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Of The Power Mac G4's Is The Fastest Digital Video
"Engine"? Posted
April 6th, 2002 Redo.
I felt the 11 second test was too short. New
test: Drop the 6 clips from the iMovie Tutorial
Media folder into a new project (46 seconds total).
Add Video Filter to all 6 clips - Gaussian Blur (2
pixels). Render ALL. PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS This
test was inspired by a reader who was trying to
decide between the G4/933 and G4/1000MP for digital
video production. He wanted to know if the 1000MP
was worth the added $700. Actually, if the two
machines are comparably equipped (512MB RAM, 80MB
hard drive, SuperDrive, etc.), the difference is
$500. That means the 1000MP costs 20 percent
more. Based
on the test above, the 1000MP is 37 percent faster.
So I say for Digital Video production, the
1000MP has a better price/performance ratio than
the 933. However,
if you can get your hands on a
refurbished
800MP
for $2299 or a used 533MP for $1699, both have
better Digital Video price/performance ratios than
either the 1000MP or the 933. Just a thought.
(SmallDog.com
has refurbished G4/800MP's for $2299) Any
day now I will be posting Photoshop 7.0 (OS X)
speed test results on the above four machines using
a new action file I call "CRUNCH." You're going to
love it. TEST
HARDWARE Apple
Power Mac G4/533MP, G4/800MP, G4/933, and
G4/1000MP. All three were running Mac OS 10.1.3.
TEST
SOFTWARE (Bare
Feats is hosted on a G4 Power Mac server by MacDock.com)
Updated April 14th, 2002
by rob
ART morgan,
Bare Feats Mad Scientist
Mahalo to Honolulu CompUSA for providing the G4/933
and G4/1000MP test units
Final Cut Pro 3.0 (OS X version) - see description
of test at the top of the page.
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