PowerBook G4 867 performance

alexis belhomme

MacsOnly (http://www.macsonly.com) is running a review of the new PowerBook G4 867 that shows it performs exactly like the old 667 model .



Looks like their machines were stuck in reduced performance mode. However, hum, maybe someone has any additional information on this subject ? The test used is skidmarks GT, part of Apple's CHUD package.



Thanx



Alexis

mrmister

The test was so laughably performed that it isn't even worth commenting on--they didn't even give the two machines matching RAM.

alexis belhomme

I do not agree with you. Of course the RAM was not equal, but that should not change the skidmarks test results. This test only measure processor performance.

The interesting fact is that results are identical to that of a 667 G4, which seems to indicate the processor is running in reduced performance mode.

I wish somebody could perform the same test on another machine, sporting a more recent version of OSX (or OS9)

i-bent-my-wookie

[quote]Originally posted by mrmister:

<strong>The test was so laughably performed that it isn't even worth commenting on--they didn't even give the two machines matching RAM.</strong><hr></blockquote>



I had to laugh when they just blow off the fact that one has TRIPLE the ram of the other, especially since OSX eats that sh#t for breakfast. At least pull out the 512 dimm and move it over to the new machine for its test runs.



so rookie

luca

I agree - they didn't even have the same version of OS X! They could have moved the RAM over, or even just removed the 512 MB DIMM from one of them so they both had 256 MB.



MacsOnly also did a review of the new iBook compared to the old iBook and some other laptops, and again they had very inconsistent results because of the unequal tests. From the way the results are written up, it sounds like it's maybe one guy and a few friends who happen to own a lot of new Macs. They don't acquire review samples from Apple, which doesn't surprise me given their methods for testing.



Also, AltiVec Fractal isn't a very good benchmark. It's very much a linear measure of the computer's clock speed. Dual processors will do twice as well as a single processor of the same speed. If AltiVec is turned off, a G3 and a G4 at equal clock speeds will get the same score. You could theoretically derive the results for every G3 and G4 ever made if you only have the results of one computer.

microtrash

Go back and look at the result again. They just discover that 10.2.1 was the issue on the 867mhz.



They are suppose to re-ran the test with 10.2.2 and they expect 35% performance boost <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />