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Peter Wiggins – one or two more Intel vs G5 comparisons
Hi Peter,
If you don’t mind I think a good test would be to use compressor to create some MPEG2. I don’t think disc speed will have a big effect and it will be easy to get accurate results (if your times are off by a few seconds on 5 or 10 minutes of compression it won’t matter).
Another interesting comparison might be Graemes Standards conversion software.
Thanks!
Mitch
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Mitch,
OK, very unscientific, not even a white coat, clipboard or backlit over chroma’d CSI lab, but here goes:-
I used the clip ’10_cu feed sharks devour’ off the content disks (PAL version) which is about 35 seconds long DV PAL
I then ‘compressed this into the DVD Best Quality 90 minutes preset (all)The G5 did it in 1’14”
The MBP did it in 1’39”maybe not what you wanted to hear! Other Intel users feel free to chip in 😉
Peter
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It do not surprise me. That test is comparing your Dual G5 with a Core Duo 2Ghz And the G5 processor is a fast processor but at the same time a very powerhungry processor. The test you did with motion do not surprise me either. That program is very graphic card hungry. The X1600 card in your Mac Book Pro is faster than the X800 card in your PowerMac. Running the same test on a Dual Core 2,0 G5 with a nVidia 7800 would tip the favour back toward that powermac.
Let the machine work for you. Not you for the machine
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When I first got my dual-core 2 gHz Intel iMac (2 GB RAM) I ran it against my dual-chip 2 gHz G5 Powermac (4.5 GB RAM). At the time all I had to really compare was iTunes. I compressed some audio to different formats a few different times.
I didn’t do any hard math on the numbers, but my general impression was that the iMac was only about 5-10% slower than the Powermac. So it was slower, but not by very much. It sure impressed me…I mean, it’s just an iMac!
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[Jan Bliddal] “Let the machine work for you. Not you for the machine”
I think you might be missing the point here, it doesn’t really matter what card is where or how many gig of ram a machine has.
It was a quick comparison
Am I going to spend all day editing on a MacBookPro? Of course not, but I’m curious to know what its like compared to one of my G5s.
Peter
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I’m not positve, but I think that’s Jan’s standard sig file. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it before. So it really doesn’t mean anything about your post.
We need, like, some kind of automatic line above those things. It is confusing.
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Hi Peter,
Thank You Very Much!
Mitch
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