I know this is very OT. I'm just hoping to get responses from people that may actually know the answer not just offering speculation.
I have an 8-Core 3.0 GHz Cloverton Machine (Mac Pro 2,1). I also have an 8-core 2.8 GHz Harpertown Machine (Mac Pro 3,1). I use the 3.0 Machine as my main edit work station and the 2.8 as a secondary system.
When I make then move to Snow Leopard, which is very soon I also plan to upgrade both suites to FCS3. I am also contemplating making the 2.8 machine my main system because although it has a slower processor, it has a faster buss, ram and bigger L2 cache. It is also through a through EFI 64bit. The 3.0 is only EFI 32bit, so it is a future proof thing.
Now here is the question. Is the newer 2.8 Harpertown, although slower processor speed, still faster than than the 3.8 Cloverton? As more and more of the MAc OS world moves to 64bit I want to be ready. And I know an EFI32 bit machine can run 64 bit apps. I'm well first in that. I'm just really asking is the newer 2.8 machine faster than the 3.0?
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