G+_Neil Tsubota Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Upgrading a Desktop machine. What benchmarks did they use ? Then the Dollars per performance increase. I seem to have missed the 'method' of calculation. The "best" upgrade is 'typically' in RAM memory. I agree with Father Ballecer, spend a little bit more and get better 'quality', instead of looking for the lowest price. What was the second best price/performance upgrade ? Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jon Messenger Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 They have not finished the whole segment yet. It is supposed to be a small spot every episode to show us the difference in upgrading various components. As for the benchmark used they showed results for PCMark 8. http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 There are three more segments. Video Cards, SSDs, and project conclusions. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Also.. Jon Messenger is right... as stated in the segment, we used PCMark8 -- The dollars-per performance calculation was as follows. ((New Benchmark Value - Baseline Benchmark Value)/(Baseline Benchmark Value))/(Dollars Spent on Upgrade) This gives us the percentage of benchmark performance increase per dollar spent on the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Craig Jones Are you SURE about that? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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