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Subject: Re: Isn't the fastest Mac the 733 MHz G4?

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 07:41:26 02/21/01

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 HEre are some generic benchmarks for the most current CPU's

Ed



AMD Athlon 1.2GHz        (100%)
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz  (98%)
PowerMac G4 733          (97%)
Intel Xeon III 1GHz      (91%)
Intel Pentium III 1GHz   (86%)
AMD Athlon 1GHz          (82%)
Intel Pentium III  866   (76%)
AMD Duron 850            (74%)
AMD Athlon 800           (71%)














On February 20, 2001 at 01:52:37, Richard A. Fowell wrote:

>I see at http://store.apple.com/ that I can order a 733 MHz G4,
>which should do pretty well with HIARCS 7.0. It would be
>interesting to see HIARCS 7.0 benchmarks on the Athlon 1200
>and the 733 MHz G4.
>
>Richard
>
>
>On February 19, 2001 at 17:47:53, Shep wrote:
>
>>On February 19, 2001 at 13:57:58, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Even though mac computers are not populer , they are considered by experts a
>>>superior machien and much much faster. How come there has not been any games
>>>from mac in computer vs gm play. Also how come they are never used in any
>>>computer chess wars. i would love to see if there is a diferents in ratings
>>>beteen the top mac computers and top ibm compatible computers useing all the top
>>>programs. However i realize that top programs are not comming out with mac
>>>compatible programs but i wonder if you can discover tommarows chess tecnology
>>>using macs today.
>>
>>On my G3-233 at work, Hiarcs 7.0 hits around 40 knps (if my memory is correct),
>>that's about the speed of a 400 MHz PII (since it hits around 60 knps on my
>>PIII-550s). The fastest Mac around (the G4-500) will probably perform relatively
>>better (been too lazy to check :), but likely not be faster than an Athlon 1200
>>for chess.
>>
>>---
>>Shep



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