 1.8, 2.0, 2.5 Ghz G5: Which Best Buy I?, Seeking Advice on Which G5 to purchase |
 Fri 3 Sep 2004, 07:49
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This may be a redundant question (most of them are), but if you are a person who enjoys giving advice on the matter, your help is much appreciated.
Heyo, I have been using an eMac 700 now, for a time, but my software has so out powered my rig, that I am looking into purchasing a G5. But from there, I do not know which of the G5 Towers would be the wisest to purchase. What I would like to do is pile up loads of soft synths in my sequencers, and never fear that my processor is gonna go on a coffee break. I have heard that you can run a large numbers of plug-in’s on even the 1.8 G5, so, with that in mind, would there be a reason I should choose the 2.5 G5 tower instead? The take no chances approach would dictate the 2.5, but would that be over kill? Is there anyone here who has run multiple instances of Reaktor or Tassman, or other mega hungry programs on the 1.8, and felt they would never need any more power than that? And is there a discernible difference in performance between the 1.8, the 2.0, and the 2.5 G5? Thanks for your help. Blessings, Damon 
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 Mon 6 Sep 2004, 07:48
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Hi tunepoet,
I am using a G-5, 1.8 G Mono-processor with 2 Giga of Ram & a very fast second HD SATA for the audio (SATA150 36GB - 10000 WESTERN DIGITAL (8MB) [ WD360GD ] and use mostly Logic pro 6.4.2 with Reason 2.5. I am very happy with this set-up and have done different mixes and some filmmusic on it. It runs great ( 2 Giga of Ram is enough)."The Space designer in Logic takes most of the processing power, but I have used more than 6 of them & more than 32 Audotracks for mixing ( Plus other oplugins)" And if you run out of power it is possible to freeze some of the vitual instruments tracks in LogicPRO or record an audio track of some of the virtual instruments in any other application. Of course if you can afford a dual 2.5 G Mac why hesitate, plug-Ins and porogrammes will become more and more complex. So., have fun with it the G-5 is a great musicproduction machine. Kind Regards Durga |
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tunepoet 1.8, 2.0, 2.5 Ghz G5: Which Best Buy I? Fri 3 Sep 2004, 07:49
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