| Re: IDLSPEC [message #11773 is a reply to message #11689] |
Wed, 13 May 1998 00:00  |
J.D. Smith
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Registered: August 1996
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Mark Rivers wrote:
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> In article <3549019D.ABC78B98@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>, "J.D. Smith" <jdsmith@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu> writes:
>> Visit http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/jdsmith/IDLSPEC.html for
>> recent IDLSPEC results, along with some graphs of most entrants'
>> performances, thanks to Terry Herter. These graphs really make the
>> relative performances of various machines quite clear.
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> I would like to add a caution about the results of the graphics times
> reported in this survey.
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Quite right, indeed. I had thought I had made that point clear, that
graphics times were dependent on where idl was running (e.g. over a
network X connection), and what type of graphics were running. If I had
thought about it, I would have included this as part of the
questionnaire to begin with, but alas, I did not. General statements
can be made about which machines were faster/slower on the graphics
tests, given that 8-bit is always faster, and likely half of the people
were running 8-bit.... but come to think of it, this might explain why
the Creator 3-D graphics didn't outperform a PC. If the users of these
machines were using another graphics type, and would like to resubmit,
using 8-bit graphics, I'll be happy to update the survey.
JD
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