Bare Feats has posted various test results comparing “CPU Crunching” for a Dual G5/2.5GHz Power Mac vs. Dual G5/2.0GHz Power Mac vs. Dual Xeon 3.4GHz vs. Pentium 4 3GHz vs. 64 bit Athlon 2.2GHz = 3GB of 333MHz DDR which shows that the top G5 Power Mac (dual 2.5GHz) won every CPU intensive test except one.
Test results here.
Bare Feats explains, “Though the G5 Power Macs did well in the CPU tests, they were pretty much ‘smoked’ in the 3D GRAPHICS tests. Part of it as to do with how much effort developers put into optimizing (or re-writing) the game code to take advantage of the unique features of the G5 Power Macs. Quake 3 Arena, though considered obsolete by avid gamers, is a perfect example of the potential of the G5 Power Macs to excel in gaming.”
Test results here.
poderific: “…they are probably victims of inadequate parenting and have a poor support structure in their lives.”
We all guess you would know as you come to give prayer mulitple times a day to this apple fan site using multiple aliases to try to get your point across.
Get a life and quit trying to judge others on your lack of cash or computer to buy a game.
If person A wants to spend 2 hours playing game, fine.
If person B wants to spend 2 hours surfing the web, fine.
99% of the people that use computers use it for things that probably don´t accomplish much.
It is for each individual to decide what they want to use their computer for, not some dweebs like all the anti-gamers trolling this forum.
“The childish off-topic discussion about gaming has really detracted from a few good posts about the topic. This seems to give credence to the oft-cited observation that the bulk of the individuals in “the gaming world” are pimply faced, teen-aged boys who may be a bit insecure and antisocial. That said, I don’t think its really proper to pick on them so ferociously since they are probably victims of inadequate parenting and have a poor support structure in their lives.”
Well said!
Whatever. Poderific is right, but of course the gaming fan boys are going to jump all over anyone who offers a balanced critique. Too bad. They should open their eyes to the world around them for a change instead of being so enthralled in “the gaming world.”
It’s a shame to think that people waste so much of their lives on such an unproductive pursuit. At least when someone occasionally visits MDN they’re getting topical news.
Progue E. Sive
>By the way, if one machine gets more praise than the other, start to praise the other until that gets too much then switch again. Equal my friends, equal! Ooh! I feel so warm!>
Check your shorts!
wow, i didn’t realize how long this thread was, because normally this topic wears out by, you know, 40-50 page downs. But anyways, as one who has switched, I feel we should just let windows users come if they want. I was a former mac hater, and i wouldn’t even listen. then, i had some life changing tech problems, and i switched. We should simply live by example, using our superior omputers (except of course, for gaming, because of steve jobe, macsoft, the developers,etc). Macs are yes, more simple. But they WORK. you can’t make one, but you can’t break one either.
Typical Mac board, holding on to whatever they can to prove that their machines are “the best”! I love Macs, they’re great machines, but PC’s are faster (as this test shows – if anyone actually reads it). But does that mean PCs are therefore better than Macs? Nope. So why do all you guys act like when the Mac won (in the early tests against older PC hardware) it meant that Macs were better?
Underdog mentality I guess?
Macs deserve more popularity, but there’s not much difference between Macs and PCs now. Both have their strengths and weaknesses.
the mac was best for games when i bought my first one. i didnt buy it for that. i bought it to make use of my time and make money. life is short. quit playin games so much. do something productive before you die.
“Yet, people get upset when Apple makes their fastest processor claims.”
People get upset because that claim is straight out false. Look at barefeat’s CPU charts now that he decided to put in the fastest (finally for once) AMD/Intel PC’s into the mix, the G5 is at the bottom of the barrel, where it deserves to be with all their delusional, fanatical fans.
G5 better than PC for real work? PC only for games? Get real. Tell that to the guys at digitalvideoediting.com in which the G5 falls flat on its face against its PC counterparts.
Macs–the myth that just won’t die.
i would go out of business if i had to use a pc. no time for downtime or games. i actually use my mac to make money not waste time. my videographer friend uses pc for his work and swears by them. then he swears at them every week when they crash or get a critical virus. he is fed up. he would rather work slow and stabile. he has reformatted and reinstalled twice in a month. he hates is pc and agrees macs are better but still will not switch…DUH. go figure.
Here’s another myth mac zealots like to bring up “my (or friend’s) PC always freezes up, crashes, reboots, and i get viruses all the time).”
It’s a common argument brought up by the Apple cult. There’s an old saying that still holds true today: “You get what you pay for”. Now, if you wanna buy cheap products, you’re gonna get something cheap.
I run a video server 24/7 at work, with no reboots for months at a time. Never had a crash, random reboot, or freeze. Encoding/processing/burning is a breeze. I dont get viruses, because I have a properly setup configuration to deter and delete viruses, should they come through. This is true for many, many other PC users out there who laugh at these Mac zealot arguments.
I would advise any Mac zealot holding these myths in their head read this article:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2232
Where a dedicated PC user takes the G5 out for a spin for 30 days and gives his thoughts.
sammy the all seeing – this is no myth. my friend was also a studio partner. we shared space and he was 20 feet from me for 2.5 years. every week, sometimes every day he had a problem of some sort. after he moved out in january within one week and only one day of being online he lost everything… twice in a month.
do not tell me this didnt happen. i am not a zealot. i have no reason to lie to anyone. he provided me with over 2 years amusement. i do not want pc people like you to switch. stay where you are please.
sammy what the heck are you doing on a mac site anyway?
sammy i read most of the article.
“OS X is quite possibly one of the best operating systems of its time and in many ways, is the best for what it does, and Apple’s hardware leaves very little to be desired.”
wow they really beat up the mac platform didnt they?
“sammy the all seeing – this is no myth. my friend was also a studio partner. we shared space and he was 20 feet from me for 2.5 years. every week, sometimes every day he had a problem of some sort. after he moved out in january within one week and only one day of being online he lost everything… twice in a month.
do not tell me this didnt happen. i am not a zealot. i have no reason to lie to anyone. he provided me with over 2 years amusement. i do not want pc people like you to switch. stay where you are please.”
What did he do online to “lose everything” twice? I sense coyness. I can just as easily pull up OSX crash and unreliability issues from xlr8yourmac.com , using your logic, to prove the Mac platform just as unreliable.
And why would I switch? The vast majority of computer innovation happens right here on the PC. Besides, I have no reason to buy a $3000 dual CPU machine when a home built Athlon 64 is superior for my productivity in every possible way.
“wow they really beat up the mac platform didnt they?”
Typical mac zealot. Did you expect an article bashing the mac platform? The purpose of posting the article was to enlight mac zealots who commonly perpetuate old myths concerning the PC world. Too bad it went over your head.
sammy dude, i do no need enlightenment. i am not a zealot. granted my studio partner is not very technical. i called and asked him what happened when he lost stuff. turns out he had NO virus software running. i guess he asked for it. i told him even i run virus software. i do not care if you pc zealots have a mac or not. like i said i prefer you stay in your camp and not bring your bugs to mine. i used a pc for 3 years and hated every minute. i know what works in the publishing/art/photography industry. mac.
sammy, use the right tool for the job. the right tool for me is a mac and nothing but. as for my idiot pc/video friend, a pc is the way to go. he deserves it. interestingly enough his name is sam. sam, here’s your sign.
sammy, it kinda looks like a mac on the table at the bottom of your site.
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