[Adium-devl] Hardware plans

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Aug 23, 2007, at 7:57 PM, David Smith wrote:

>> 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 :/
I don't know any details about XBench - I just figured a math &  
performance based benchmark would track compilation speed better than  
Photoshop.  Really a pretty unfounded claim on my part - anyone have  
real data or founded thoughts?

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

It's actually even less than that it turns out -- OWC will give an  
$18 rebate for the 2 512 mb chips the Mini ships with, so it's total  
of $161.

-Evan

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