Logo by Jamie Bakum
The Source for Performance News, Tips & Reviews

Elite Firewire/USB Drives

Click for External Drive Sales!
Click for External Drive Sales!

Reviews and Daily News with a  Difference!
Select a Topic Area To See a List of Related Reviews & Articles
Systems  | CPU Upgrades  | SCSI | IDE | Firewire  | Video  | Audio  | Games  | Misc/OS  | Archives  | Search

Searchable Databases of Mac Owner Reports on:
CPU Upgrades | Drive Compatibility (HD/DVD/CDRW/Tape) | System/Graphics Benchmarks | Game Reviews
Got Questions? - Check the FAQ for Answers
800+ Answers on CPU Upgrades/CDR/DVD/Storage/Video Cards/Firewire/Games & More!
Email News/Tips/Reviews | Forums down |  Advertise here
12/7/00 Thursday's News: Story DetailReturn to News Page
Virtual PC 4.0 vs 3.0 vs PII 350Mhz Photoshop Test Results:
Last Updated: 12/7/2000, 9:29 AM
Yesterday's news had Norton SI and Wintune test results comparing VPC v4 to v3, which noted impressive gains (SI scores tripled on a PB G3/500, G4 system also showed large gains in CPU and Memory performance). To see how VPC performed in applications, Jeffrey sent results of tests in Photoshop 5.5 in Virtual PC v4 vs v3 and included comparisons to a 350MHz Pentium II PC. Granted nobody would use VPC for Photoshop, but the results are interesting and real world rather than just benchmarks. The overall gain from VPC 4 over version 3 was nearly double.

Note: VPC 3.03 and V4.0 Used the same System, a B&W G3 with 550MHz G4 CPU upgrade (overclocked G4/500) with Rage128 graphics card. 128MB of RAM was allocated to VPC. Both VPC 4 and 3 used Windows 98 SE (second edition).

The Gain Column means how much faster VPC 4 was than VPC 3.

PS5Bench Test
(10MB Image File)

Virtual PC
v3.0.3A

Virtual PC
v4.0

Gain
(VPC 4.0
vs VPC 3.x)

Intel PII
350MHz PII
512KB L2
100MHz Bus
192MB

Rotate 90

4.9

4.9

0.00x

0.8

Rotate 9

17.7

10.5

1.69x

3.9

Rotate .9

15.7

9.5

1.65x

3.7

Gaussian Blur 1

12.7

6.0

2.12x

1.6

Gaussian Blur 3.7

17.3

9.6

1.80x

4.1

Gaussian Blur 85

61.2

22.5

2.72x

6.8

Unsharp 50/1/0

16.3

6.7

2.43x

2.0

Unsharp 50/3/7/0

21.2

10.2

2.08x

4.3

Unsharp 50/10/5

22.6

11.3

2.00x

4.9

Despeckle

17.7

8.1

2.19x

4.9

RGB-CMYK

24.8

14.9

1.66x

9.1

Reduce Size 60%

9.5

5.0

1.90x

1.6

Lens Flare

25.0

15.8

1.58x

7.1

Color Halftone

126.1

106.5

1.18x

16.3

NTSC Colors

84.7

38.9

2.17x

8.5

Accented Edges

110.2

52.8

2.09x

20.9

Pointillize

100.6

37.1

2.71x

24.8

Water Color

201.0

100.7

2.00x

46.5

Polar Coordinates

55.4

36.3

1.53x

18.3

Radial Blur

228.5

119.6

1.91x

68.8

Lighting Effects

48.3

26.4

1.83x

14.3

PS5Bench Index
(time to complete)

1221.4
Seconds

653.3
Seconds

1.87x
Average

273.2
Seconds

System

Virtual PC
v3.0.3A

Virtual PC
v4.0

Gain
(VPC 4 vs 3)

Intel PII
350MHz PII
512KB L2
100MHz Bus
192MB


For results of Norton SI and Wintune tests noted yesterday, see this page. (These tests results also added to the Tips & Misc articles page Software section.)

For Photoshop 5.5 Performance (Native MacOS) from G4/500 (single CPU), dual G4/450 and 1GHz Pentium III, see my previous Photoshop 5.5 performance tests page.

 
Return to Main News Page

CPU Upgrades

FasterMac.net
Internet Access
OWC SPECIALS!
(see full list)

= MEMORY =
4GB (2x2GB) Mac Pro RAM (800MHz) $175!

4GB (2x2GB) Mac Pro RAM (667MHz) $145!

4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 for 2008 iMacs $109.75

2GB PC2-5300 SODIMM $45.75

2x2GB PC2-5300 SODIMMs $90.05

2x1GB DDR400 DIMMs $79.50!

512MB PC-133 SDRAM $38.50!

= WIRELESS =
802.11N/g/b PCI, PCMCIA or USB adapters under $50
802.11N/G/B Router $65

= TV TUNERS/DVR =
ElGato Turbo.264 $77.50!

Miglia TVMicro Express $37.50!

= CPU UPGRADES =
G3 1GHz ZIF upgrade $125!

OWC G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 $195!

7448 1.8GHz $325!

7447A 1.6GHz $225!

= HARD DRIVES =
FAST Samsung F1 1TB $198.25!

Samsung F1 750GB $125!

500GB Drives from $88!

750GB Drives from $125!

1TB SATA HDs from $198.25!

EliteAL eSATA/FW800/400/USB 2.0 Case Kit w/SW $79

= NOTEBOOK HDs =
160GB 2.5in HDs from $69.50!

250GB 2.5in HDs from $100!

320GB 2.5in SATA HD $122.75!

320GB 7200RPM Firewire Drive $117.50!

= GRAPHICS CARDS =
ATI 9800 Pro AGP $205!

ATI X1900 G5/PCIe $297.50!

ATI 9600 Mac/PC AGP $179!


XLR8YourMac.com T-Shirts $14.99!
Support this site!

= Buy this Website! =
Make an Offer
Millions of page views/mo.
Huge potential!

Mac Help Now!
Freq. Asked Questions
(Check First!)

Mac Model Articles

CPU Upgrade Articles

Video/Card Articles

Storage Articles

Search Mac Drive Upgrades/Compat. Database

Search the CPU Upgrade Database

Search the
Game/System Perf. Database

Read Game Reviews



Make a Difference: Be the Difference
Randy Mita, Brad Lau and I came up with a new slogan and theme for Mac advocacy - "Make a Difference: Be the Difference". We're asking that all Mac owners take advantage of every opportunity to let others know the Mac advantage. It's a grass-roots approach that will surely help.

This site is not affiliated with nor supported by XLR8 or Apple Computer.

Thanks to my wife, the ultimate computer widow
for putting up with all the time I spend with the site work, tests and email.

= Top of Page =

Copyright © 1997-2008. All Rights Reserved
No part of this site's original content is to be reproduced in any format without permission.
All brand or product names mentioned here are properties of their respective companies.
Legal: Users of the web site must read and are bound by the terms and conditions of use.

Site Logo Design by Jamie Bakum