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AltiVec sucks — #3

Yea but this guy is making like Apple are outright liars which is so false. Isn't somebody here an expert and can refute his BS?
MacNN PowerPC by macintologist Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 11:32

AltiVec sucks — #2

I don't believe that the speed increases Altivec promised have been realized.
MacNN PowerPC by Eriamjh Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 10:28

AltiVec sucks — #21

Well, there are a few mistakes right off the bat:he is focused on floating point operations only. A single Altivec unit will work on a vector of 4 (single precision) floating point…
MacNN PowerPC by larkost Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

AltiVec sucks — #20

Add me to the list of users who have recoded scientific apps and achieved significant performance gains over scalar code. The original rant is of dubious merit, even childish. -…
MacNN PowerPC by audiffred Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

AltiVec sucks — #1

http://spl.haxial.net/weblog/index.php?p=85 Quote: AltiVec (a.k.a. Velocity Engine and VMX) is a steaming pile of doggy doo. It is a real pain in the ass to use, and u…
MacNN PowerPC by macintologist Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

AltiVec sucks — #22

Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) My 733 G4 peaks at 10.4x My friend Andy's 1.8ghz Dell peaks at 4.5x Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, b…
MacNN PowerPC by Mister Elf Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

AltiVec sucks — #18

iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) My 733 G4 peaks at 10.4x My friend Andy's 1.8ghz Dell peaks at 4.5x Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, but c'mon, my old iMac used to encode a…
MacNN PowerPC by sek929 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

AltiVec sucks — #19

Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, but c'mon, my old iMac used to encode at 4x. The AltiVec enhanceme…
MacNN PowerPC by ReggieX Sat, 23 Apr 2005 - 07:16

Favourite iPod colour! — #16

Quote: Originally Posted by StonedRose WOuldn't it be good to see a "surf/skate" style iPod. Vans Checkered Old Skool That would be kinda cool.
MacNN Software by Zimphire Fri, 22 Apr 2005 - 21:35

PowerMac G5's are 3-5 days shipping now — #15

Quote: Originally Posted by testudo Here! Here! 3GHz might allow apple to save a little face, but after a year if all they can do is bump RAM, bump the video card (the default f…
MacNN Hardware by Salsa Fri, 22 Apr 2005 - 20:36

PowerMac G5's are 3-5 days shipping now — #14

Quote: Originally Posted by badtz processor speeds isn't my main concern @ all. I'm more concerned about new technologies! PCIe, Dual Layer DVD+-RW (or BluRay, lol I doubt it)…
MacNN Hardware by testudo Fri, 22 Apr 2005 - 19:48

PowerMac G5's are 3-5 days shipping now — #13

Here's my prediction: Single 2.0 512 RAM, 80GB HD, GeForce 5200, $1499 Dual 2.0, 512 RAM, 160GB HD, ATI Radeon 9600 XT $1999 Dual 2.5, 512 RAM, 160GB HD, ATI Radeon 9600 XT $2499 Q…
MacNN Hardware by GSixZero Fri, 22 Apr 2005 - 19:21

Favourite iPod colour! — #13

Black all the way!!! And U2 is so cool to start out with. The album that the iPod's colors reflect is ****in awesome!!!
MacNN Software by stwain2003 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 - 19:18
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