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October 23, 2003

0.7.1 Performance

Well, I've run tests on prebinding on the 0.7.1 optimized builds I made - quantified tests using Timeline testing. Here are the results:

400Mhz PowerMac G3: 27% faster at startup
867MHz PowerMac G4: 40% faster at startup
1.33GHz PowerMac G4: 27% faster at startup
Dual 2GHz PowerMac G5: 14% faster at startup

SCORE!

Clearly this is having the greatest effect in the mid-range G4s... I'd like to swipe Dave's 667MHz TiBook for a short while to do some testing on that, and I don't really notice much difference on my G5, but the difference on the 867Mhz and 933MHz G4s I tested felt huge.

Posted by ben at October 23, 2003 5:43 PM

Comments

So when can we expect to have these made available? Sounds enticing, especially in that I'm currently part of that mid-range G4 group.

Posted by: CyberMonk at October 24, 2003 3:06 PM

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