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macintologist · 05:11 PM

Hey, my 17" intel iMac with 2GB of ram came in on Friday and I've had a blast playing UT2k4 with my roomate constantly this weekend

I would like to be your benchmark/testing b*tch. Anything you want me to test out? I have most of the major apps installed.

Horsepoo!!! · Feb 12, 2006, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by macintologist

Hey, my 17" intel iMac came in on Friday and I've had a blast playing UT2k4 with my roomate constantly this weekend

I would like to be your benchmark/testing b*tch. Anything you want me to test out? I have most of the major apps installed.

Test'em all.

macintologist · Feb 12, 2006, 11:33 AM

Be specific you goon

Pierre B. · Feb 12, 2006, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by macintologist

Hey, my 17" intel iMac came in on Friday and I've had a blast playing UT2k4 with my roomate constantly this weekend

Is this a univeral binary already? Or did you run it under Rosetta?

Originally Posted by macintologist

I would like to be your benchmark/testing b*tch. Anything you want me to test out? I have most of the major apps installed.

How does UT2k4 run with graphics at maximum? Could you post here exact numbers (fps) for a specific resolution and graphics options combination?

macintologist · Feb 12, 2006, 04:07 PM

I have been playing UT2k4 at absolutely maximum settings with my roomate and it's great!

1440x900 full resolution, all the graphics are turned up to the max, and it runs about 30-50fps.

If it put it down to 1024x768, then it's like 50 and above. Very very very good!

And yes it is Universal binary.

How do you benchmark UT2k4?

macintologist · Feb 12, 2006, 05:03 PM

Photoshop benchmark -> http://forums.macnn.com/65/mac-desktops/263394/photoshop-benchmark/post/2877024/

iMac Intel Core Duo 17" using Photoshop CD in Rosetta

Dualcore 1.83ghz 2GB ram

54 seconds

macintologist · 04:41 AM

Quake 3 1024x768 full settings, running in Rosetta

timedemo1 = 68fps

Running in native mode with latest universal binary

=202 fps

Like the above but with 1440x900 resolution
=145 fps

Smokin'

macintologist · Feb 12, 2006, 05:18 PM

Unreal Tournament 2004, latest patch Universal Binary

1440x900 (native resolution) botmatch test, MAXIMUM SETTINGS
13.540114 / 42.054203 / 83.346291 fps -- Score = 42.069798

1024x768 botmatch test, MAX SETTINGS
22.927177 / 48.083244 / 104.930382 fps -- Score = 47.973816

^ That's why I play max rez max settings

Just out of curiosity, I set it to open UT 2004 with ROSETTA. These are the results
1440x900, max settings
14.284754 / 39.716949 / 90.939163 fps -- Score = 39.712929

Rosetta is F*((^CKING INCREDIBLE

iREZ · Feb 12, 2006, 05:46 PM

i want me an intel mac duo

, only a week or two more of saving and i should be there

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LeeG · Feb 12, 2006, 06:18 PM

Save...as fast as you can. Run, do not walk, to the nearest applestore...

I love my core duo - its a beautiful thing....

L

torifile · Feb 12, 2006, 06:28 PM

On the same PS test, I got 1:03 with a 2ghz Core Duo. This is with the stock 512 megs of RAM. I'll re-run it when I get more RAM. Now where should I get it from??? All that pissing in the thread that asked about this left me still wondering...

macintologist · Feb 12, 2006, 07:38 PM

According to the PS benchmark, my iMac intel running in ROSETTA, outperforms Dual 2ghz g5s running Photoshop natively.

the Core Duo rocks. The g5 is a joke

mduell · Feb 12, 2006, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by macintologist

According to the PS benchmark, my iMac intel running in ROSETTA, outperforms Dual 2ghz g5s running Photoshop natively.

the Core Duo rocks. The g5 is a joke

For one filter. Look at the more generic photoshop benchmarks and CD/Rosetta loses to G5/native.

macintologist · Feb 16, 2006, 03:12 PM

Yea but I can't believe Rosetta outperforms a G5 AT ALL!