Is something wrong with my iMac G5? Or am I doing something wrong?

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  1. shuurajou, Jan 28, 2005

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  2. jsw, Jan 28, 2005

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    Go to "apple menu->System Preferences...->Energy Saver->Options", set the processor speed to "highest", and rerun; I'd be interested in the difference. Your CPU is testing way too slow.
     
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  3. shuurajou, Jan 28, 2005

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    Alright, made a new benchmark (thanks for the tip), didn't restart or do anything special to enhance it at all.

    http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/merge.xhtml?doc2=93926

    What do you think now? That seems much better and the system feels much faster.
     
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  4. jsw, Jan 28, 2005

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    Much better! For whatever reason, G5's have enormous performance improvements with that setting - but it will generate more heat/use more power, so your fans may come on more often.
     
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  5. shuurajou, Jan 28, 2005

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    Wow! It feels like my Mac just got turned into a McLaren F1 after living it's life as a Volvo for a few years lol.

    The fans don't bother me as my iMac is living next to a wind tunnel of a PC anyway :).
     
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  6. bellis1, Jan 29, 2005

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    Funny.

    I had a score of 113 when I tried it last night. This morning I found I had it also set on automatic. Now it jumped up to 154.53. Sweet. Wish I knew what that meant.

    EDIT: Whoooah Nelly. There really is a noticeable difference. She's quite a bit more zippy even when just opening and closing programs. Now I gotta try photoshop and some other things.
     
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  7. neoelectronaut, Jan 29, 2005

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    Is this processor setting something new with iMacs? I don't see such a setting in my Energy Saver Panel.
     
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