Author: Hristo
Date: 00:31:09 07/25/03
Go up one level in this thread
On July 25, 2003 at 03:14:27, Albert Bertilsson wrote: >On July 24, 2003 at 17:27:55, Vincent Lejeune wrote: > >> >>http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc03/ -> click "watch now" -> go to >>1:40:30; You will see Power Mac G5 perform a little more than 2 times faster >>than a dual Xeon 3.06 !!! Live run, screens side by side, with 4 or 5 different >>applications. > >I haven't seen the movie since that quicktime player only plays sound, but I >still must point this out: > >Viewing to machines running the same applications means nothing if you can't >trust the tester to have optimized the test equally for both machines. The >questions you have to ask yourself is do you trust Apple to test in a fair way, >perhaps those Xeons are really 1 GHz? (Don't give me any shit about showing >frequency on screen). I don't trust the tester. > A picture is worth a thousand words. :-) You should see the video, because it has some cool things besides the speed cook-offs. There was much more to the Performance demo than just one single tester. You'll have to believe that all of those who took the stage agreed to lie through the nose. While this is possible it is very unlikely. >Supposed you consider the results to be credible, is the test show performance >in the applications that matter to you? Even without seeing the movie I can bet >my behind that they don't test applications that show performance that matter to >me. Ignorance is bliss. :-) Although in general I agree with you, there is no reason to get bent out of shape over this. What was the fastest computer 6-9 months ago? I guess there is no straight answer to this, is there? It all depends on what you want to do, right? :-) >I'd even guess they don't show applications that matter to many on this >forum. > Perhaps, but at least two of the apps shown have some meaning to me. Mathematica and 3D rendering. Regards, Hristo >/Regards Albert
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.