In message <13f1149e52.chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Chris Hall <chris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <b79aa59d52.tigger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Nick Roberts <tigger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> http://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/5/topics/466?page=5 > > > According to the benchmarks in this the table, we have: > > > ARMini (1000MHz) Iyonix (600MHz) > > Draw Path 329% 90% > > Draw Fill 364% 66% > > > where the reference is a StrongARM RiscPC. I'm not sure why the > > Iyonix is so slow compared to a StrongARM, but apart from that the > > figures would indicate that an ARMini should be 3-5 times faster > > than an Iyonix, not 1/3rd as fast, which is what my test shows (all > > the objects in the test document are paths, filled paths, or text > > (which are in practice more filled paths). > I have just repeated the tests and the results are still the same. I > don't know why either. However a single test will not tell you how > fast 'overall' another computer is. Only for tasks dominated by the > particular test. Indeed, I wasn't claiming that my test was indicative of the overall difference in performance between an ARMini and an Iyonix. It's simply that I was intending to redo the map from scratch using a Robinson projection, and was hoping that the ARMini would make it easier. Unfortunately, it won't. -- Nick Roberts tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/armini-support List-related queries to info@xxxxxxxxxxxx