Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-22 Thread Peter Fairweather
It makes a nice change to see someone trying to measure real life computing speed with a package I actually use. In the UK the magazine tests involve games I've never heard of. Having thankfully missed out on versions 1 - 26 of Doom or whatever, the fact that Doom 27 can be run at even higher

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-22 Thread mike wilson
From: Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/05/22 Tue AM 06:46:02 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests) It makes a nice change to see someone trying to measure real life computing speed with a package I actually use

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-21 Thread Mark Cassino
Paul wrote: What are you using to measure the speeds? Wrist watch. :-) - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-21 Thread David Savage
At 10:06 AM 22/05/2007, Mark Cassino wrote: Paul wrote: What are you using to measure the speeds? Wrist watch. :-) Stop watch on my wrist watch :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
Hi Team, I finally have my server back up and operational, long story (thanks Christian) and a couple of lenses worth in $ value so it's better left alone. All that now behind me and now that I'm in a better humor I would like to assess how my now relatively old hardware is performing (file

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread David Savage
On 5/20/07, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (2 x 9000 pixels x 16bit, @ what resolution (300 PPI)? Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
It doesn't matter. It just has to be 2000 x 9000 pixels. On May 20, 2007, at 2:23 AM, David Savage wrote: On 5/20/07, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (2 x 9000 pixels x 16bit, @ what resolution (300 PPI)? Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread David Savage
Well it made 15 seconds worth of difference. Why? I don't know. Cheers, Dave On 5/20/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't matter. It just has to be 2000 x 9000 pixels. On May 20, 2007, at 2:23 AM, David Savage wrote: On 5/20/07, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Mark Cassino
Digital Image Studio wrote: If any of you are willing to indulge me by performing similar tests (timing doesn't have to be too accurate) and posting your results either public or private (along with a very basic system outline, OS/CPU/RAM/Network) that would be much appreciated. My system

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 21/05/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob - My results - 70 gig WD Raptor SATA Drive - 12 seconds to save, 15 to load. 250 gig WD SATA - 20 seconds to save, 20 seconds to load. 120 gig Maxtor EIDE drive - 2 minutes to save and 1:45 to load (!) 500 gig WD My Book USB 2.0

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Rob, Oxford IDE Device 1 58 p-LUN, 465.76 gig: 17 seconds to save, thirteen seconds to open Maxtor OX 7100, 280 gig: 13 seconds to save, 11 seconds to open I have another of eachof the above.. They seem to perform the same way. Three are firewire. One is wired internally on a Mac G4 dual

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 21/05/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob, Oxford IDE Device 1 58 p-LUN, 465.76 gig: 17 seconds to save, thirteen seconds to open Maxtor OX 7100, 280 gig: 13 seconds to save, 11 seconds to open I have another of eachof the above.. They seem to perform the same way. Three

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Mark Cassino
Digital Image Studio wrote: Thanks for doing that, in the main your results pretty much accord with mine, though the speed of your Maxtor is bit of a mystery. Maybe your Secondry contoller isn't set to DMA mode? In the Device manager under the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers tab check the Advanced

Re: OT Indulge me? (PS speed tests)

2007-05-20 Thread Paul
What are you using to measure the speeds? Paul Mark Cassino wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: Thanks for doing that, in the main your results pretty much accord with mine, though the speed of your Maxtor is bit of a mystery. Maybe your Secondry contoller isn't set to DMA mode? In the