Mine runs 500 Mhz on the beige
Andrea
On 14-04-2004 19:21, "nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> -- Make sure it's guaranteed to run at 600 with your machine... I know the
> Sonnet G4/500 runs at 500 on a B&W and 450 on a Beige because of the
> 100/66mhz bus difference...
>
> nathan
>
> On 4/14/04 7:48 PM, "Marc van Gemert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Tony Gamble wrote:
>>> The Sonnet G4 700, 800 and 1Ghz G4 upgrades downclock the B&W bus speed
>>> to 66Mhz.
>>
>> That's correct, see the FAQ @ Sonnet:
>> http://www.sonnettech.com/support/faqs/zif_faq.html.
>>
>> Also check the CPU Upgrades database @ xlr8yourmac.com:
>> http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso.
>>
>> This is one of the reports:
>> "When I opened QuarkXpress and Illustrator I was quite dissatisfied
>> because it took 3 times as long as with the previous G4-500 card. After
>> that I consulted the xlr8yourmac.com site and I found out that the bus
>> speed is reduced to 66 MHz. I didn't know that and it wasn't written
>> anywhere."
>>
>>
>> Benchmarks @ OWC:
>> http://eshop.macsales.com/Descriptions/encore_benchmarks.html
>>
>> On topic:
>> The G3/1GHz would be faster than the G4/500, even in Altivec enhanced
>> apps, so IMHO go for the G3/1Ghz.
>> On the other hand, the G4/500 is tested and guaranteed to run @ 600MHz
>> by OWC:
>> http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=6688&Item=OWCZG4500B600
>>
>> HTH,
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>
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