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SATA cardbus adapters? 524 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello,

Are there any SATA cardbus adapters that could be used in the powerbooks? I've seen some around from places like Addonics or Granite Digital, but they seem to be PC only. Could one of...
Posted by jrod7350, on Apr 11, 2004 at 03:02 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Isn't that just for this code though? I'm sure... 17,265 Views / 177 Replies  
Isn't that just for this code though? I'm sure other code would run just as fast as a 3.06Ghz Xeon if not a little faster. Also consider you can use Altivec with this machine (but on on LINPACK),...
Posted by jrod7350, on Oct 19, 2003 at 06:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
Hey, I was ordering online my dual G5, and... 2,872 Views / 22 Replies  
Hey, I was ordering online my dual G5, and instead I went over to my Richmond Apple Store and got a dual G5 in stock. I'm kind of dissapointed that it's talking so long for Apple to ship these...
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 27, 2003 at 08:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
My Shipping Options just changed again! 1,369 Views / 13 Replies  
My shipping date so far is OOB 10/2, but I was slated as second day delivery, and now I'm listed as express overnight. Does this mean my machine's about to ship? How come I'm getting all these...
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 24, 2003 at 09:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
Poll: Could it be BT, since that'll require a... 8,123 Views / 127 Replies  
Could it be BT, since that'll require a modification to the motherboard that can't be installed outside of the factory?
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 24, 2003 at 07:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
Unfortunetly that PuRAM system RAMdrive is $5000.... 2,455 Views / 24 Replies  
Unfortunetly that PuRAM system RAMdrive is $5000. Really cool, but YOUCH!!!!
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 23, 2003 at 11:49 AM, in Mac Desktops
Free Shipping Upgrades?? 1,017 Views / 6 Replies  
Hey,

Just went over to my order status page, and I found that my shipping method had changed from ground to 2 day, but that there was no extra charge on my purchase. I'm ordering both a dual G5...
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 20, 2003 at 03:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: PS7Bench Advanced on a 1.8-GHz G5 1,333 Views / 12 Replies  
Yah, I had no idea what the effects of bus slewing would be (I heard it was just a rumor and didn't know that there was a control panel feature to set it to "maximum" performance), so it was set to...
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 14, 2003 at 09:38 PM, in Mac Desktops
Hmm, I'm in the same boat as you, ordering on... 7,508 Views / 58 Replies  
Hmm, I'm in the same boat as you, ordering on 7/23 and the apple site is listing as on or before 10/2. Ugh, I wish it would ship RSN.
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 13, 2003 at 05:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
Is Quake 1.30b5 faster than 1.32? 579 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello,

Noticed on the Macworld site that the Quake benchmarks are a lot slower than what Apple is advertising on their site (268 vs. 337). Was there a difference in the Graphics cards, or is that...
Posted by jrod7350, on Sep 12, 2003 at 11:18 AM, in Mac Desktops
I have to second this again too. I repeat from... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
I have to second this again too. I repeat from earlier, Apple's test was NOT PSBench. It was not a 50MB file. It was 600MB. There's no way that you can operate on a file like that without disk...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 27, 2003 at 01:37 AM, in Mac Desktops
Uh, yeah :D Sorry, not to be rude or... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
Uh, yeah :D

Sorry, not to be rude or anything, but you're gonna have to leave that to someone else, cause while I know my way around the terminal and GNU, I have no idea how to compile stuff (I...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 27, 2003 at 01:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
When you start including dual processor-aware... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
When you start including dual processor-aware operations, then yes the dual's catch up. But things like cloning, painting, smudging, dodging, resizing, color-space conversion, moving layers, don't...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 07:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well, you can consider when I have 500... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
Well, you can consider when I have 500 photographs (which is typical for a concert shoot), and I have to basically batch resize those for the web, do some color manipulation (levels, etc.), convert...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 07:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sorry, don't mean to pick on you :) But I... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
Sorry, don't mean to pick on you :)

But I also PSBenched my dual 1Ghz Mac at work (has 1.5GB of RAM), and the 1.6 G5 ate it for lunch :D
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 07:16 PM, in Mac Desktops
At least on PSBench that might be the case. But... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
At least on PSBench that might be the case. But remember, that was a 45 filter test (you can read what they ran in the white paper on the Apple site). Depending on what size the file was, and what...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 07:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm not sure about the first couple, but it still... 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
I'm not sure about the first couple, but it still beat the Athlon 2200 on the radial blur by quite a bit, placing it somewhere inbetween an Athlon 2700 and 2200, which for a 1.6Ghz machine isn't bad...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 06:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
New PSBench7 Tests 45,719 Views / 132 Replies  
Okay, I've used a G5 1.6 with 1GB of RAM, ran PSBench7 Advanced (50MB) file, with 1 History state and the Adobe optimization plugin installed. Here are my results (BTW, I can't seem to get it to...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 06:01 PM, in Mac Desktops
Uh, as of right now, the G5 isn't even... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
Uh, as of right now, the G5 isn't even competitive with older G4's, forget the wintel crowd. Potential, maybe, but as of right now, the performance is absolutely abysmal. (oh wait, I forgot, there...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 10:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
Just load up the action and play it out. Also... 2,490 Views / 9 Replies  
Just load up the action and play it out. Also you need at least 512MB of RAM (so we don't go through the same fiasco we did on another thread here), and reduce your history states to "1" by going...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 07:41 AM, in Mac Desktops
No, supposedly the P4 had more RAM than the G5. ... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
No, supposedly the P4 had more RAM than the G5. I don't remember how much RAM was in those WWDC G5's but I don't believe it was over 2GB.

I have a 2Ghz Dual on order, but I must admit, these...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 26, 2003 at 01:07 AM, in Mac Desktops
Nah, my Dual has 1.5GB of RAM, it's totally... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
Nah, my Dual has 1.5GB of RAM, it's totally maxed. But yah, if these benchmarks are anything to go by, the old, slow G4's are really the best buy.
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 11:47 PM, in Mac Desktops
Oh well, I'm sure you guys are right, but I... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
Oh well, I'm sure you guys are right, but I decided I'd run PSBench7 on my Dual 1Ghz machine, and yah, it's on average about twice as fast as the 1.6 G5, and that's too bad, cause my Dualie gets...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 10:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm not sure which G4 that is compared to which... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
I'm not sure which G4 that is compared to which P4, but There were cases that I could get 50% more performance in Photoshop out of my G4 than a comprable P4 (back in the 2Ghz P4 days and dual 800 or...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 10:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
Man, according to this... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
Man, according to this (http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=50000371) page, the G5 is an ABSOLUTE DOG!!!!
What the heck is happening here? So many people who saw pre-release versions of the...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 10:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
Oh man . . . This is what I've been waiting... 4,996 Views / 61 Replies  
Oh man . . .

This is what I've been waiting for.

Please be fast, be fast . . . ;)

And yah, use the 50MB files, there's a good comparsion with other Pentium/Athlon systems on Ace's Hardware...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 08:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
I think though another thing you're going to have... 2,529 Views / 20 Replies  
I think though another thing you're going to have to consider is the longevity of the G5 versus the G4. The early G4's were not significantly faster than the fastest G3's when they first came out in...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 25, 2003 at 09:35 AM, in Mac Desktops
I agree with you here too, but apparently people... 3,085 Views / 47 Replies  
I agree with you here too, but apparently people are waiting for machines with greater than 256MB for benchmarking, esp. Photoshop. So that would mean that at the Apple Stores it would be at least a...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 24, 2003 at 10:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
Maybe so, but I have to admit that I think... 3,085 Views / 47 Replies  
Maybe so, but I have to admit that I think something else is wrong here, especially when my 800Mhz Tibook is faster in a CPU test than the G5 which is twice the clockspeed.
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 24, 2003 at 08:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Ahh, sorry for all these dumb replies, but here's... 3,085 Views / 47 Replies  
Ahh, sorry for all these dumb replies, but here's more interesting stuff:

1.42Ghz G4
Floating Point Library 177.81 7.12 Mops/sec


1.6Ghz G5
Floating Point Library 264.65 ...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 24, 2003 at 05:25 PM, in Mac Desktops
Hey, I was scrolling throught the previous posts,... 3,085 Views / 47 Replies  
Hey, I was scrolling throught the previous posts, and I think I've noticed something interesting. While the G5 is getting wupped on most of the CPU tests, it's Floating Point Basic score of 213.26...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 24, 2003 at 05:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
CPU Test 97.48 GCD Recursion 92.90 3.63... 3,085 Views / 47 Replies  
CPU Test 97.48
GCD Recursion 92.90 3.63 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 101.02 359.25 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 100.25 1.46 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 98.47 1.52 Gflop/sec
Floating Point...
Posted by jrod7350, on Aug 24, 2003 at 05:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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