Benchmark your PC using Photoshop

**headbox** · 01-31-2003, 01:36 AM

get out your stopwatch...

Apple claims a powermac is 90% faster than a PC in photoshop while www.robgalbraith.com says the opposite. post YOUR results and we'll see.

download the Bill of Rights.jpg

I know they are already jpeg so some of these tests might seem a little wack-

Photoshop tests:
Bill of Rights: 8636x9096 us_bill_of_rights.jpg

1. open the file- 4.12 seconds
2. Convert jpg to tiff (save as)- 18.45 seconds.
3. rotate 180- 25.55 seconds
4. apply gaus. blur 2.0px- 19.09 seconds
5. sharpen image- 14.20 seconds
6. Neon glow: glow size: 5, brightness: 15- 34.31 seconds
7. resize to 1024x1256- 10.3 seconds.

total time: 126.02 seconds

tests were done by going back to the original .jpg before the next test was conducted.

**fbs1992** · 01-31-2003, 08:09 AM

what do you use to calculate time?
edit: o stopwatch

**russ_watters** · 01-31-2003, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Apple claims a powermac is 90% faster than a PC in photoshop while www.robgalbraith.com says the opposite. post YOUR results and we'll see.

I haven't heard a claim like that from Apple for some time and I don't see it in the article. Its probably 5 years since that was true in even the loosest sense of the word. What apple used to do was base that claim off a SINGLE test. They'd run 10 different tests and if the apple lost in 9 of 10 they'd say the apple was faster then put some fine print at the bottom of the page to say what it was faster at.

**headbox** · 01-31-2003, 04:17 PM

Apple has always had crap like this on their site-

http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

Until 2 days ago it was 90%.

**Mrfreddio55** · 01-31-2003, 04:48 PM

HA!! Mac still amazes me on how much "faster" they claim to be.. i mean lol they compared their G4 against a Dell 3Ghz? I dont think Dell even sells a 3 ghz yet..

01-31-2003, 01:36 AM	#1
headbox Goldfish Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 68	Benchmark your PC using Photoshop get out your stopwatch... Apple claims a powermac is 90% faster than a PC in photoshop while www.robgalbraith.com says the opposite. post YOUR results and we'll see. download the Bill of Rights.jpg I know they are already jpeg so some of these tests might seem a little wack- Photoshop tests: Bill of Rights: 8636x9096 us_bill_of_rights.jpg 1. open the file- 4.12 seconds 2. Convert jpg to tiff (save as)- 18.45 seconds. 3. rotate 180- 25.55 seconds 4. apply gaus. blur 2.0px- 19.09 seconds 5. sharpen image- 14.20 seconds 6. Neon glow: glow size: 5, brightness: 15- 34.31 seconds 7. resize to 1024x1256- 10.3 seconds. total time: 126.02 seconds tests were done by going back to the original .jpg before the next test was conducted. __________________ Opteron 148 Asus SK8V Mainboard 1 GB Buffalo Dual-Channel Registered PC3200 DDR GeForce FX5900 2x 160 GB Seagate SATA HD 48X CD-RW / 4X DVD-RW Audigy 2 Platinum 2 17" LCDs homepage

01-31-2003, 08:09 AM	#2
fbs1992 Mako Shark Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: West Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 4,447	what do you use to calculate time? edit: o stopwatch __________________ Samsung 204T Athlon64X2 4400+ 2gb corsair xms dfi lanparty (1.375v fixed ram issues) bfgtech 7800gt 74gb raptor 160gb wd lianli case .....im sold on the whole dual core thing DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!!! Boilermaker class of 2008 Last edited by fbs1992; 01-31-2003 at 08:09 AM.

01-31-2003, 04:17 PM	#4
headbox Goldfish Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 68	Apple has always had crap like this on their site- http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html Until 2 days ago it was 90%. __________________ Opteron 148 Asus SK8V Mainboard 1 GB Buffalo Dual-Channel Registered PC3200 DDR GeForce FX5900 2x 160 GB Seagate SATA HD 48X CD-RW / 4X DVD-RW Audigy 2 Platinum 2 17" LCDs homepage

01-31-2003, 04:48 PM	#5
Mrfreddio55 Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 927	HA!! Mac still amazes me on how much "faster" they claim to be.. i mean lol they compared their G4 against a Dell 3Ghz? I dont think Dell even sells a 3 ghz yet.. __________________ Antec SX1040BII \| Epox 8RDA+ \| AMD 2500+ @ 3100 speed [2200 Mhz (200 x 11.0)] \| Zalman CNPS-6000-Cu \| 512 MB PC3200 Crucial \| Western Digital 80GB \| Samsung 160GB \| Gainward Ti4800Se \| Lite-On 52x32x52 \| Lite-On 16x DVD \| Win XP Home \| Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200ES\| Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200PS \| Logitech MX 700 Mouse & Cordless Elite Keyboard

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