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Game benchmarks of new Powerbooks:
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Apr 26, 2004, 05:11 AM
 
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Apr 26, 2004, 11:09 PM
 
Nice, Im hoping to buy one once I get enough cash. Thanks for the info

.: 15" PowerBook G4 - 1.5 GHz - 512 MB RAM - ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128 MB VRAM - 80 GB HD @ 5400 rpm :.
     
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Apr 27, 2004, 05:09 AM
 
Thats not a good improvement. I expected more.
     
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Apr 27, 2004, 08:32 AM
 
I'll post mine as soon as I get it in, I'd like to see what difference the 5400 RPM and the 128mb card make.
     
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Apr 27, 2004, 08:36 AM
 
22fps...
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Apr 27, 2004, 01:20 PM
 
Botmatch scores are always low on single processor, lower clock machines, since the AI in UT2kX is pretty processor intensive. And it's largely unoptimized, so it scales linearly with clock rate. Since UT2kX is made as a net game, botmatch scores are largely irrelevant, IMO.
     
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Apr 27, 2004, 02:22 PM
 
Processor speed always changes run-time by a constant (linear change from same processor/different clock), even with the most efficient algorithm
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Apr 28, 2004, 05:42 AM
 
Keep in mind all the powerbooks for that test only had 64MB VRAM, not 128MB. I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but these tests are only with 64, not 128. the author states this in the article.
     
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Apr 29, 2004, 08:10 AM
 
I doubt more VRAM will make THAT much of a difference...
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