![]() ![]() The PowerBook Pismo 400 has 1MB of backside level 2 cache running at 40% of CPU speed (160MHz). ![]() You see, the newest iBook uses the 750cx G3 chip with 256K on-chip level 2 cache running at the same speed as the cpu (466MHz). What's most amazing is that the PowerBook 400MHz Pismo did so well when you consider the fact that it was giving up 66MHz. Neither one will win any gaming fans, especially when you consider a G4 Minitower with an Radeon card gets 55 frames per second in the 800圆00 32bit mode. Oddly enough, the iBook 466 ran faster at the higher quality setting while the PowerBook Pismo 400 ran faster at lower quality setting. The iBook SE 466Mhz won three out of four CPU speed tests but they were neck and neck. (I used a RED bar in the graphs to indicate which of the two laptops was faster on a given test.) First, Some CPU Tests Test Pilot: Rob-Art Morgan I'm starting to get email asking, "Should I buy the new iBook SE with FireWire and 466MHz G3 750cx or get the PowerBook (Pismo) 400MHz? Won't the iBook be faster?" I decided to run some real world CPU tests to see how they compared. ![]() And Which Is The Better Buy? Updated with Quake III results.
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