Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Hi Keith,
** This application does not run native on the Intel processor
A note on performance. Because of the time difference between when we tested these two machines, some of the scores above are estimates based on adjusted, original data
The graphics card scores above are based on CineBench 9.5 GLHW and 4D Shading benchmarks (Graphics processor test).
http://www.cinebench.com/
The game test was obtain by running EVO2 4X4
http://www.aspyr.com/games.php/mac/4x4/
It is important to note that games that have not been updated to run natively on the Intel chip, can run very slowly. This should change as/if they are updated for Intel Macs. EVO2 4X4 appears to run more on the graphics card than on the processor. Perhaps this explains why we have not seen a fall off of performance for it on the Intel Macs. When we ran an Ureal Demo on the Intel Mac mini it slowed the game down to a crawl.
Photoshop too it not ready yet for the Intel chip. When it is, it will run much faster on the Intel machine. The Intel Mac mini will be a much more flexible machine, from a performance standpoint, than the PowerBook 1.33GHz.
If you have follow up questions about these results contact us again
Disclaimer: Remember to treat all benchmark scores with caution, and do not rely on performance scores from us in making mission critical decisions. We endeavor to make the information we provide as accurate as possible, but make no direct or expressed guarantee that this is the case
On Mar 11, 2006, at 8:50 PM, Keith Owen wrote:
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Although I know that the results might be fairly obvious, I'd love to see a comparison between the Mac Mini Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz with 1 GB RAM and the PowerBook G4 1.33 GHz 12" with 1 GB RAM.
I'm particularly interested in the 3D results, including gaming, considering the Mini's integrated video versus the PowerBook's GeForce GO.
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Mac mini 1.66GHz - MA206LL/A
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
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