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Mac rendering speed

Anonymous
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I've been told by GS developers that the Mac os/hardware currently renders faster than PC's. Let's say money were no object...do any of you have any first hand experience between high-end PC's vs. Macs specifically when rendering that would justify this claim?

Thanks,
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Anonymous
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G5 quads are in-store, but not on the floor yet so I still haven't tested them.

Opinions on the following configuration?
64Bit to FX57 and Dual Core 4800+ PCIe NVIDIA® SLI™

l Xi® MTower™ 64 SLI Workstation
(Base Configuration) $1,059.00

Upgrades And Options:

l AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 4800+ 64Bit Dual Core (DC4000) 2x1024KB Cache HyperTransport™ $689.00
l 4096MB DDR 400MHz PC3200 4x1024MB Dual Rank Interleave $489.00
l nVidia® Quadro FX 3450 256MB PCIe 2x DVI Dual Head SLI Capable $939.00
l No Monitor ($100.00)
l 74GB 10000RPM SATA 150MB/s WD Raptor 8MB Cache <9ms $149.00
l HD Ctrl. According To Motherboard and HD Type Selected $0.00
l CD-ROM 52x Speed ATAPI $0.00
l DVD+RW/DL/+R-R/CD-RW SONY DW-Q30A Double Media 4.7/8.5GB 16xDVD w/SW & media $69.00
l 1.44MB 3 1/2" Floppy Drive $0.00
l On Board Sound AC 97 Codec or accordingly to motherboard selected $0.00
l On board 1GB Ethernet (10/100/1000) on board LAN $0.00
l Logitech® Deluxe Black Windows Keyboard $0.00
l Logitech® 2+ Wheel PS/2 Mouse Black Optical w/Mouse pad $0.00
l Windows® XP PRO Workstation CD-ROM w/manuals/act.reg.** SP2 $69.00
l Resource CD - contains Diagnostic links & Drivers $0.00
l Quick Reference Guide and @Xi Computer Manual $0.00
l File System: NTFS File System selected $0.00
l MSI® K8N NEO4 Platinum Nvidia® NForce® 4 Ultra PCIe DDR 400/533 -2x1GbNic+-SATAII RAID 0/1/5-1394-AC97 7.1 $49.00
l 485W Enermax Noisetaker Ball Bearing Smart fan UL $39.00
l Standard Xi Warranty One Year on System, Mfg. on Monitor $0.00
l Xi® MTower Black/Silver 2xFr.USB 460W UL PS 4x 5 1/4" 6x 3 1/2" 2x BB Fan. $0.00
Dwight
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Let them give you a monitor and save $100.
Dwight Atkinson
Laszlo Nagy
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Should be the fastest machine you can get in a pc today.
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AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27