Re: [microsound] Reaktor PC vs. Mac was: Re: [microsound] Re: max/msp for pc

[Øivind Idsø <plateaux@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And take a look at those silvery, wide-screen G4 Powerbooks...wow, wow, wow!

http://www.apple.com/powerbook/

Apple still know what they´re doing.  :)

OK, I´ll stop fetishising (?).

/Øivind/

pH_______ wrote:

> Keep in mind that Reaktor is not yet Altivec optimized to take full advantage
> of the G4, so those "benchmarks" you stated should change pretty dramatically
> when(if?) that happens.
> Also, it would appear that some patches vary greatly on the CPU power from mac
> to PC-- about a year ago I compared a G3 300mhz next to  K62-450, and the CPU
> usage meters varied greatly on the same ensembles-- Some using much less CPU on
> the G3 and some using less on the AMD.  I would guess the same thing would be
> true from Intel to AMD...?
>
> BTW: Apple announced the 733mhz G4 today in the demo it showed it 33% faster
> than a 1.5ghz Pentium4... with Photoshop I think ..for whatever that's worth.
> (and you can write consumer DVD's with the 733mhz G4--as a standard feature...)
>
> best,
> pH
>
> Terry Engelbrecht wrote:
>
> > I've been  looking out for comparisons - i'm planning on putting Reaktor on
> > a dedicated machine, with the most beefy processor I can find. For Reaktor
> > (_not_ necessarily anything else), a PC looks to be the best bet <Open
> > flame-proof umbrella>. For example, A G4/450 manages 33 voices on the 3-Osc
> > ensemble, while a PIII 700 manages 55 voices (both at 80% CPU usage, 44k
> > sampling rate). A G4/400 runs the 4Dex ens at 11% CPU usage, an Athlon 800
> > runs it at 6% (default voices & sampling rate). These figures come from
> > users & from the Zzounds.com website. So my plan is to get a 1.1Ghz Athlon,
> > dedicated to Reaktor. (Again, CPU optimisation for various software packages
> > may make a huge difference - this is _not_ a 'my computer is bigger than
> > your computer' post.)
> >
> > >>
> > >>Yeah they 'look' fast.
> > >
> > >I read an interesting article recently about how Macintosh admitted they
> > had
> > >lost out in sales due to consumer perception of Intel winning the
> > >MHz/Processor
> > >"race". i.e. a lot of people are put off buying Macs due to the percieved
> > >difference between a 1GHz PC and a 500MHz, it almost sounded like
> > >Mac were about
> > >to change their processor design just to 'pump up the MHz'. (I think
> > >the article
> > >may have been on www.theregister.co.uk but I cant find it)
> >
> > yeah..
> >
> > www.macosrumors.com
> >
> > also mentioned something about this... people still think a 1GHZ pc
> > is faster than a 500mhz G4 (which, in most cases, it's NOT)..
> > however, your general consumer is wowed by numbers.. they see a
> > bigger number, so they buy that machine... there is even a rumor (as
> > stated by Mac OS Rumors) that mac is abandoning the dual processor
> > scheme already, just to concentrate on higher Mhz single processor
> > machines... to "wow" people with a bigger number..
> >
> > (+)
> >
> > --
> > + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
> > taylor deupree/12k/line
> > taylor@xxxxxxx
> > http://www.12k.com
> > <<
> >
> > ~terry
> >
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