Hi! A few months ago I purchased four Dual-450 processor cards from GE's to put into my two G4 AGP, originally 400 MHz.
One of the G4 AGP's came with an OWC 1.4 GHz upgrade, but that is another story. Anyway, I tested all four Dual-450 processors and everything looked normal. Only, when I ran Geekbench, one of them reaches considerably lower values than the other three. The three ‘normal’ Dual-450's reach a Geekbench score of about 470. This specific ‘slow’ Dual-450 reaches only a little less than 420. I've now (yes, just now, 30 minutes ago :-)) overclocked this ‘stange’ Dual-450 to be a Dual-500. http://power-mac-g4.com/g4clockup.html Now, I get a score of almost 490 with this processor. But it's running at 500 MHz now, so the lower performance relative to the other Dual-450's is still there. If you should wander: I tested all four Dual-450 processors in the same AGP, and one of the normal ones in the other. So it cannot be the specific G4 that has issues, it must be the processor card. So, I wander if there is anything I can do? I'm writing this because I am sure that one of you can come up with something that helps me diagnose this performance issue. Thanks, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
