Sonnet Announces G4/800 CPU Card Upgrade for Older PCI Macs - Including PowerCenter/Pros - The G4/800 CPU card upgrade for 7300-9600 Macs (and comparable clones) shown in recent magazine ads has been officially announced by Sonnet. Note that this is the first G4 upgrade claimed to work with the Catalyst based Macs such as the PowerCenter/Pro. Here's a clip from the press release:
" New York July 17, 2002. Sonnet Technologies...accomplishes tremendous technological breakthroughs with the announcement of the Crescendo/PCI G4 800 MHz processor upgrade for PCI Power Mac� machines. This highly-anticipated product is made possible by Sonnet's superior design, which utilizes a new 7455 AltiVec-enabled G4 chip, and 1MB of L3 backside cache. While previous generations of the G4 were limited to operation at nine times the speed of the bus in the host system, these new chips allow for a much higher multiple, raising the theoretical maximum on a 50 MHz PCI platform bus from 450 MHz to 800 MHz and beyond. Through arduous testing and development, Sonnet engineers have fully addressed several challenges unique to this new generation of processors, including entirely new voltage requirements, signal compatibility and heat dissipation issues. As a result, the Crescendo/PCI G4 800 not only performs reliably at very high processor speeds, but also fully supports applications that leverage the AltiVec/Velocity Engine in both OS 9 and OS X (if the customer chooses to utilize Sonnet's PCI X Installer). Additional design innovations have resolved G4 compatibility issues with heavily loaded six-slot machines, providing a reliable and powerful solution for the music and video professionals who rely on these systems. .. The Crescendo/PCI G4 800 is also the first G4 processor upgrade to be compatible with certain Power Computing Macintosh clone models. Until now, some of these systems could only support G3 processor upgrades. [Note: actually the G4 issue with clones was related to the Catalyst based Macs like the PowerCenter/Pro - G4 upgrades have been available for Clones based on other motherboard designs with a CPU card slot like the Umax S900, PowerTower Pro, etc..-Mike] The complete list of compatible Macintosh models is: - Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 85xx, 8600, 95xx, 9600 - Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650 - Daystar Genesis - PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerCurve, PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave - UMAX J700/S900 > > From: Zachary Kessin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/07/18 Thu PM 01:36:26 CDT > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Subject: Re: Sonnet's 800Mhz G4 for PCI Macs > > Can someone post a link to where I can get info on these things. > Though to be honest I would probably rather spend the money in a new > iMac but it would be good to have the info anyhow. > > --Zach > PowerMac 8500/180 > Powerbook Duo 280c > Quadra 840av > > > On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 12:54, Mark McCague wrote: > > The other card also looks interesting. Tempo Trio PCI Adapter Card - Get > > ATA133, FireWire, and USB 2.0 in one PCI adapter card. But I also think that > > unless you have a lot of ram in older machine, or other hardware that you > > can't bring with you to a new mac these upgrades are really too expensive at > > the moment. Having an older mac is all about inexpensive mac use not > > spending a fortune on upgrades. You might as well buy a new machine for the > > price of these top of the line upgrades. Maybe in 12 months they'll be more > > reasonable. > > > > > > -- > > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Mac? 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