Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:11:26 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
> > After a number of passes the Crusoe architecture will run these faster
> > as it profiles the code and optimises it.
> These are UI codes and UI codes spend more time waiting for user input than
> running. Benchmarking the UI codes are waste of time.
However, it does nothing for the useful things I normally expect my computer
to do, like MP3 compression, video capture and format conversion/compression,
image editing, DVD/MPG video encoding, sound editing, etc. All of these
operations require both integer and floating point operations that are not
repeated ever, and push the CPU to its natural performance limits.
Benchmarks thus far have shown that even just a basic MP3 file conversion
takes about twice as long on the 600Mhz Crusoe CPU vs. a 500Mhz Celeron CPU.
The point being that unless you only use your PC for Internet, Email, and
word processing, you'd better take a closer look at the important benchmarks
for the Crusoe before making your next purchase as the Crusoe is very poor when
compared to similar speed Intel/AMD products.
d =)
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