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RE: [Digital BW] Re: 4x5 Neg Scan Resolution

2002-09-20 by Austin Franklin

Hi Moreno,

> Here's the results of a quick & dirty PS Guassian blur test: dual G4 - 25
> seconds, dual Athlon MP1800 - 15 seconds, dual 2.2 Xeon - 8 seconds.

What's the memory architecture/speed of the two x86 systems?  The issue is
the cache of the Xeon isn't near large enough to hold the imaging file, so
it resides in memory...and I'd bet you most anything, that memory speed
"helps" more than the fact that it's a Xeon vs a non-Xeon.

Austin

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