Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz

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CNET Labs uses Apple iTunes as another indicator of a system's performance. This test times how long it takes to convert a 107MB AIFF audio file to MP3.

Quake III (Longer bars indicate better performance)

Frames per second

Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz (ATI Radeon 9800)

319.1

Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.0GHz (ATI Radeon 9600 Pro)

292.0

Apple iMac G5 (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

72.2

Apple eMac G4 1.25GHz (ATI Radeon 9200)

68.8

To measure 3D gaming performance, CNET Labs uses Quake III Arena for OS X. Although Quake III is an older game, it is still widely used as an industry-standard tool.

Find out more about how we test desktop systems.

System configurations:

Apple eMac
Mac OS X 10.3.3; 1.25GHz PowerPC G4; 256MB DDR SDRAM 333MHz; 32MB ATI Radeon 9200; 80GB 7,200rpm Ultra ATA/100

Apple iMac G5
Mac OS X 10.3.5; 1.8GHz PowerPC G5; 512MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz; 64MB Nvidia GeForce FX 5200; 80GB 7,200rpm Serial ATA

Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.0GHz
Mac OS X 10.2.7; Dual 2.0GHz PowerPC G5; 2048MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz; 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 Pro; 160GB 7,200rpm Serial ATA

Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz
Mac OS X 10.3.5; Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5; 4,096MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz; 256MB ATI Radeon 9800; 160GB 7,200rpm Serial ATA

Bully Computers Tyrant
Windows XP Professional SP2; 3.2GHz Intel P4 Extreme; Intel 875P chipset; 1,024MB DDR SDRAM 400MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT (AGP); two WDC WD740GD-00FLX0 74GB 10,000rpm Serial ATA; WDC WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB Serial ATA 7,200rpm; integrated Intel 82801ER SATA RAID controller

Velocity Micro ProMagix PCX
Windows XP Professional; 3.6GHz Intel P4 560; Intel 925X chipset; 1,024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra (PCIe) ; two WDC WD740GD-00FLX0 74GB 10,000rpm Serial ATA; Hitachi HDS724040KLSA80 400GB Serial ATA 7,200rpm; integrated Intel 82801FR SATA RAID controller

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"Are you kidding? No contest."

by earlysound on March 4, 2005

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"Beautiful and Powerful"

by krasnol on June 29, 2005

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"The best comp i ever had! switched from Windows!! Read!"

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computerarts.co.uk

Editors' rating: 80

Summary: The highest-end single processor G5 performed well across all our tests, and at £1849, there's no denying that this is a great-value machine. Of course, we'll soon get our hands on the Dual 2GHz G5, if you can wait that long...

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pcmag.com

Editors' rating: 80

Summary: The new dual 2.5-GHz Power Mac G5 is a nice step up from the Power Mac G5s we've seen before. Graphics pros and media outlets that need the fastest available speed will want to upgrade now, but most users with recent G5 machines (especially with dual 2.0-

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macworld.com

Summary: The copy writers may have a point about the Quad, but when it comes to the 2GHz and 2.3GHz dual-core models, a couple of grains of salt are in order: In terms of overall performance, these new machines look, feel, and perform pretty much like the models t

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Computeract!ve

Editors' rating: 80

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