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In article <3ce8b77a$1@news.povray.org> , "Adin" <azu### [at] hotmail com>
wrote:
> Ok guys ... maybe you can help me.
>
> I own a PowerMac G4 800 dp with 1.2 gig ram installed.
>
> I benchmarked my mac with POV-Ray Using the www.tabsnet.com method. And in
> fact my mac is slower then my PC (AMD Athlon 1200 mhz, 512 mb ram).
>
> Shouldn't the mac be faster in any case ? Does anyone have any ideas how to
> speed up POV-Ray ?
>
> I know i may be pretty much an idiot in this case, nut i don't know much
> about X yet.
A few points to help you:
A) Don't run any benchmarks under Mac OS X Classic. Use Mac OS 8/9 with
virtual memory and file sharing *off*.
B) You cannot reproduce the exact settings used in the www.tabsnet.com
benchmark with the Mac Render Settings dialog (see below).
C) You probably forgot to set the highest priority in the Preferences dialog.
The settings suggested under <http://www.tabsnet.com/micons/settings2.gif> are
wrong, unfortunately :-(
D) POV-Ray is not PhotoShop, so what do you expect? See the notes on
<http://mac.povray.org/support/faq.html#what_aboutg4>
E) The benchmark you used has been unsuitable for the last few years as it
only takes a few seconds, which is not enough to make an adequate measurement.
This is also noted on the site you mentioned (somewhere).
F) At least half of the benchmark results listed on the site have no validity
as they are of a random nature due to most people making mistakes setting up
their systems. If you look carefully you will noticed that for the same
processor (no matter what model) there are usually resuls that differ by a
factor or three or more, which simply cannot be correct unless the persons
made some serious setup mistakes...
Thorsten
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Thorsten Froehlich
e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg
I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
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