Comparative G5/G4 Tests

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 2, 2003 @12:33AM from the and-statistics dept.

rocketjam writes "Barefeats.com has posted test results comparing a 2GHz G5 MP, 1.8GHz G5, 1.6GHz G5 and G4 MP's at 1.4GHz, 1.25GHz and 1GHz. They use Photoshop, Cinebench 2003 and a Bryce 5 render for tests. Bottom line is the G5 2GHz MP has the best bang for your buck, but you might think twice about trading in that dual processor G4 for a solo G5...the G4s hold their own quite well. They also say tests in Panther yielded significant increases in the G5 scores."

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Weak article.... by CptTripps · 2003-09-02 01:31 · Score: 1, Funny

That article was about as strong as the average /.ers arm. I'm all about the new hardware, but it must be a REAL slow news day when dribble like that get's posted.

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1. Re:Weak article.... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-02 06:02 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  Speaking as the average slashdotter, I'd say my arm is pretty strong, what with all the masturbating I do.
Re:G5 upgrade woes by keegleme · 2003-09-02 03:00 · Score: 2, Funny

not a mac owner, but il bite. On the G5 I spent about 20 minutes trying to install Adobe Arcobat 6. 20 minutes even if you start "installing now", it would probably take you a lot longer that 20 minutes to install Acrobat Reader-days maybe, coz you would still have to wait for "your" _g5_ to arrive...
real world benchmark by dotgpb · 2003-09-02 03:33 · Score: 3, Funny

I just want to know if the dual 2GHz is actually fast enough to play a decent sized city in SimCity 4 running at 1920x1200.
1. Re:real world benchmark by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-02 04:30 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Nope. Alas, no amount of hardware oomph can make up for shitty, shitty programming.
re: hmmm. by Gizzmonic · 2003-09-02 03:35 · Score: 4, Funny

(Perhaps, though, with Anandtech and Tom's Hardware, we're just spoiled.)

Did you just imply that Anandtech and Tom's hardware are valid places to go to learn about PC hardware? LMAO. For the uninitiated, here's a quick rundown of every Tom's hardware and anandtech page.

Motherboard X just came in. It's Company X's newest board, poised to grab the speed crown from Company's Y. Can it do it? Read on! (click banner ad.)

Next Page: Here is a blue line that represents motherboard X. You can see that it barely outdistances Y in this key test, as shown by the shorter line. But what about this other test? (click through for more huge banner ads.)

(click through for more huge banner ads.)

(click through for more huge banner ads.)

(click through for more huge banner ads.)

(click through for more huge banner ads.)

Conclusion: Boy, Motherboard X sure is fast! I can't wait to get my hands on one again, and I'll surely pay a premium for such speed. There may be banner ad for a company selling this motherboard RIGHT ON THIS VERY PAGE! I know what I'd do, if I wanted to be l33t, and you want to be l33t, don't you?

(click through for more huge banner ads.)
Next week: Will the red line finally beat the blue line in our extensive test suite?

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Re:Not hard to do by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-02 04:08 · Score: 1, Funny

Translation: I'm too poor / shortsighted to buy a mac, but I'll whine about it!
Sure, the G5 is cool... by Goo.cc · 2003-09-02 04:22 · Score: 4, Funny

but will it make the Internet faster, like Intel's P4 does?
1. Re:Sure, the G5 is cool... by Pope · 2003-09-02 13:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Sorry, it was the Pentium 3 that "turbocharged your internet experience." The Pentium 4 does something with blue guys, or something.
  
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You forgot one... by Jon+Abbott · 2003-09-02 05:26 · Score: 3, Funny

You can grate cheese with the G5, but not the G4... :^)

(I suppose you could grate cheese with the fan on the back of the G4, but that would get messy real quick!)

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1. Re:You forgot one... by rtm1 · 2003-09-02 07:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I suppose you could grate cheese with the fan on the back of the G4, but that would get messy real quick
  And grinding a hunk of cheese against the front of a G5 isn't going to get messy? There's all kinds of fans and shit behind that apparent cheese-grater front, and you know that they'll be picking up bits of half shredded cheese and spraying it all over the RAM and the heat sink and melting all over everything.
  Nooo, grating cheese on a G5 would be much messier than grating cheese on a G4.
  
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