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NASA Benchmarks the New G5 Powermac

Posted by michael on from the measuring-up dept.

sockit2me9000 writes "Well NASA's Langley Research Center recently benchmarked the new G5 dual 2ghz Powermac against a dual 1ghz Xserve, a dual 1.25 ghz Powermac, a Pentium4 2 ghz, and a Pentium4 2.66 ghz. To make things fair, the second processor in the G5 was switched off, as well as the other dual sysytems. Then, they all ran Jet3d. Even with un-optimized code and one processor, the G5 performance is impressive."

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  1. NASA never benchmarked the G5! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was a hardware simulator running on a soundstage.

  2. SETI by elliotj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally though, I want to see how well it runs Seti@Home

    My bet is you still won't find any signs of Alien life. So it won't be any better than my old crappy ass P1 166.

    But good luck to ya.

    1. Re:SETI by I+Like+Swords!!! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but just think of how much MORE static you can have SETI run computations on... It's like watching a blank tape in fast-play.

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      .unsigged
  3. Re:Single Processor Mode by Chazmati · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, and all this time I was thinking C.H.U.D. stood for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers!