New dual-1GHz Power Mac no faster than previous model

Initial benchmarks from BareFeats reveal that Apple’s new dual-1GHz Power Mac G4 is no faster than the previous generation model, despite sporting a faster bus, DDR RAM, and an ATA/100 hard drive controller. The primary bottleneck with the new system involves the PowerPC G4 processor itself, which is apparently unable to actually take advantage of the DDR RAM.

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