From: Andrew Kershaw alk(a-t)mac.com Subject: Thermal Paste Rules!
I picked up a PowerLogix Blue Chip/WS 466 for my Wallstreet 233MHz/512kB recently. (A _very_ nice upgrade, by the way. The Wallstreet now gives my Pismo 500 a run for it's money on most tasks.)
Drew
I've been contemplating a processor upgrade for my Lombard (400 MHz 320Mb RAM OS 9.2.2) partially for improved performance but mostly as a hedge against the Lombard cache failure.
How much did your Blue chip upgrade cost?
400 Mhz processor cards seem to be going for under $200 so that might be a better route.
I'd have to decide how much performance I'd gain with the Blue chip processor compared to the stock processor.
Hey, nice name! ;-)
My 466MHz Blue Chip and a NewerTech BookEndz came to $125 together. I bought them used on the Swap list. All in all, a good deal. I'm uber happy with them both.
Lombards are still going for quite a bit of money on eBay, which really vexes me. They are nice machines, but they aren't quite as capable as, say, a Pismo. They're basically a Wallstreet (ok, a little faster, slimmer, and lighter) with a faster CPU and USB. But I don't think they are worth what they go for on eBay. At least, they aren't to me. And that might explain why I don't own one ... yet. ;-)
As for the performance of the upgrade, MacBench is giving it CPU numbers in the 150% range (as compared to a beige G3 300), right up where my Pismo 500 is performing. In otherwords, I just about doubled the performance of the stock WS II/233/512k, and I'm quite satisfied.
Peace, Drew --
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