[Adium-devl] Hardware plans

[David Smith]

On Aug 23, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:

>
> On Aug 23, 2007, at 7:23 PM, David Smith wrote:
>
>> On Aug 23, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>>
>>> On Aug 23, 2007, at 16:03:49, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
>>>> 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
>>>
>>> Would this be expansible to 4 if we find that 2 GiB isn't enough?
>>>
>>> If so, then that'd be good to start. If not, let's order it with 4,
>>> on the principle that too much is better than not enough.
>>>
>>
>> Apple claims 2GB max; I suspect that's just due to the very high
>> prices of 2GB dimms, but I wouldn't be surprised if the real max was
>> 3GB. I'd say go for 2G. I run IntelliJ + 3 browsers + 3 chat programs
>> + Mail + etc... on 2GB, and it's generally fine. I like this plan.
>
> The real max is indeed 3 GB.
>
> According to the performance benchmarks from Other World Computing  
> [1], XBench performance is best at paired 2 GB, Halo is best at  
> paired 2 GB, and all Photoshop tests are best at paired 4 GB with  
> unpaired (1 GB + 2 GB) 3 GB a very, very close second.  (Paired is  
> better performance than unpaired for this chipset, all else being  
> equal).
>
> We could go with 3 GB for $179, or with 2 GB from Apple for $135  
> (which turns out to be a pretty competitive price for 2 x 1 GB).   
> I'm inclined to think that XBench is a better measure of  
> compilation speed -- the most intensive task the system will be  
> performing -- than Photoshop filters. Seem reasonable?
>
> [1] http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/ 
> iMac_and_Mac_mini_memory_performance_testing
>
> -Evan

I'm inclined think that XBench is BS, actually :/

3GB for $179 is pretty hard to turn down though... I had no idea  
prices had fallen that far.