1BadMac macrumors 6502 Jan 27, 2010 318 3 Mar 5, 2011 #26 sporadicmotion said: that's a 64 bit score. They always come in higher. Click to expand... +1.
Alonzo84 macrumors 6502a Dec 18, 2009 845 26 North Carolina Mar 6, 2011 #27 alust2013 said: It isn't because of the drive, as Geekbench doesn't take the hard drive into account at all. It's likely due to the memory. Click to expand... Interesting. I was basing that assumption on Floodly's scores of 5927 with 4GB v. 6034 with 8GB in the same machine.
alust2013 said: It isn't because of the drive, as Geekbench doesn't take the hard drive into account at all. It's likely due to the memory. Click to expand... Interesting. I was basing that assumption on Floodly's scores of 5927 with 4GB v. 6034 with 8GB in the same machine.
F Floodly macrumors newbie Original poster Mar 2, 2011 8 0 Mar 6, 2011 #28 sporadicMotion said: That's a 64 bit score. They always come in higher. Click to expand... Yes. Sorry, should have mentioned mine was a 32 bit score.
sporadicMotion said: That's a 64 bit score. They always come in higher. Click to expand... Yes. Sorry, should have mentioned mine was a 32 bit score.
fourthtunz macrumors 68000 Jul 23, 2002 1,736 1,212 Maine Apr 6, 2011 #29 Yeah, that doesn't seem like enough of a boost to spend $100 to me. Protools won't use more than 4 gigs right now so, I'll stay with what I have. Thanks for the test tho!
Yeah, that doesn't seem like enough of a boost to spend $100 to me. Protools won't use more than 4 gigs right now so, I'll stay with what I have. Thanks for the test tho!
E Exana macrumors regular Mar 15, 2011 219 0 Apr 8, 2011 #30 Floodly said: Just installed OWC 8 GB 1333 ram on my otherwise stock, base model 2011 13" i5. Thought I would share the geekbench scores (before and after) FWIW: MacBookPro8,1 4GB Score = 5927 MacBookPro8,1 8GB Score = 6034 Click to expand... 1.8% better... This benchmark did not show 8GB are usefull.
Floodly said: Just installed OWC 8 GB 1333 ram on my otherwise stock, base model 2011 13" i5. Thought I would share the geekbench scores (before and after) FWIW: MacBookPro8,1 4GB Score = 5927 MacBookPro8,1 8GB Score = 6034 Click to expand... 1.8% better... This benchmark did not show 8GB are usefull.
NikFinn macrumors 6502a Jun 22, 2009 646 0 MA Apr 8, 2011 #31 Exana said: 1.8% better... This benchmark did not show 8GB are usefull. Click to expand... There's more to it then just benchmark tests. Real word usage, it's worth it for me.
Exana said: 1.8% better... This benchmark did not show 8GB are usefull. Click to expand... There's more to it then just benchmark tests. Real word usage, it's worth it for me.
E Exana macrumors regular Mar 15, 2011 219 0 Apr 8, 2011 #32 True. Just want to tell Geekbench did not show what 8GB can bring in real use.