Re: Re: Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers
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- Subject: [mg50276] Re: [mg50216] Re: [mg50210] Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:22:13 -0400 (EDT)
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I hate to say this, it's so obvious, but... Gaming and 3D benchmarks are irrelevant to the question of which machine is faster when running Mathematica--or anything useful, for that matter. Bobby On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:10:43 -0400, Hobbs, Sylvia (DPH) <Sylvia.Hobbs at state.ma.us> wrote: > Hi Bobby! > > http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2208,12,84,1,0801,03.html > > SH > > -----Original Message----- > From: DrBob [mailto:drbob at bigfoot.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:18 AM > To: Hobbs, Sylvia (DPH) > Subject: [mg50276] Re: [mg50216] Re: [mg50210] Comparison of Mathematica on Various > Computers > > Like what? > > Bobby > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:04:17 -0400 (EDT), Hobbs, Sylvia (DPH) > <Sylvia.Hobbs at state.ma.us> wrote: > >> Don't jump on the AMD bandwagon without checking other benchmarks. Some >> notorious problems are alluded to in the company's own white papers. >> >> Sylvia Hobbs >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: karl unterkofler [mailto:karl.unterkofler at fh-vorarlberg.ac.at] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> Subject: [mg50276] [mg50216] [mg50210] Comparison of Mathematica on Various > Computers >> >> ''Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers'' >> is now on <a href="http://smc.vnet.net/mathbench.html";> >> (or <a href="http://www2.staff.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at/~ku/karl/mma.html";>) >> >> >> Mathematica 5.0 benchmark on >> http://www2.staff.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at/~ku/karl/timings50.html >> >> New results for Mathematica 5.0: >> >> Pentium M 1500MHz >> P4, 3.2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 512kb, XP SP1 >> Pentium 4 XT ("Extreme Edition"), 3.2 GHz, 2GB, Win XP Pro >> xAMD Athlon 3200+, 2GB RAM, WinXP Pro >> Toshiba TE2000 laptop, P3 1.2 GHz, 512MB, Win XP Pro >> >> The new test notebook for Mathematica 5.0 is available at >> http://www2.staff.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at/~ku/karl/math/MMA5.0-Test.nb >> >> >> Karl Unterkofler >> >> >> > > > > -- > DrBob at bigfoot.com > www.eclecticdreams.net > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net