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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tomac:
http://www.adobe.com/motion/pcpreferred.html
We know it. We don't like hearing it, but we love our Macs anyway!
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The first thing to take into account is that the tests performed were a P4 system with 2.5x the GHz power of the G4 system it competed against. Coupled with a series of faster components removed some of the bottlenecking that the G4 could use to it's advantage before.
Second is a new technology called Hyperthreading. This allows the processor to act almost like 2 processors. In effect, the numbers they show is that the P4 2.53GHz processor was performing like a 2 or 2.5GHz G4 processor. It's more efficient a way of doing things.
Is the P4 faster? Inherently no, in an even GHz to GHz comparison. But stack the deck in their favour (faster processor numbers, more streamlined internal bus with lower bottleneck, Faster RAM) and you get better results than the top of the line Mac.
Certainly the way they presented their findings makes the Mac look sluggish in comparison, but it's not exactly the fairest of comparisons, since the G4 has been growing at a slower rate than the P4 and their internal bus has been better optimized than previous machines.
Now I'd like to see how a 2.53 or 3.06 GHz P4 stacks up against a 2.53 or even 3.06GHz G4. Even without hyping and tweaking the internals to match, the G4 will squeak ahead of the P4.
Naturally, the PC marketing monkeys will have a field day with stuff like this...
http://www.adobe.com/motion/pcpreferred.html
We know it. We don't like hearing it, but we love our Macs anyway!
The first thing to take into account is that the tests performed were a P4 system with 2.5x the GHz power of the G4 system it competed against. Coupled with a series of faster components removed some of the bottlenecking that the G4 could use to it's advantage before.
Second is a new technology called Hyperthreading. This allows the processor to act almost like 2 processors. In effect, the numbers they show is that the P4 2.53GHz processor was performing like a 2 or 2.5GHz G4 processor. It's more efficient a way of doing things.
Is the P4 faster? Inherently no, in an even GHz to GHz comparison. But stack the deck in their favour (faster processor numbers, more streamlined internal bus with lower bottleneck, Faster RAM) and you get better results than the top of the line Mac.
Certainly the way they presented their findings makes the Mac look sluggish in comparison, but it's not exactly the fairest of comparisons, since the G4 has been growing at a slower rate than the P4 and their internal bus has been better optimized than previous machines.
Now I'd like to see how a 2.53 or 3.06 GHz P4 stacks up against a 2.53 or even 3.06GHz G4. Even without hyping and tweaking the internals to match, the G4 will squeak ahead of the P4.
Naturally, the PC marketing monkeys will have a field day with stuff like this...
