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andym172

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Original poster
Oct 24, 2003
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Having recently installed 2GB of RAM into my black MacBook I thought I'd test it out against my Dual 2.5 G5. The gap isn't quite as large as I was expecting...

Using CINEBENCH 9.5 I got the following results:

*Black MacBook 2GB RAM*

CINEBENCH 9.5
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Tester : AndyM

Processor : Apple MacBook
MHz : 2000
Number of CPUs : 2
Operating System : 10.4

Graphics Card :
Resolution : <fill this out>
Color Depth : <fill this out>

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Rendering (Single CPU): 307 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 572 CB-CPU

Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.86

Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 346 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1249 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 1212 CB-GFX

OpenGL Speedup: 3.61


*Dual 2.5 GHz G5 2GB RAM*

CINEBENCH 9.5
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Tester : AndyM

Processor : Apple PowerMac Dual 2.5GHz G5
MHz : 2 x 2500
Number of CPUs : 2
Operating System : 10.4

Graphics Card : Ultra 6800
Resolution : <fill this out>
Color Depth : <fill this out>

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Rendering (Single CPU): 377 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 624 CB-CPU

Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.66

Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 365 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1214 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 2756 CB-GFX

OpenGL Speedup: 7.55



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