Our benchmark scores below include AltiVec and non-AltiVec tests so you can gauge the difference. You should also bear in mind that in the competitive upgrade business, card prices are always dropping. We tested with an extension set comprised of all OS extensions plus those installed by Newer. For the MacBench tests virtual memory was turned off and disk cache was set to 512k. Processor and backside cache can't be overclocked.
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Processor and backside cache can't be overclocked. Control panel lacks comprehensive information. The scores below are from MacBench 5.0. MacBench 5.0 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a Mac's processor, disk, and graphics subsystems to name a few. The base machine receives a score of 1000.