VPC6 CPU Emulation Speed

[Rower_CPU]

Just curious to see what kinds of speeds other folks using VPC6 are getting on their machines.

Here's what I get on my 1GHz TiBook:
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/vpc6.jpg

I used a utility called WCPUID (http://h-oda.com/) and went to Tweaks>Real Time Clock Checker to "benchmark".

[Wes]

Mine, strange, a while ago I had a different app that told me it was 1.2 ghz (Dual Proc). I will try in XP Pro in a few mins.

[Wes]

Interesting....

http://www.tyui.com/windows.jpg

[Megaquad]

I am suuure this application shows correct speed. And I am suuuure my crappy slow VPC speed is close to this.
I would say 100 Mhz.

[Rower_CPU]

Hmmm, yeah that seems to be all over the place.

Anyone know of any apps that are more accurate? I only used this one because it's pretty much the standard on "real" PCs.

[taeclee99]

I just loaded windows 95 in vpc 6. It is way faster than windows 2k on my tibook 1 gig. Win95 does seem a little flaky at times though. And running vpc6 in os9 is a bit faster than in OSX.

[sparkleytone]

i think the problem with getting a MHz rating in VPC is what to compare it to. for all we know it could basically be emulating a Pentium Classic thats running at 700MHz.

[MrMacMan]

Why not just use a normal PC preformance app?

I mean then you can really 'compare'.
Look at any tomshardware.com tests.

Then you can really compare.
here (http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/index.html)

[Rower_CPU]

Well, WCPUID is a "normal PC performance app". It's used all the time by overclockers to see what speed their CPUs are running.

As for benchmarking apps, like the ones Tom's Hardware uses, Sisoft Sandra (http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=&location=sware_dl&langx=en&a=) is a pretty good bet.

Here's my results with Sandra:
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/vpc6_sandra.gif

Looks like it's a "Connectix Pentium Pro", sparkleytone. Don't bother using the CPU speed given in the CPU and BIOS Info screen - mine ranged from 700MHz to 200+GHz. :rolleyes:

At least you can get a power rating, and compare to other CPUs. My MIPS fell consistently between 3400-3700.

[benixau]

i remember sandra: it was slow as all **** on a pc as well. i admire you for running it in VPC.

[Nermal]

You can't run individual component benchmarks on an emulator and expect valid results. The only sort of benchmarks that work on emulators are ones that test the system as a whole, rather than the components of the system.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Nermal
You can't run individual component benchmarks on an emulator and expect valid results. The only sort of benchmarks that work on emulators are ones that test the system as a whole, rather than the components of the system.

What do you suggest? ZD benchmarks? 3Dmark?

If you get into anything that looks at 3D performance VPC is screwed.

[barleymagrew]

I am looking to buy an emac G4 700

Is it possible to use a PC EMulator on an emac 700 G4 to surf the web.

In particular I want to use Kazaa so was thinking of trying it through the browser in Virtual PC.

Has anyone tried it?

Please help as my heart is saying buy Mac but my brain is shouting PC

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by barleymagrew
I am looking to buy an emac G4 700

Is it possible to use a PC EMulator on an emac 700 G4 to surf the web.

In particular I want to use Kazaa so was thinking of trying it through the browser in Virtual PC.

Has anyone tried it?

Please help as my heart is saying buy Mac but my brain is shouting PC

Haven't tried it, but surfing the web works just fine on VPC. The ports might be tricky, but it's worth a shot.

[barleymagrew]

Sorry, I'm new to the whole computer stuff. (I've always just used work ones)

Why would the ports be tricky - isnt that just where you plug in the stuff like printers etc.

Apologies for the ignorance!

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by barleymagrew
Sorry, I'm new to the whole computer stuff. (I've always just used work ones)

Why would the ports be tricky - isnt that just where you plug in the stuff like printers etc.

Apologies for the ignorance!

Sorry, I mean Internet ports. There are certain ports that are used on the Internet for certain kinds of traffic, for instance port 80 is for the WWW.

Kazaa most likely uses some other port number, which may or may not work with VPC. I'll give it a try tonight and report back, unless someone beats me to it.

[barleymagrew]

Brilliant!

Thankyou so much. Cant wait to find out.

[Wes]

I run kazaa lite on VPC, plain-old kazaa doesn't work, I'd rather use kazaa lite because it doesn't have spyware.

http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51916,00.html

[barleymagrew]

Nice one, just what I needed to hear. Do you think it would be ok on a 700mhz G4 emac?

[vollspacken]

Originally posted by barleymagrew
Nice one, just what I needed to hear. Do you think it would be ok on a 700mhz G4 emac?

sure, I use VP6 on my TiBook 1Ghz for exactly that and it runs fine (XP with ALL eyecandy and bulls**t turned off or deinstalled)...

vSpacken

[Nermal]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
What do you suggest? ZD benchmarks? 3Dmark?

If you get into anything that looks at 3D performance VPC is screwed.

I'm not going to suggest anything because I'm certainly not an expert when it comes to stuff like that. What I said before is basically all I know about it.

[bobindashadows]

Originally posted by Nermal
I'm not going to suggest anything because I'm certainly not an expert when it comes to stuff like that. What I said before is basically all I know about it.
I don't think some of those benchmarks would mess up VPC all that much, because with every single setting (including sound) turned down on Half-Life (original, of course), I can get 15 frames, 20 if i'm in water facing the ground ;) VPC is a ***** though...

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