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MacWorld Magazine Benchmarks the G5s
La Temperanza writes "Macworld has released yet another set of benchmarks of the full line-up of G5 desktops, along with Dual 1.42GHz and single 1GHz G4s. The results are very interesting indeed, and I think I can safely say they're not biased in the G5's favor." I dunno, it should not come as too much of a shock that a dual G4 can beat a single G5 in many tests.
...that it's nice that a totally independant and unbiased organisation is benchmarking the G5.
More benchmarks are becoming available. Some like MacAddict's start to point out what a huge effect having a lot of memory means to the G5.
This just goes to show that, depsite the FSB bottleneck, the G4 DP still has a lot of life left in it. With the love affair of the new G5's in full force, maybe I can pick up a G4 DP dirt cheap now:)
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I have been reading all the G5 benchmarks with mixed feelings lately. First of all I should clarify that I am a fan of Macs, and so I am glad to see that there is any interest in the platform at all.
However, I do most of my real computing on a home-grown linux cluster using Rocks. These intel machines are simply so cheap if you step slightly back from the bleeding edge, that I don't know if I could justify spending a significant amount on an equivilent Mac cluster (although I am watching V. Tech's apple cluster, just like everyone else apparently is...).
Is there really much need for so much desktop power? How many users will utilize the full potential of a dual G5? Keep in mind that if even slashdot users can't keep two procs going, the general public has little hope.
Of course, this will not stop me from buying one.. It's just so cool looking... I am just confessing that I realize it is wasteful...
Noise. At full speed, the CPUs generate more heat, and the internal cooling system speeds up to deal with it, generating more noise.
With default system settings, a G5 under moderate use is damn near silent. The noisiest thing in it is the hard drive. But the harder you work it, the louder it is.
Two words that together will suck up all the resources of a machine. I think you'll see plenty of home users maxxing out their G5s once they start doing home videos. The market may swing back to the home users from corporations because the general home users do have a few apps that will need it.
now we just have to wait for tonight's SCO update.