for 128-bit single-instruction, multiple-data
(SIMD) processing
? Two independent double-precision floating-point units
? Advanced three-component branch prediction logic
? 800MHz, 900MHz, or 1GHz 64-bit DDR frontside bus supporting up to 8-GBps data
throughput; one on each processor in dual processor systems
? Point-to-point system controller
Memory
? 128-bit data paths for up to 6.4-GBps memory throughput
? 1.6GHz systems:
?256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM
?Four DIMM slots supporting up to 4GB of main memory
? 1.8GHz systems and 2GHz systems:
?512MB of PC3200 (400MHz) DDR SDRAM
?Eight DIMM slots supporting up to 8GB of main memory
? Support for the following DIMMs (in pairs):
?128MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128- or 256-Mbit)
?256MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128- or 256-Mbit)
?512MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit)
?1GB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit)
Graphics and displays
? AGP 8X Pro graphics slot supporting up to 2-GBps data throughput, with one of
the following graphics cards installed:
?NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
?ATI Radeon 9600 Pro with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
?ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with 128MB of DDR SDRAM (build-to-order option)
? Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels
? Support for analog resolutions up to 1600 by 1200 pixels
? ADC and DVI connectors; DVI to VGA adapter included
? Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
? Support for up to two Apple flat-panel displays8
Storage
? Two Serial ATA controllers supporting up to 150-MBps data throughput per hard drive
? Two 3.5-inch hard drive expansion bays with drive guides for a second drive
?One 80GB or 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA drive installed in standard configurations5
?Support for up to two internal Serial ATA drives; 500GB maximum system capacity5
?8MB memory buffers on all hard drives
? Optical drive bay with SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) installed; writes DVD-R discs at up
to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to16x speed, writes
CD-RW discs at up to 10x speed, reads CDs at up to 32x speed
PCI expansion
? One of the following configurations:
?Three open full-length 33MHz, 64-bit PCI slots
?One open full-length 133MHz, 64-bit PCI-X slot and two open full-length 100MHz,
64-bit PCI-X slots
Communications
? 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
? Built-in 56K V.92 modem (RJ-11)13
? Expansion slot for optional 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (based on IEEE 802.11g
specification; 802.11b Wi-Fi certified)6
? External AirPort Extreme antenna
? Optional Bluetooth 1.1 module and antenna
Peripherals and audio
? One FireWire 800 port; two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel; 15W total power)
? Three USB 2.0 ports (one on front panel), two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard
? Front headphone minijack and speaker
? Optical digital audio in and out Toslink connectors
? Stereo audio in and out minijacks
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WOW it is one huge monster
I want one now
Maybe the lottery will finally pay off this week.
Now we just need to be able to build our own macs.
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