[PeterKG]

http://www.macworld.com/2003/10/revi...ookbenchmarks/

[:dragonflypro:]

Good Info....

They left out the 'Latch Performance Benchmark" though.



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[TheIceMan]

Thanks. So this pretty much confirms that the 15" Al 1 Ghz is mostly cosmetic upgrade from the Ti 15".

[nagromme]

But don't forget that 1Ghz used to be the high-end... now it's the low, and priced accordingly.

Also, just to add variety to the results... Barefeats.com's tests showed a bit bigger difference, especially for games. The new 1GHz Al outruns the former 1 Ghz Al, which in turn outruns the 1Ghz Ti.

http://barefeats.com/al15.html

Worth noting from Macworld: "setting Energy Saver’s Processor Performance to Highest shaved a couple of seconds off of nearly every test." (I assume you can make that change to Highest for AC power, and still automatically use a different setting when on battery? Or do you give that up by choosing HIghest instead of Auto? I'd wouldn't want to manually change settings when I unplug.)

[chrikenn]

yeah, you can set it to automatically go to "highest" when connected to power, and to run at "automatic" (which reduces speed according to usage) when you are running on battery. it's in energy saver of sys prefs.

and, on a side note, this is my first post ever from my new powerbook g4 12". i'm loving it! (switched from a pc)

Originally posted by nagromme:
But don't forget that 1Ghz used to be the high-end... now it's the low, and priced accordingly.

Also, just to add variety to the results... Barefeats.com's tests showed a bit bigger difference, especially for games. The new 1GHz Al outruns the former 1 Ghz Al, which in turn outruns the 1Ghz Ti.

http://barefeats.com/al15.html

Worth noting from Macworld: "setting Energy Saver’s Processor Performance to Highest shaved a couple of seconds off of nearly every test." (I assume you can make that change to Highest for AC power, and still automatically use a different setting when on battery? Or do you give that up by choosing HIghest instead of Auto? I'd wouldn't want to manually change settings when I unplug.)

[Lizard7]

The MPEG-2 encoding test appears to have benefited from the increased size of the L2 cache in the new powerbooks. Glad to see that this was a net gain despite the elimination of L3 cache.