First benchmarking result of new DP 1,42 GHz
On XLR8YourMac a user posted first benchmark results of the new DP 1,42 GHz PowerMac.
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I am going to wait the PPC 970
<strong>These results are disapointing : the dual 1,42 is only faster by a 25-30 % factor than a dual. Quite sad if we expected a 42 % speed bump.
I am going to wait the PPC 970</strong><hr></blockquote>
Are you really surprised or just kidding?
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Are you really surprised or just kidding?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think he was legitimately surprised...although I'm not sure there's anything to be unhappy about. A 30-35% speed increase is completely respectable by any fair measure.
Going from 1 GHz to 1.42 GHz doesn't translate into an automatic 42% speed increase. There are too many variables to take into account. But I noticed that the Dual 1 GHz had 768 MB RAM, and the Dual 1.42 GHz had only 512 MB RAM. That right there could have lowered the potential score of the 1.42 on some tests.
Which proves yet again that benchmarks are only as good as the people conducting them, and the exact specifications of the machines involved.
-- Ensoniq
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Nashville Satisfied
Any takers? I haven't seen any benchmarks at MacSpeedZone or elsewhere yet. XLR8 seems to be down right now...
Originally posted by Sybaritic
My dual 1gig rig will do for a while. It's a solid fellow. The 970 will lead to a revolution, however.
seems that way...If the 970 really is what it is cracked up to be, you would be a fool to not own a mac(if you are looking for power)
Originally posted by Bigc
Is the comparison to a dual gig with the 167 MHz bus or the 133 thats in my dual Quicksilver DA version
I don't think it matters much, in most benchmarks, the two performed almost the exact same.