That's not bad perfomance at all. I get 370mflop on my G3/450. Most programs recognise only one CPU. I'd bed Speedometer sees only one. AFCT might see both. Based on the scores I'd probably say it would. Mike's got the full list of MP software. I'm sure he'll pipe up soon Peace Aqua
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 03:52 PM, Jordan Carder wrote: > My 9500/180MP just doesn't seem to be getting all the speed it should. > I > just bought for a very modest $200, and I'm a bit troubled by its > performance so far. On the Altivec Fractal Carbon test, it scores 272 > megaflops, and gets a CPU score of 12.00 on Speedometer 4.02, in native > mode. Compared to my 6100/60, which comes in at 3.11, this is less > than 4 > times the speed, or only about 232MHz (I know, I know, not a very fair > way > to calculate speed, but still...) Is the speed hit of MP really that > large? > Or does Speedometer only recognize one CPU? That seems to be the > problem > with Virtual PC 3, which runs Windows 95 at an estimated 44MHz. > Additionally, graf scores between the 6100 and the 180MP come in > pretty much > even, with a TwinTurbo128M8 card. I downloaded Daystar's nPower System > Tester, just out of curiousity (pretty sure this card is identical to > the > nPower dual 180), and it throws type 3 errors on all of the CPU tests. > It > also drops frames noticably from a 50 meg MPEG video, in QT6. The OS > 9.1, > the RAM is 128 on one chip, the boot drive is a 1gig Quantum Fireball > with a > 3gig Seagate Medalist connected through an ACARD ATA/66 card, brand > new. > How can I make this machine as fast as it can be, outside a G3 upgrade > (which is a possibility, but I still expected to get more out of this > MP > card than I am). > > Well, that's all > > Jordan > > > -- > Old Mac MP is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Old Mac MP list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/oldmacmp.html> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/oldmacmp%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > === For Sale === <http://www.mac-group.org/aqua/sales/index.html> === Wanted === G3/320 for PB2400 96MB RAM Module for PB2400 Electric Pickup for Cello Internal SCSI CDRW G3 Upgrade for 7100/8100 Parts for PowerBook 1400, esp RAM Smartmedia PCMCIA card Barebones PowerMac 9600 or 6500 -- Old Mac MP is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Old Mac MP list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/oldmacmp.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/oldmacmp%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
