[CUBE] Does anyone have a 7457 in their cube?

[Kunga]

How much money from whom? Instructions in what format from whom?

Kunga

On Jan 15, 2004, at 5:30 PM, Allan Hise wrote:

> I just got my Powerlogix 1.4 GHz 7457 installed.
> Xbench Before (450 MHz): 64.97
> Xbench After: 122.65
>
> Not quite 2x. Strangely enough, the hard disk score dropped in the
> upgraded run. Not sure why. Other than disk, the new cpu smokes the 
> old.
>
> Excerpts from Xbench.
> 			New		old
> CPU Test		167.49		50.33
> Thread Test		118.26		40.15
> Memory Test		101.94		77.72
> Quartz Graphics Test	146.27		71.28
> OpenGL Graphics Test	126.54		61.30
> User Interface Test	219.27		100.51
> Disk Test		70.09		102.02	*huh*??
> 	Sequential	92.09		104.42
> 	Random		56.58		99.72	*this is weird*
> 		Uncached Write: 30.85	93.82	*this kills it *
> 		Uncached Write:	58.08	101.14  *and this *
>
> What happened to my drive?? The CPU is th eonly change. And teh fan, of
> course.
>
> BTW, I barely notice the fan, at least with my wife's Linux box in the
> same room.
>
> allan