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EDS (Plano, TX) has launched
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Landmark subsidiary.
benchmarkAWadvs ResultsThe following nine workstation and graphics card combinations received the highest scores in the AWadvs-04 (Alias|Wavefront Advanced Visualizer) subset of the SPECviewperf 6.1.2 OpenGL benchmark. The AWadvs-04 benchmark consists of 10 operations common to the Advanced Visualizer 3D animation program, including smooth, flat, and material shading of a polygonal animation model.
The mean scores represent the combined, weighted results of the 10 tests, measured in the number of frames per second the machines were able to execute. The larger the numbers, the better the performance.
To see how the same systems fared in other benchmark tests, or to review results from additional systems, visit www.spec.org/gpc.
Top Nine Awadvs Performers
| Workstation |
Graphics Card |
Price |
Mean |
| IBM M Pro 2GHz |
3Dlabs Wildcat II 5110 |
$4028 |
224.77 |
| Dell 530 2GHz |
3Dlabs Wildcat II 5110 |
$4636 |
213.02 |
| IBM M Pro 1.5GHz |
3Dlabs Wildcat II 5110 |
$3528 |
195.59 |
| IBM M Pro 2GHz |
Fire GL4 |
$3618 |
134.80 |
| Compaq Evo W6000 1.7GHz Xeon |
Nvidia Quadro2 Pro |
$2969 |
126.21 |
| HP x2000 1.7GHz |
FireGL4 |
$3874 |
124.91 |
| Dell 340 1.5GHz |
Nvidia Quadro2 Pro |
$1767 |
124.89 |
| Dell 530 2GHz |
ATI Fire GL2 |
$3297 |
120.41 |
| IBM M Pro 1.5GHz |
Fire GL2 |
$2188 |
112.48 |
Companies listed are voluntary participants.
Source: SPEC/GPC benchmark results December 2001. Copyright Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. |