On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:36 PM, billycar_G3-5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aside from current thread topics, I decided to start this one ... > > Are there any simplified formulas that would predict how much faster > one could expect a Mac to run, by increasing the CPU speed? e.g., as a > function of system bus speed? PCI slot speed? ATA/SCSI drive speeds? > > According to MacTracker, B&Ws have a 100 MHz system bus ... not so > much a bottleneck as my older 50 MHz bus PPC 8500/9500 that I have > installed a Sonnet G4/450 and G3/500. > > I'm wondering about speed improvements that a Sonnet G4/1GHz might > make to such a system. > > Xbench must have a fairly complex formulation? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
In the old days speeds were gauged in MIPS ( perhaps that should be BIPS by now?) I do not know what has supplanted this measure that would transfer to an intuitive concept to actual performance. Any ideas gang? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
