Apple iMAC Windows benchmarks revealed

Rahul Sood of Voodoo PC managed to benchmark a MacIntellitosh with Microsoft “Widows” on. He also thinks that Apple did a great thing choosing the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 as it performs almost as fast as the desktop part. The machine scores 1700 in 3Dmark06, 3660 in 3Dmark05, 6452 in 3Dmark03 and a saucy 16304 with an old 3Dmark01SE.

the Inquirer - Voodoo PC benchmarks “Widows” MacInteltosh

We finally benchmarked the Apple PC in Windows successfully, thanks to the latest video driver release. It seems to struggle a bit in games with the level of detail increased, but it’s certainly not terrible, it’s about as good as a mid range notebook system.

We also noticed artifacts in certain games at higher resolutions. It could be related to heat or a driver issue, at this point there’s no telling for sure.

You’ll notice that Apple wisely chose an ATi Mobility Radeon part for this system, it seems to make sense that ATi’s mobile parts perform almost as well as their desktop counterparts and use far less power thereby generating very little heat.

Rahul Sood’s Weblog - Apple: iMAC Windows Benchmarks Revealed