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Apple Goes Dual 1.25GHz, but is it fast enough?

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SSXeon5

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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4955

http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

Its odd to keep seeing this, everytime I read about macs. That they are now "90 per cent faster than the fastest PC on the market with a 2.53GHz Pentium 4 processor". I think its getting old dont you think, if you roll over HERE is the most recent review with a dual Althlon MP 1.67GHz rig, Pentium 4 2.53Ghz, and the dual G4 1.0GHz. But I want to know is what test is mac doing that we havent see that the G4s kill the P4 by 90 percent. This isnt really a shot to mac, i have always believed macs do alot better then P3s/XPs/P4s in graphic intence apps. And after a 250Mhz jump will it help them to get back into the lead...

I also didnt mention they also got a new 167Mhz FSB that they have also paired with PC2700 DDR! Thats impressive that apple has gotten away from PC133 😀

If your going to post no flames please 😀

SSXeon
 
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: SSXeon5


If your going to post no flames please 😀

SSXeon
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If you really want flames, post this (also) in General Hardware.

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LOL i might cuz i want answers, if i get flames, i asked nicely for none 😀

SSXeon
 
i don't think the bus increase will help the processor all that much becuase they just increased the bus, i don't think its and actual DDR bus, i think its sort of like the P3 with DDR, you might have a ton of bandwidth, but the processor cannot use it all. i do agree with you the tests the run are always photoshop tests that always show apples being faster, but i really don't care, any of us know that photoshop is not the only program that is run on a day to day basis. why don't hey compare quake 3 framerates? witha 2.53ghz p4?

all in all i think apple has done a beautiful job with their monitors and visual computer design- somthing that should be sought after in the pc market, but i'm one to buy on price vs. performance and cheapness, or accessabilty of software.

i do nothing that requires a mac, I'm happy with my 333fsb xp1600, oced to 1586mhz on default voltage

but i really wish apple would bench in more than one program, and why do they always look at float point unit number, like gigaflops, P4 has very poor float point calculations, so of course it will run slower in a float point intensive task.

besides if apples strategy is to deceive people by showing photoshop benchmarks, its obviosly not working, which is evident with their <5% market share

my 2cents
 
I see you already have. If you want more response, just change your title to "Apple kicks P4's @$$ with new Dual 1.25GHz".

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Originally posted by: apoppin
I see you already have. If you want more response, just change your title to "Apple kicks P4's @$$ with new Dual 1.25GHz".

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lol then i would be lying 😉

SSXeon
 
Originally posted by: SSXeon5
Originally posted by: apoppin
I see you already have. If you want more response, just change your title to "Apple kicks P4's @$$ with new Dual 1.25GHz".

😀
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lol then i would be lying 😉

SSXeon
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No, not really . . . Apple claims their (old dual 1Ghz) machine is 90% faster than the fastest P4.

Are they lying?




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Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: SSXeon5
Originally posted by: apoppin
I see you already have. If you want more response, just change your title to "Apple kicks P4's @$$ with new Dual 1.25GHz".

😀
Click to expand...

lol then i would be lying 😉

SSXeon
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No, not really . . . Apple claims their (old dual 1Ghz) machine is 90% faster than the fastest P4.

Are they lying?




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ahahahah yes yes they are

SSXeon

 
Not that it really matters to most people, but 2500MHz of G4 is over six times faster than 2533MHz of P4 in Distributed.net's RC5-64 client, as an extreme example. My understanding is that this is due to wide registers, but I'm an ex-bicycle mechanic, not a CPU-design expert, so I could be wrong on the why. And I'm not saying I'm a Mac fan by any stretch of the imagination... never used one.
 
It does with RC5-64, the client gives virtually 100% boost on a second processor... and I would know, having run it on three different (Intel) dualies 🙂
 
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