Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:51:09 01/28/02
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On January 28, 2002 at 15:37:02, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On January 28, 2002 at 11:55:01, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On January 28, 2002 at 11:44:00, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>The new Mac G4's came out today, 933mhz and 1ghz versions. ... >> >> >>There's a dual 1 GHz version too. Given that the G4 often tests out as twice as >>fast per MHz than Intel/AMD chips, it should be FAST! > >The benchmarks Apple used to indicate that the G3/G4 runs twice as fast per >clock than a P3/Athlon were flawed. It's generally accepted that the original G4 >(<= 500MHz) was about 30% faster than an equally clocked P3 or Athlon. The G4+ >(> 533MHz), which Apple also calls a G4, is a very different design from the >earlier G4, and the few benchmarks I've seen indicate that the G4+ at 733MHz is >only marginally faster than a 500MHz G4. My guess is that the GHz G4s are maybe >as fast as 1.2GHz Athlons for chess stuff. > >-Tom I hear you. I have seen many non-Apple benchmarks as well, but going with your numbers we still get the Dual-1GHz G4 system being a pretty powerful computer for chess or most anything else (and a pretty nice Macintosh if you appreciate such things). :-)
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