QUICK TAKES! (Updated May 1st, 2008)
Performance Analysis of new iMac
ATI will ship a retail Radeon HD 3870 by the end of May
CrossFire works on the Mac Pro using two jumpered Radeon 2600s.
Compressor "fixed" by Pro Applications Update
Legacy GeForce 8800 GT for 2006/2007 Mac Pros shipping
and MORE...
SPEED TESTS by date
May 9th, 2008 -- 'Early 2008' iMac -- Radeon HD 2600 Pro versus GeForce 8800 GS
May 2nd, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: High Capacity Notebook Drives in FireWire 800 Enclosures - includes new Hitachi 5K 500GB notebook drive (Updated at 6PM Pacific Time with info on the G-RAID mini.)
May 1st, 2008 (Appended) -- REALITY CHECK: Does Corsair's Low Latency memory for Mac Laptops really make them go faster? (Added "video to layers" test simliar to the one published by Corsair.)
April 30th, 2008 ("improved") -- SHOOTOUT: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Fastest Mac Pro with Radeon 2600 and Geforce 8800 - Updated using an improved netdemo file. Threaded Rendering confirmed.
April 29th, 2008 (Updated) -- GPU SHOOT 'EM UP: Windows Vista 64 on the 2008 Mac Pro - Six Graphics Cards and Four 3D Games - (ETQW added; Crossfire 2600 added)
April 24th, 2008 -- 3D GAME SHOOT 'EM UP: Legacy GeForce 8800 GT versus others -- finally we have it for "1st Generation" Mac Pros.
April 22nd, 2008 (Corrections) -- PREVIEW: FirmTek's SpyderHUB -- "More Ports To The People"
April 18th, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: MacBook Air versus MacBook Pro -- CPU and GPU tests
April 17th, 2008 -- REVIEW: FirmTek's SeriTek/5PM Direct-To-Backplane PM Enclosure
April 17th, 2008 (Updated) -- CPU CRUNCH: 2008 vs 2007 MacBook Pros -- L2 cache amount is the key -- added Compressor test results
April 11th, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: RAID 0 vs 3 vs 5 vs 6 -- RocketRAID 3522 connected to eight Samsung Spinpoint F1 drives.
April 4th, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: Western Digital 640GB versus other 7K SATA 3G drives -- Could it be the "sweet spot" in price, capacity, and performance as the ultimate boot drive?
April 1st, 2008 -- GPU "Shoot 'em Up": "early 2008" MacBook Pros versus others -- see 17" MBP's secret advantage
March 21st, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: SAS vs SATA -- One, Two, Three, and Four Drive Configurations
March 14th, 2008 -- PREVIEW: HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 3G SATA RAID host adapter -- key features discussed -- benchmarks to follow
March 13th, 2008 -- MAX MEMORY: 32 Gigabytes in the "early 2008" Mac Pro
March 3rd, 2008 -- HAMMERING IT HOME: Fifteen RAM Preview renders with Motion 3 on four different "early 2008" Mac Pro graphics cards.
March 3rd, 2008 (Updated) -- GPU SHOOT 'EM UP: GeForce 8800 GT versus Radeon HD 2600 XT and Radeon X1900 XT -- added Quadro FX 5600 just for fun
February 29th, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: Potential Boot Drives for the 2008 Mac Pro -- added two more one terabyte drives
February 22nd, 2008 (Updated) -- MEMORY TESTING, TAKE 2: "early 2008" Mac Pro 3.2GHz 8-core tested with 12 different memory configurations from 4GB to 16GB using 64-bit STREAM app.
February 12th, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: MacBook Air HDD versus SSD -- using QuickBench 4.03 random and sequential, small and large blocks.
February 6th, 2008 (Updated) -- ANALYSIS: MacBook Air -- Power User Dream 'Book? Or First Class Lap Sculpture? -- We were seduced by the "Air Side."
February 1st, 2008 -- SHOOTOUT: Low-End Meets High-End or 4-core 2.8GHz Mac Pro versus 8-core 3.2GHz Mac Pro
January 28th, 2008 (Updated) -- MEMORY COMPARED: 800MHz versus 667MHz in the Mac Pro 3.2GHz 'Harpertown' -- Added results from STREAM 64-bit Parallel Multi-Threaded benchmark
January 27th, 2008 (Updated) -- GPU SHOOT 'EM UP: Radeon HD 2600 XT on both old and new Mac Pros -- added results from the 2.8GHz Mac Pro and G5/2.5GHz Quad-Core
January 27th, 2008 (Updated) -- CPU INTENSIVE SHOOTOUT: '2008' Mac Pro versus previous Mac towers - added full 2.8GHz Mac Pro results and G5/2.5GHz results
January 21st, 2008 -- POWER USAGE and NOISE LEVELS: 3.2GHz Mac Pro 'Harpertown' versus 3.0GHz Mac Pro 'Clovertown'
January 16th, 2008 -- ANALYSIS: MacWorld Expo SF '08 Product Announcements in Steve Jobs' Keynote
January 16th, 2008 -- BOOTHS at MacWorld SF 2008 that you don't want to miss.
January 14th, 2008 (Updated) -- Mac Pro BUYING ADVICE: Radeon HD 2600 XT or GeForce 8800 GT?
December 28th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: AT&T iPhone versus Verizon LG Voyager
December 27th, 2007 -- Our HOT DEALS page has been updated with the latest discounts on Apple systems, graphics cards, LCD displays, and memory.
December 20th, 2007 (UPDATE) -- LOW REZ GAMING: MacBook 2.2GHz "Rosa" with GMA X3100 versus two rival Mac laptops
December 19th, 2007 -- TRAINING RESOURCE: Nikon D200 Made Easy, a DVD from Elite Video (Special Feature by Bet-TAY)
December 13th, 2007 -- REVIEW: Wiebetech eRazer -- The Shredder for Unwanted Hard Drives
December 7th, 2007 -- CPU CRUNCH: MacBook 2.2GHz "Rosa" versus three rival Mac laptops
November 30th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: 200GB 7200rpm Notebook Drives -- Hitachi versus Seagate
November 16th, 2007 -- REVIEW: Sonnet Tango Express 800 PCIe Host Adapter -- FireWire 800 + USB 2.0
November 13th, 2007 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: One Terabyte 3G SATA Hard Drives --- Seagate vs Hitachi vs Western Digital
November 9th, 2007 -- PRO GRAPHICS SHOOTOUT: MacBook 2.2GHz 'Rosa' with GMA X3100 versus two rival Mac laptops running Motion, Cinebench, and iMaginator
November 8th, 2007 -- HI REZ 3D GAME SHOOTOUT: MacBook 2.2GHz "Rosa" with GMA X3100 versus two rival Mac laptops
October 31st, 2007 -- PERFORMANCE COMPARISON: Tiger versus Leopard -- under which OS does your applications run fastest?
October 18th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: Corel Painter X on Three Macs
October 10th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: Three High-End Graphics Cards for the G4 Power Mac
October 2nd, 2007 -- TRAINING RESOURCE: Compositing Exposures to Light Architecture and Landscapes -- special feature by Bet-TAY
September 28th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: September 2007 iPods -- Nano vs Classic vs Touch (vs iPhone)
September 25th, 2007 -- TRAINING RESOURCE: Best (Techniques) of Photoshop CS3 -- special feature by Bet-TAY
September 24th, 2007 -- SPECIAL REPORT: The Ultimate Massage Chair -- to "supercharge" productivity and "boost" morale
September 21st, 2007 (Updated) -- SHOOTOUT: MAXPower G4/7448 Upgrade versus other Macs running at similar clock speeds -- added the Dual 1.8GHz version
September 16th, 2007 (Appended) -- SHOOTOUT: iMac Update 1.0 versus 1.1 -- Three Tough iMacs and Three Tough 3D Accelerated Games (WoW results added with and without Anisotropy)
September 14th, 2007 (Appended) -- ADOBE BENCHMARKS: iMac 2.8 Aluminum versus Others (Photoshop CS3 and After Effects CS3 -- now with results from all 3 models of Aluminum iMac)
September 14th, 2007 --- REVIEW: Lensbaby 3G (by Special Features Editor, Bet-TAY)
September 13th, 2007 -- REVIEW: Two Alternatives To The 23" Apple Cinema Display
September 5th (Appended) -- PRO BENCHMARKS: iMac 2.8 Aluminum versus Others (Cinebench 10 and Motion 3 -- iMac 2.0 Aluminum added)
September 4th, 2007 -- REVIEW: HighPoint RocketRAID 2314MS SATA 3G PCIe Host Adapter -- RAID 5 with improved write performance and special mini-SAS connector
August 29th, 2007 (Updated) -- 3D GAME SHOOTOUT: iMac 2.8 Aluminum versus Others (added 2.0GHz Aluminum iMac with Radeon HD 2400 XT)
August 26th, 2007 (Updated) -- 3D GAMES UNDER WINDOWS: iMac 2.8 Aluminum versus Others (Added Vista results - note how Vista's drivers affect the Quake 4 results)
August 3rd, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: Hitachi 1TB SATA Drive versus Others
July 18th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: 250GB 5K Notebook Drive versus The Two Fastest 7K Notebook Drives
July 5th, 2007 -- MISS_NG P I E C E S: 9 suggested improvements to the Apple iPhone.
June 29th, 2007 -- ANALYSIS: Apple iPhone -- We updated this January article with rebuttal to the 3 excuses given by Apple and AT&T for not supporting 3G mobile broadband.
June 27th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: Hitachi 7K200 and Seagate 7200.2 notebook drives versus others
June 26th, 2007 (Updated) -- CPU CRUNCHING: MacBook Pro "Santa Rosa" versus Others running Photoshop, After Effects, Compressor, and Motion -- added 2.2GHz "crunch" results.
June 21st, 2007 -- MAXIMUM MAC PRO: 4GB FB-DIMMs x 8 = 32GB, thanks to TransIntl
June 21st, 2007 -- MAXIMUM MAC PRO: max_flow memory cooler and maxPro 8 internal drive kit, thanks to MaxUpgrades
June 15th, 2007 -- UNFINISHED BUSINESS: MacBook Pro "Santa Rosa" Testing -- YOU CAN HELP
June 12th, 2007 (Updated) -- 3D GAME SHOOTOUT: 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz "Santa Rosa" (with GeForce 8600M GT) versus Others "playing" Quake 4, Doom 3, Prey, Halo, and UT2004 -- added the results for the 17" version (even faster!)
June 12th, 2007 (Updated) -- SHOOTOUT: 15" MacBook Pro 2.2GHz versus 2.4GHz (or 128MB versus 256MB of VRAM) -- Added 17" results at 1920x1200
June 4th, 2007 (Updated) -- FINAL CUT PRO 6 and COMPRESSOR 3: Do they fully utilize the 8-Core Mac Pro? -- Added graph comparing 4-core to 8-core Mac Pro rendering with Compressor 3 with Virtual Clustering
May 18th, 2007 -- RACING SHOOTOUT: Xbox 360 Elite versus PlayStation 3 versus Mac -- Focus On Car Racing Simulations
May 12th, 2007 (Updated) -- SHOOTOUT: 8-Core Mac Pro versus 4-Core Mac Pro running Cinebench, Geekbench, Photoshop CS3, Aperture, and QuickTime Player -- (Added a second Photoshop graph; added Quad G5 to Photoshop and Aperture graphs)
April 30th, 2007 -- ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CS3: A justification for buying an 8-core Mac Pro.
April 27th, 2007 (Updated) -- SHOOTOUT: Seagate 7200rpm 160GB Notebook Drive Versus Others -- (Added repaired 160GB 5400rpm notebook drive to graphs.)
April 19th, 2007 -- MULTI-PROCESSING: 8 Core versus 4 Core Mac Pro (or "What happens when four CPU hungry apps fight for all available cores?")
April 14th, 2007 -- 3D GAMING: 8 Core versus 4 Core Mac Pro
April 10th, 2007 (Updated) -- SPECIAL REPORT: Does EV-DO Rev A + Rev A USB Modem = Mobile Broadband for All Macs? YES! (Updated with our new, faster upload speeds in a surprise Rev A upgrade to our local EV-DO network.)
April 9th, 2007 (Updated) -- PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: Eight Core Mac Pro
April 9th, 2007 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Dean Collins On Lighting - Live at Brooks Institute (by Bet-TAY)
April 5th, 2007 (Updated) -- REVIEW: HighPoint RocketRAID 2314 PCIe SATA 3G Host Adapter -- test results with 10 drives in Port Multiplier mode using RAID 0, RAID 1/0, and RAID 5 configurations
April 4th, 2007 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Jump Start Guide to the Nikon D80 (by Bet-TAY)
April 1st, 2007 -- April Fools Guide for Mac Lovers
March 30th, 2007 -- REVIEW: Pro Caddy optical bay drive kit for Mac Pro
March 29th, 2007 (Corrected Link) -- REVIEW: Apple TV (plus two competing alternatives)
March 22nd, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: D-Link Xtreme N Router versus Apple's AirPort Extreme 'N' Base Station
March 21st, 2007 -- REVIEW: Gorillapod SLR-Zoom for Digital Cameras
March 16th, 2007 (Updated) -- REVIEW: Verizon Wireless ExpressCard/34 V640 brings Mobile Broadband Internet access to the MacBook Pro -- (Added info on the new V740 ExpressCard with 3G Rev A rating.)
March 9th, 2007 -- SPECIAL REPORT: QuickBench 4.0 Random Testing of Ten Internal Mac Pro Drives
March 7th, 2007 -- REVIEW: Pro Sleds (for the Mac Pro drive bays)
March 2nd, 2007 (Update) -- PRODUCT ANALYSIS: iPhone and Apple TV
(Added info about 3G version of iPhone.)
February 23rd, 2007 -- REVIEW: CalDigit FireWireVR two bay RAID enclosure
February 16th, 2007 -- SHOOTOUT: AirPort Extreme 802.11g versus 802.11n
February 15th, 2007 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Four Training Sources for the Nikon D80 Digital Camera (by Bet-TAY)
February 9th, 2007 -- REVIEW: LaCie 4 Port PCIe SATA adapter with Two Big and Biggest enclosures
February 1st, 2007 -- REVIEW: Logitech MX Revolution Laser Cordless Mouse
February 1st, 2007 -- UPDATE: Razer Pro Click Optical 1600 dpi Mouse
January 5th, 2007 -- GAME SHOOTOUT: 17" MacBook Pro Core Duo versus 17" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo
December 28th, 2006 -- SPECIAL REPORT: iPod Connections in The Newest Cars
December 27th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: SanDisk Extreme Flash Memory - CompactFlash vs Secure Digital; USB2 Reader vs FW800 Reader
December 22nd, 2006 -- YEAR IN REVIEW: Best Performing Mac Products for 2006
December 18th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Adobe Photoshop CS2 versus CS3 beta on High-End Mac Towers
December 13th, 2006 -- REVIEW: FirmTek's eSATA Dual Bay Enclosure and Host Adapters for Mac Pro and MacBook Pro (plus a comparison of Seagate, Maxtor, and Hitachi drives in dual stripe)
December 13th, 2006 (Update) -- SPECIAL REPORT: Four 750GB Drives inside the Mac Pro -- new speed record for four drive RAID 0!
November 21st, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: 13" MacBook Core 2 Duo versus Others
November 17th, 2006 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Big Surprise, Small Box -- iPod Shuffle Rev B (by Bet-TAY)
November 15th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: MacBook Pro 4200rpm vs 5400rpm vs 7200rpm internal notebook drives
November 14th, 2006 -- REVIEW: CalDigit's SATA 3G Host Adapters and Dual Bay Enclosure for Mac Pro and MacBook Pro
November 11th, 2006 -- REVIEW: ATI Radeon X1900 for G5 Power Macs with PCIe slots.
November 9th, 2006 (Updated) -- SHOOTOUT: Two MacBook Pros - Core Duo versus Core 2 Duo
November 3rd, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Aperture 1.5 on three different Macs
October 27th, 2006 -- EARLY RESULTS: World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Beta with Multi-Threaded OpenGL Enabled
October 25th, 2006 -- SPECIAL REPORT: Mac Pro with Radeon X1900 XT running in 4 lane, 8 lane, and 16 lane mode.
October 21st, 2006 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: The Best of Dean Collins on Photographic Lighting (by Bet-TAY)
October 20th, 2006 -- SPECIAL REPORT: Photoshop CS2 Runs Faster Under With Latest OS X "Tiger" Update
September 22nd, 2006 (Update) -- HIGH REZ GAMING: 20" and 24" iMac Core 2 Duo goes up against the Mac Pro at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200
September 22nd, 2006 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: 20" iMac Core 2 Duo versus Three Older 20" iMacs -- added 24" iMac Core 2 Duo results to every game graph
September 22nd, 2006 (Update) -- GAMING SLUGFEST: Quad-Core Mac Pro with Radeon X1900 XT versus Others -- Quake 4, Doom 3, Halo UB, and UT2004
September 15th, 2006 -- PRO GRAHICS: MacPro 3.0 with X1900 XT versus others -- Motion 2 and iMaginator
September 8th, 2006 (Update) -- SPECIAL REPORT: What everyone should know about Mac Pro memory upgrades
September 1st, 2006 -- Mac Mini S meets Mini Cooper S or 'The piece missing from the Apple.'
August 29th, 2006 -- NEW PHOTOSHOP SPEED TEST: Mac Pro vs G5 Power Macs using Retouch Artists' new test
August 17th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: What's the fastest boot drive for the Mac Pro? We compared seven SATA 3Gb/s drives to two Apple OEM drives. Includes results for booting from RAID 0 pairs.
August 15th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Quad-Core Xeon 3.0GHz Mac Pro versus Quad-Core G5 2.5GHz Power Mac
August 10th, 2006 (Update) -- ARM CHAIR ANALYSIS: Quad Mac Pro versus Quad Power Mac G5 -- corrections in STORAGE section
August 10th, 2006 (Update) -- COMPARISON: Dell 24" LCD display (new bezel design, new low price, and 6ms response time) versus updated Apple 23" Cinema LCD display (another price drop, better specs) -- corrections and owner feedback added
August 4th, 2006 -- REVIEW: SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash Card and Extreme FireWire 800 CF Reader (versus other cards and readers)
July 28th, 2006 -- FULL REVIEW: TransIntl's miniXpress SATA notebook drive enclosure with triple interface -- features test results for 7200rpm, 5400rpm, and 4200rpm SATA notebook drives
July 22nd, 2006 (Update) -- EUREKA: Forcing a single SATA drive into 3G mode can provide unexpected speed gains.
July 7th, 2006 -- REVIEW: Seagate's Barracuda 7200.10 with "Vertically Stored Data Bits"
June 21st, 2006 -- REVIEW: Razer Solutions Pro v1.6 High Precision Mouse (with new Mac drivers)
June 16th, 2006 -- REVIEW: CalDigit FASTA-2e PCIe SATA 3G Host Adapter with 2 external ports ($79)
June 12, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Quake 4 Results for Various Macs at Various Resolutions
June 2nd, 2006 -- REVIEW: LaCie Little Big Disk -- Bus Powered Notebook RAID
May 30th, 2006 SHOOTOUT: MacBook 13" versus other Macs doing typical iMovie and iDVD functions -- we tried a black 13" MacBook and got much better results
May 30th, 2006 SHOOTOUT: MacBook 13" versus MacBook Pro, PowerBook, and iBook -- 3D Games and Tiger Core Image -- we tried a black 13" MacBook this time
May 24th, 2006 -- REVIEW: HighPoint RocketRAID 2322 SATA II PCI Express Host Adapter with External Infiniband and RAID 5 Support
May 19th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: MacBook Pro 2.16GHz versus MacBook Pro 2.0GHz -- how much speed in the bump?
May 12th, 2006 -- MAD SCIENCE: Killer GPU -- GeForce 7800 GTX with 512MB DDR3 in a Quad-Core G5 Power Mac.
May 9th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Quake 4 with SMP Patch on the Intel iMac 2.0, MacBook Pro 2.0, G5/2.0 Power Mac, and G5/2.1 iMac
May 5th, 2006 -- MAD SCIENCE: GeForce 7800 GS on a QuickSilver G4 Power Mac
April 28th, 2006 -- MAD SCIENCE: GeForce 7800 GS for AGP Power Macs
April 28th, 2006 (updated) -- SHOOTOUT: Mac OS X versus Windows XP Pro -- on a MacBook Pro (corrected Doom 3 graph)
April 26th, 2006 -- REVIEW: Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P PCI Express Host Adapter and Fusion 500P -- both with Port Multiplication support
April 24th, 2006 -- REVIEW: FirmTek's SATA ExpressCard/34 Host Adapter for the MacBook Pro
April 21st, 2006 -- QUESTION: Will Lower Latency Memory Make My Quad-Core Go Faster?
April 11th, 2006 -- REVIEW: Glyph Tech 050Q Quad Interface Enclosure (USB2, FW400, FW800, SATA)
April 3rd, 2006 -- MacBook Pro Drive Speed: 5400rpm versus 7200rpm; FireWire 400 on MacBook versus FireWire 800 on PowerBook
March 31st, 2006 -- Adobe Apps Languish on the Intel Macs (Results of After Effects and Photoshop on the MacBook Pro versus PPC Macs)
March 24th, 2006 -- MAD SCIENCE: Mutant GeForce 6600 GT on a G4 Power Mac
March 24th, 2006 -- MAD SCIENCE: Mutant GeForce 6200 for the G4 Cube
March 17th, 2006 -- MacBook Pro Shows USB 2.0 Speed Improvement (compared to PPC Macs)
March 15th, 2006 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: MacBook Pro 2.0GHz versus PowerBook 2.0GHz (!) -- Photoshop SP actions and Halo results added
March 10th, 2006 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: Four 500GB Serial ATA II hard drives -- WD5000KS added
March 8th, 2006 -- SHOOTOUT: Intel Mac mini Core Duo versus PPC Mac mini (and iMac Core Duo)
February 17th, 2006 -- REVIEW: ATTO Technology's PCI Express UL5D Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter for Dual-Core and Quad-Core G5 Power Macs
February 15th, 2006 -- Maya 7 on the Quad-Core: Is the Quadro FX 4500 Really Necessary?
February 15th, 2006 (updated) -- HARD CORE 3D GAMING: The iMac Intel Core Duo versus The "Big Dogs." (Quad-Core with 6600 and 7800 GT added)
February 6th, 2006 -- REVIEW: Aaxeon's PCI Express FireWire and USB Host Adapters for Dual/Quad-Core G5 Power Macs
February 3rd, 2006 (updated) -- SHOOTOUT:iMac 2GHz Core Duo versus Other 2GHz Macs -- added Radeon X800 XT to some graphs
January 28th, 2006 -- REVIEW: Daystar's CPU Upgrade for Aluminum PowerBooks
January 9th, 2006 -- REVIEW: FirmTek Cardbus SATA
January 5th, 2006 -- REVIEW: RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express SATA II adapter for Dual-Core and Quad-Core Power Macs
January 3rd, 2006 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Color Correction Cards for Digital Cameras (by Bet-TAY)
December 31st, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Dual-Core Macs versus Dual-Core Windows PCs
December 28th, 2005 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: "How to Wow - Best Photoshop Tricks" with Jack Davis (by Bet-TAY)
December 27th, 2005 -- SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Xbox 360 + HD Screen + PGR3 = "Final Racing Fantasy"
December 23rd, 2005 -- FLASH ROUNDUP: Fast Flash Drives, Fast Flash Memory Cards, and Fast Flash Card Readers
December 16th, 2005 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Software Cinema's Photoshop CS2 Pro Techniques with Eddie Tapp (by Bet-TAY)
December 14th, 2005 (Updated) -- REVIEW: Quad-Core G5/2.5 Power Mac vs Single-Core Dual G5/2.5 -- Updated some graphs. The special 3D GAME page includes results for the GeForce 7800 GT and Quadro FX 4500.
November 23rd, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: What's the Best Boot Drive for the new Quad-Core G5 Power Mac?
November 18th, 2005 -- REVIEW: Daystar 1.9GHz Upgrade for iMac G4 Flat Panel
November 14th, 2005 -- REVIEW: MaxProtect II PowerBook Briefcase
November 10th, 2005 -- UPDATE: iMac G5/1.9GHz Game Results added to iMac G5/2.1GHz Graphics Page
November 5th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: New iMac G5/2.1GHz versus 'Old' iMac G5/2.0 and Dual Core G5/2.0 (CPU TESTS)
November 4th, 2005 -- REVIEW: ATI's newest Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition (256MB, 2X/4X AGP) for G4 and G5 Power Macs
November 1st, 2005 -- REVIEW: HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 PCI-X SATA II Host Adapter and X4 Enclosure with 'Infiniband' Connection
October 31st, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Dual-Core G5/2.0GHz Power Mac versus Single-Core G5/2.0GHz Power Mac
October 28th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 versus Seagate Momentus 7200.1 and other notebook drives
October 26th, 2005 -- PRE-TEST BRIEFING: Latest 15" and 17" PowerBooks -- analysis of new features and performance
October 24th, 2005 -- PRE-TEST BRIEFING: New iMac G5/1.9GHz and 2.1GHz -- discussion of memory, graphics, and drive temperatures.
October 21st, 2005 -- PRE-TEST BRIEFING: New Dual-Core and Quad-Core G5 Power Macs -- discussion of memory, graphics cards, and PCI Express
October 14th, 2005 -- REVIEW: One, Two and Four Bay FireWire miniG Enclosures from TransIntl
October 13th, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: Flash Drives vs Pocket Drives vs Bus Powered FireWire Notebook Drives (Added iPod Nano)
October 8th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: G4/1.67GHz PowerBook versus G4/1.5GHz PowerBook
October 5th, 2005 -- REVIEW: FirmTek's SeriTek/2eEN4 Four Bay Hot-Swap SATA II Enclosure featuring "Direct-To-Backplane" and "Silent Heat Management"
October 4th, 2005 -- REVIEW: TransIntl's miniG four bay SATA enclosure -- like a "mini me" for the G5 Power Mac
September 29th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 2.5 inch 100GB 7200rpm drive versus other notebook drives (Power Consumption Stats and Analysis Added October 7th)
September 22nd, 2005 -- QUESTION: Will a QuickSilver G4 Power Mac with a 2.0GHz CPU upgrade keep up with a G5/2.0GHz Power Mac? (PAGE ONE - CPU Crunching with and without faster CPU, PAGE TWO - 3D Graphics Upgrades with and without faster CPU)
September 20th, 2005 -- EARLY RESULTS: FWDepot 2 Port SATA Cardbus Adapter for PowerBooks
September 16th, 2005 (UPDATE) -- SHOOTOUT: RAID 5 versus RAID 0 using new RocketRAID 2220 SATA II PCI-X host adapter -- update on 2 Terabyte limit.
September 7th, 2005 -- SPECIAL FEATURE: Sumajin Cord Wraps (by Bet-TAY)
September 5th, 2005 -- EARLY RESULTS: LaCie Bigger S2S SATA II RAID Tower with Port Multiplication
September 1st, 2005 -- QUESTION: When it comes to 2 and 4 drive RAID 0 sets, which is faster, FireWire 800 or Serial ATA?
August 22nd, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: ATI Radeon 9600 Pro PC and Mac Edition with Dual-Link DVI versus other Mac graphics cards -- includes info on the new Radeon 9800 Pro Mac
August 22nd, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: G4 Cube 'High-End' Graphics Cards -- results for Radeon 8500 added
August 4th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT:Dual Core Pentium versus Dual CPU G5 Power Macs.
August 1st, 2005 -- REVIEW: MaxConnect Internal G5 Drive Assembly -- Optical and CPU bay used to put up to 9 drives in your Mac
July 11th, 2005 -- REVIEW: FirmTek's SerTek/1VE2+2 PCI-X SATA host adapter -- 2 internal and 2 external ports -- plus it boots OS 9 and OS X
July 11th, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: Fastest 7200rpm SATA Drives for the G5 Power Mac (and G5 iMac)? -- Hitachi 7K500 results added
July 1st, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Photoshop CS versus CS2 -- both running under Tiger
July 1st, 2005 -- MAD SCIENCE: Homemade Heatsink for iMac G5's Hot Drive -- Here's the pictures by popular demaind
June 29th, 2005 (update) -- SHOOTOUT: ATI Radeon X850 XT versus nVidia GeForce 6800 GT -- updated with more accurate GT results
June 10th, 2005 -- REVIEW: Medea Fibre Channel VideoRAID -- Speed and Security
June 4th, 2005 -- MAD SCIENCE: One Graphics Card, Three G5 Power Macs -- Will the G5 Power Mac with the highest clock speed be faster running graphics intensive applications?
June 3rd, 2005 -- REDO: Radeon 9650 Versus Four Other Graphics Cards on a G5/2.7GHz Power Mac -- Includes Motion 2, iMaginator, and Four 3D Game Graphs
May 28th, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: iMac G5/2.0GHz versus G5/2.0GHz Power Mac -- Added iMac G5/1.8 iMaginator and UT2004 results (thereby comparing the GeForceFX 5200 to the Radeon 9600)
May 10th, 2005 (Update) -- SHOOTOUT: G5/2.7GHz Power Mac Versus Other G5 Power Macs (G5/2.3GHz results added)
May 4th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: G4/2.0GHz GigaDesigns Upgrade Versus G5/2.0GHz Power Mac
April 29th, 2005 -- SHOOTOUT: Panther versus Tiger
April 28th, 2005 -- RE-REVIEW: FirmTek 4 port external SATA PCI-X host adapter with "intelligent" hot-swap and dual-bay enclosures with "direct to backplane" feature.
April 15th, 2005 -- REVIEW: Sonnet Technology's New 8 Port External PCI-X SATA Host Adapter (with Seagate and Raptor RAID)
April 13th, 2005 -- MAD SCIENCE: FireGL X3 converted to run on as a Radeon X800 XT on a G4 Power Mac
March 28th, 2005 (Update) -- Maya Shootout (two more render tests found)
March 24th, 2005 -- TUNER TRANSFORMATION: G4 Cube into 'Killer Kube' (includes Mac mini comparison)
