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    Power Mac G5 Technology Overview October 2005
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    the Power Mac G5 Page 6 Quad-Core Processing Two Dual-Core PowerPC G5 Processors Bidirectional Frontside Bus 64-Bit Processor Architecture Eight Double-Precision Floating-Point Units Four Velocity Engine Units Multiple Cores and Mac OS X Page 10 PCI Express Architecture 533MHz DDR2 Main Memory
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    ? Try adding up to eight all-digital Apple Cinema HD Displays to your Power Mac G5 and enjoy a veritable dreamscape. You can even experience full-screen stereo 3D for immersive game play or stereo-in-awindow for scientific workflows. Quad-core processing, PCI Express architecture, and workstation
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    , including the groundbreaking quad-core Power Mac G5 Quad, which runs key applications up to 69 percent faster than the fastest dual-processor Power Mac G5.1 PCI Express graphics The 16-lane PCI Express slot holds your choice of the latest consumer and workstation graphics cards. The new standard
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    . All configurations of the new Power Mac G5 come with a comprehensive suite of integrated innovations. Easy-open side door A removable side panel provides quick access to slots and bays, so you can install additional memory, a second hard drive, or a PCI Express card. To secure internal components
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    . What's more, each core has its own 1MB of L2 cache memory-double the size of its predecessor-so you'll have ultrafast access to twice the amount of frequently used data. With two dual-core PowerPC G5 processors, the Power Mac G5 Quad doubles the ante. Applications can take advantage of four 64-bit
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    a typical PC, the Power Mac G5 can be configured with 16GB of addressable memory. Such large quantities of memory enable the system to contain a complex 3D model, massive digital images, a scientific simulation, or a sequence of video entirely in RAM. When data is stored in memory, the processor can
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    in performance levels far beyond those of previous Power Mac generations. Fused multiply-add example The floating-point units in the PowerPC G5 can complete both a multiply and an add operation as part of the same machine instruction-accelerating matrix multiplication, vector dot products, and other
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    in Mac OS X, a Power Mac G5 Quad delivers groundbreaking performance. Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) in Mac OS X dynamically manages tasks across multiple processors-and multiple processor cores-without requiring any special optimization of the application or any special action on the user's part
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    choice for your lab or studio. Built into the Power Mac G5 architecture is an all-new system controller. This fast application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) integrates a new lower-latency memory subsystem with support for ultrafast DDR2 main memory-plus 16-lane PCI Express graphics and the dual
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    Technology Overview 11 Power Mac G5 Up to 25 percent faster memory throughput With support for DDR2 memory, data throughput on the new Power Mac G5 is 25 percent faster than previous Power Mac G5 models and up to three times faster than the Power Mac G4. 128-bit DDR2 at 533MHz 128-bit DDR at
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    for up to eight displays Because both graphics and expansion slots use the same PCI Express standard, you can install a PCI Express graphics card in any PCI Express slot. That means a single Power Mac G5 can support four, six, or even eight displays with the addition of multiple NVIDIA GeForce
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    synchronize contacts between Bluetooth-equipped cell phones, PDAs, and Mac OS X Address Book. For more information, see www.apple.com/airport and www.apple.com/bluetooth. SuperDrive with double-layer support The SuperDrive built into every Power Mac G5 reads and writes to a wide variety of DVD and
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    to devices such as decks, receivers, digital instruments, and even home theater systems. The optical digital audio ports on the Power Mac G5 support stereo and 5.1 surround sound speaker systems. Because optical digital audio transmits data as impulses of light rather than electrical signals
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    Power Mac G5 supports two displays and can be expanded to drive an array of up to eight displays.5 Best of all, for cutting-edge workstation graphics and the option of 3D stereo-in-a-window,6 Apple introduces Power Mac G5 users to the Quadro FX 4500 card blockbuster games, the 7800 GT has a
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    Apple Cinema HD Displays is at the top of your wish list, you can configure your Power Mac G5 with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.7 One of the most sophisticated graphics cards graphics processor from its own memory. The higher the bandwidth, the more capable the card is of supporting real-time, complex 3D
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    Mac G5, you'll want to consider cards that occupy a single slot. Graphics performance Each of the graphics card options available for the new Power Mac G5 provides excellent support for 2D and 3D operations in applications such as Motion and in games such as Halo. Motion graphics. Motion, Apple
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    Apple Cinema Displays Featuring a compact footprint and elegant aluminum design, an Apple Cinema Display is the perfect match for your new Power Mac G5 movies in wide format. • The 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (1920-by-1200-pixel resolution) supports high definition content and stunning color for
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    can order the Apple DVI to Video Adapter to connect to S-video and composite devices, such as TVs, VCRs, or overhead projectors with S-video or RCA (composite) connectors.8 Support for Multiple Displays Every Power Mac G5 graphics card supports two displays in extended desktop and video mirroring
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    new Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card to connect the Power Mac G5 to Xserve RAID and an Xsan network. This card runs at full bandwidth in a four-lane or eight-lane PCI Express slot. Built-in dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the Power Mac connect to the metadata controller and network services
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    Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 34% faster Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad rendered an HDV project 44 percent faster than the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5. Performance gains were similar for SD and DV projects.* * Testing conducted by Apple
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    definition (SD) MPEG-2 encoding Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 60% faster Baseline Digital video (DV) MPEG-2 encoding Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 44% faster Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad encoded an HDV project 22
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    Multiple-processor rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 55% faster Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad performed the Cinebench rendering test 55 percent faster than the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5.* * Testing conducted by Apple in September
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    using the other areas of the display concurrently to control the model, edit data, or make notations.6 Thanks to PCI Express expansion, which supports industry-standard PCI Express graphics cards in all four slots, you can connect the new Power Mac G5 to an array of large displays. Each graphics
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    Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Baseline Percent faster than the previous model Using the MathematicaMark5.2 benchmark, the Power Mac G5 Quad outperformed the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 by 22 percent.* * Testing conducted by Apple in September 2005 using preproduction 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units; all
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    as fast as you can imagine them. • New dual-core and quad-core Power Mac G5 systems crunch through huge images and layouts. With symmetric multiprocessing, you four PCI Express slots and two DVI ports on each graphics card, the new Power Mac G5 can connect to up to eight Apple Cinema Displays, so
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    test Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz 43% faster Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad ran the 45 Photoshop actions 43 percent faster than the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5.* Music and Audio Innovative tools for the Mac platform-such as Logic Pro
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    Technology Overview 28 Power Mac G5 Optical digital audio specifications Data format Input S/PDIF (IEC60958-3) Output S/PDIF (IEC60958-3) Connector type Sample dB Greater than 90 dB Less than 0.01 percent 20 mW To learn more about audio and the Mac platform, visit www.apple.com/pro/audio.
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    are available through the Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers. Power Mac G5 Dual Power Mac G5 Dual Power Mac G5 Quad Order number M9590LL/A M9591LL/A M9592LL/A Processor Dual-core 2GHz PowerPC G5 Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 L2 cache 1MB per
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    Express Base Station, AirPort Extreme Base Station, Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse9 • Expansion: Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (for connecting an Xserve RAID storage system) Apple Displays and Adapters To complete your Power Mac G5 system, you can choose from Apple's family of all-digital
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    logic • Native support for 32-bit application code • Single 1GHz, single 1.15GHz, or dual 1.25GHz 64-bit DDR bidirectional frontside buses • Point-to-point system controller Memory • 128-bit memory controller and data paths - 512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200) - Eight DIMM slots supporting
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    Technology Overview 32 Power Mac G5 • Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels • DVI to VGA Adapter included • Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes • Support for up to two Apple flat-panel displays for each graphics card installed5 Storage • Two 3.5-
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    the Power Mac G5, visit www.apple.com/powermac. Internet access requires a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply. Product contains electronic documentation. Backup copy of software is included. 1Testing conducted by Apple in September 2005 using preproduction 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad
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Power Mac G5
Technology Overview
October 2005