How do Macs rate for DCing?

[jasong]

Don't know enough to put anything here, so I'll repeat the question:

How do Macs rate when it comes to DCing?

[em99010pepe]

Originally posted by jasong
Don't know enough to put anything here, so I'll repeat the question:

How do Macs rate when it comes to DCing?

MACs are very fast on DNET.

Carlos

[alpha]

em99010pepe is correct. Certainly with regards to OGR, anyhow. Check here (http://n0cgi.distributed.net/speed/query.php?cputype=all&arch=2&contest=ogr) for benchmarks. G4's and G5's seem to rock at this project compared to modern Intel and AMD CPUs.

Perhaps some true Mac users (Chinasaur? :D) can give you advice on other projects.

[Chinasaur]

What alpha said... PPC architecture (Altivec engine) beats everyone one on Dnet (72 and OGR).

I've run D2OL on my system and gotten low 3x per day - 933Mhz

I "hear" that the new BOINC version of S@H screams on PPC. I know there are seperate versions of BOINC optimized for each type of G4 proc currently out, as well as the G5.

Dat's all I know. Class dismissed :)

Sorry it isn't more. There is at least one more Mac user I know of who posts here (and probably more..seeing as I know really very little) and that person is "much" more knowledgeable than me but the nick escapes me. If I remember I'll post. Hopefully that person



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