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Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) [message #17214 is a reply to message #17090] Tue, 21 September 1999 00:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Hello,

I had the website with the results from this survey bookmarked, look
here:


http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/jdsmith/IDLSPEC.html

Eric


>>>> > "Patrick" == Patrick Ford <pford@texas.net> writes:

Patrick> wmc@bas.ac.uk wrote:

>> Richard Tyc <richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca> wrote: >To add to the
>> another similar post, I would like to know from the >experts
>> what system they would buy if they had $10K - $30K (speed being
>> >an important factor) ?
>>
>> My recollection is that about 1 year to 6 months ago someone
>> organised a set of speed tests in IDL for a variety of
>> platforms and published the results on the web. Someone else
>> will surely know the real reference or perhaps dejanews will
>> tell you.
>>
>> I particularly liked the survey because our alpha-600 won in
>> the cpu section ;-)
>>
>> However, in terms of performance/price, I recall that
>> pentium-type objects came out on top.
>>
>> -W.
>>
>> [just looked it up: see ftp://iras2.tn.cornell.edu/pub/jdsmith/
>> for the results, or search deja for "Speed Survey". It was in
>> apr 1998 - perhaps time for a re-run?]
>>
>> -- William M Connolley | wmc@bas.ac.uk |
>> http://www.nbs.ac.uk/public/icd/wmc/ Climate Modeller, British
>> Antarctic Survey | Disclaimer: I speak for myself

Patrick> As I recall the test, my Mac was near the top in CPU
Patrick> performance and it really sucked in the video display. I
Patrick> don't believe with the newer mother boards that this is
Patrick> this case now. I would really like to see an update
Patrick> because I don't believe the last statement is true.

Patrick> Patrick Ford Baylor College of Medicine pford@bcm.tcm.edu


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