Hi. XBench and GeekBench offer machine comparisons so you can see the added power you would get from upping the RAM or changing the hard drive.
In terms of overclocking, the B&W G3, is one of the easiest computers to overclock with no soldering required, only a few jumpers. Ten minutes and your machine could be 50-100mhz faster. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Speed Boost Formulas? From: "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 29/08/2008 01:43 On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:15 PM, insightinmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even though I mentioned the B&W 100 MHz system bus speed, I was talking > about the Sonnet G4/1GHz that is for a PowerPC 8500 and its 50MHz bus > (~$100) ... my 8500 has a G4/450 in it, so I was sort of OT posting it > here ... well, sort of? > > Interesting to hear the one for the B&W (~$300) slowed the bus to > 66MHx, though ... I never understood the barriers to overclocking Mac hardware hacks. A long tradition on other platforms. This year I have read of only one guy willing to take soldering iron in hand for a Mac. Puzzling. Wish I knew more about electronics, as I would be trying to win that CPU magazine monthly contest with a Mac box! Just to show it was possible. There are sites for Mac cosmetic hacks. But the communitie seems to think the default hardware cannot be taken any further. Thus; Enter the hackentosh. Adrian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
