Re: Performance between single and dual processors?

[Rad Craig]

So at the *very* least, it shouldn't be slower than my current 867 and 
in some instances *may* be faster right?

I have turned my best friend on to macs now that I have converted and he 
is wanting one, I was thinking about keeping the DP and selling him mine.

Rad...

Kathi Anderson wrote:

Kathi3/27/04 11:19 AM

 

I think I read somewhere that you only get about a 20% increase with
dual processors (assuming only the OS is utilizing them) vs. just have
   

SNIP
The speed depends a great deal on the software being matched to the machine.
Some programs run just as fast on my old 68 quad as they do on a G4 or G5.
If you want to run the latest and greatest software, you need to put it on
the latest and greatest hardware. For instance, Photoshop 4 is going to run
just about as fast on a 9600  as it does on a G4. But try to run Photoshop 7
on the 9600 and it will really crawl.
 



 



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