Dual 2.7Ghz Power Mac G5 First-Look Stats

By C.K. Sample, III

MacInTouch received some benchmarks of the new Dual 2.7Ghz Power Mac G5 from Thomas Hayes: "Rendering (Single CPU): 384 CB-CPU, Rendering (Multiple CPU): 665 CB-CPU, Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.73, Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 358 CB-GFX, Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1044 CB-GFX, Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 1585 CB-GFX" with Xbench 265.30.

MacInTouch also points to a new first-look review of the machine over at ComputerWorld, which is an interesting read. Ken Mingis, the author of the piece sums up his review nicely: "In a word: Awesome."

Every time I see a report like this, I am tempted to give up my mobile life and go grab a tower. If only they could pack all this speed and raw power into a Powerbook.  

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