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12-05-2008, 11:40 AM
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New iMac cpus
I noticed that the previous Al iMacs had mobile intel 'T' chips, and expected them to move to the T 8 series, like the penryn MBPs, but, it looks as though Apple's decided to put desktop chips in, the E8200 (2.66GHz) for example. Just curious, I thought, also since the mobile penryn 2.4GHz has 3MB of L2 cache, while the iMac 2.4GHz has 6MB. Any opinions?
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12-05-2008, 11:41 AM
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Where did you read that iMacs have the E8xxx line of CPUs?
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12-05-2008, 11:42 AM
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I'm pretty sure the desktop CPU's put out a fair bit more heat, I didn't think the imac cooling was up to it?
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12-05-2008, 11:44 AM
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Where did you read that iMacs have the E8xxx line of CPUs?
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System profiler, and common sense looking at the 2.4GHz iMac. In system profiler, it informed me that my 2.8GHz penryn was an E8250.
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12-05-2008, 11:48 AM
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System profiler, and common sense looking at the 2.4GHz iMac. In system profiler, it informed me that my 2.8GHz penryn was an E8250.
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12-05-2008, 11:50 AM
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My 3.06 doesn't really say anything about what CPU it is, just it's specs.
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12-05-2008, 11:52 AM
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meh, I'm at college atm, sorry  btw, I think it's the E8350. Anyway, I'll get one when I get home this arvo.
btw, Ford.Boy. What app in XP did it say the GS was a GT?
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12-05-2008, 12:01 PM
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Live for speed :-)
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12-05-2008, 03:55 PM
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Where in ASP does it say anything about the chip aside from clock speed and L2 cache?
The MacBook Pros have 6MB L2 cache. Does not have desktop processors.
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12-05-2008, 04:04 PM
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The MacBook Pros have 6MB L2 cache. Does not have desktop processors.
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That's partly right.... but partly wrong:
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor. The 2.5 and 2.6 have 6mb L2 cache
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16-05-2008, 04:19 PM
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Hey guys.
Sorry I've taken so long, but here's a screen shot from dxdiag for my iMac core2duo E8235.
If only I could post it somehow:P
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16-05-2008, 04:21 PM
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Hey guys.
Sorry I've taken so long, but here's a screen shot from dxdiag for my iMac core2duo E8235.
If only I could post it somehow:P
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Clearly it would help if you could post it. Use the [ img ] [ /img ] tags (and host it on imageshack.us)
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16-05-2008, 04:21 PM
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16-05-2008, 04:40 PM
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so i guess then we can upgrade our 2.4 24inch imacs with a new cpu?
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16-05-2008, 04:43 PM
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so i guess then we can upgrade our 2.4 24inch imacs with a new cpu?
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No, the previous iMacs at least had their cpus soldered to the motherboard, and the penryn models most likely do as well:P
Anyway, here's what you've all been waiting for... a screen shot of dxdiag! Using Black XP of course 
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