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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (132611)4/17/2001 2:42:58 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Jim and all, here's one example showing that Pentium 4 really will shine on the latest software.

Back when Pentium 4 1.5 GHz was introduced, here was Tom's Hardware Guide benchmarking it on 3D Studio MAX (revision 2):

www4.tomshardware.com

Here, it seems Pentium 4 1.5 GHz is rendering slower than a Pentium III 1 GHz. However, as I already posted to Scumbria, here are the results that a friend of mine posted rendering some scenes using a later version of 3D Studio MAX (revision 4):

Pentium 4 1.5 GHz: 6-8 minutes (results varied from scene to scene)
Pentium III 933 MHz: 13-16 minutes

Now this is just one data point, but reading THG's review, you'd think that 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 would run only slightly faster than a 933 MHz Pentium III in professional 3D rendering. But these results clearly show that P4 blows P3 away on the latest software.

Makes me wonder why the hardware web sites out there still insist on benchmarking on old, outdated software.

Tenchusatsu
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