For 31.5 I'm looking at tweaking the WebM AltiVec code some more, possibly introducing some early speculative fetching. But in the meantime, it's IonPower for the rest of the weekend until my Master's classes start again on Monday (when this build will become final).
Saturday, January 10, 2015
31.4.0 available
31.4.0 is available, with many fixes and the speculative changes from 31.3.1pre. Before any of you wags point out that the copyright date is wrong, I didn't notice this until the middle of the G3 build and since I'd already wasted a day because I missed a patch (build day for TenFourFox is about eight hours, even with the G5 quad running full blast on the SSD I use for build acceleration, so scotching a build really burns up a lot of time), I really don't care enough. :P It's in the changesets for next time.
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My initial testing results on G5 DP 1.8 Leopard and 31.4.x - overall more stable and less prone to crashing on loading complex sites. First loading took some time for the 4 sites I typically start when browser app opens. Once loaded, each site seemed faster than in the 31.3.x version. My testing is not exhaustive. Just my initial impression. Very nice improvement - thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds about right. It's not that it's overall faster, it's that it front-loads the work so that when the page is done rendering, there's fewer background tasks that must be finished and the browser is thus more responsive. I think that's an appropriate tradeoff for our computers.
DeleteI have a pismo running tenfourfox and am greatful for your efforts keeping the power pc alive.
ReplyDeleteI came across a mac pro G5 2.3 GHz with a gig of RAM running 10.5. It is in excellent condition. Wondering if it is worth the $120 asking price.
Again thanks for Tenfourfox and helping to keep old Macs alive.
You're welcome.
DeleteThere are (IMHO) exactly two G5s worth owning: the Quad G5, because it is the fastest Power Mac ever made and it has the most reliable liquid cooling system, and the air-cooled dual processor (not the dual _core_) 2.3GHz G5, which has the best overall marks for reliability of any of the Power Mac G5 computers. If this is a dual _processor_ system, $120 is a little on the high side but not unreasonable, and it should be a good solid system (you'd want more RAM in that though -- I'd put at least 2GB in for Leopard). If it's a dual core, those have more reliability issues than the older dual processor version and I would probably pass at that price, though at least it's not liquid cooled. Just my opinion, of course.
I agree - in my opinion an air cooled G5 is the only way to go. Liquid cooled models have a long history of problems. The last thing you want is to repair a leaking G5 - the potential cost of a replacement motherboard alone would kill any thought of a liquid cooled model. Caveat Emptor.
ReplyDeleteI've got a Quad G5 recently. Top model, with the Quadro and 8GB ECC RAM.
ReplyDeleteIt scores the same as my Mac Mini 2011 i5 with AMD graphics in multicore benchmarks. It just flies and I use it a lot with Linux.
I just love it. But I've got a spare full LCS (radiator and pump), just in case. And I periodically inspect my machine for leaks.
TenFourFox rules, by the way.
Thanks for the information. I purchased the power mac G5 2.3.
ReplyDeleteIt is practically brand new. Was used as back up in a recording studio, but never used.
It did not come with wireless. Will the wireless Airport Extreme card work with WPA 2 encryption in Mac os x 10.5? I am reading conflicting information, but I have a powerbook G4 with the Airport Extreme and it works with WPA 2.
Thanks for any and all help.
Yes, Airport Extreme should work with WPA2 on the G5 as well (in both Leopard and Tiger).
DeleteHas anyone noticed the Manhattan phenomenon? I.e. that after a certain period of uptime the browser (31.4.0 and 31.3.1pre) starts to produce processor spikes (with corresponding mini stalls/beachballs when browsing the web), making for a nice skyline in Activity Monitor. I have never seen this before, but I observe it regularly now, even with all windows closed. Will investigate further.
ReplyDeletehttp://s29.postimg.org/5w3jz3von/skyline.png
I'm not seeing that at all and all my Macs get left on 24/7 with T4Fx always running.
DeleteI don't see that on any of the test systems; my G5 is always running TenFourFox also and doesn't sleep.
DeleteIt's one of the extensions. Surfed half a day with a fresh profile, then half a day with my usual profile (but add-ons disabled) and the problem didn't occur.
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