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Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) [message #17252 is a reply to message #17090]

Fri, 17 September 1999 00:00

Patrick Ford
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Registered: September 1999

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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

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

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

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		Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Richard Tyc on Mon, 13 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Patrick V. Ford on Wed, 15 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Olivier ARCHER on Tue, 14 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Richard Tyc on Tue, 21 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: edors on Tue, 21 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Patrick Ford on Fri, 17 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: Michael Werger on Fri, 17 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Best,Fastest platform for IDL 5.2 (NT or UNIX) By: wmc on Fri, 17 September 1999 00:00

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