Thats true because its a ZIF processor, but if you use a carrier card such as those available from daystar technologies, it can be used in an oldworld machine.
On 11 Dec 2004, at 04:18, Pat wrote:
The G3 1.1 GHz is only compatible with All Power Mac G3 minitowers and desktops, G3 "All-in-One", Blue and White G3's and the PowerMac G4 "PCI Graphics" (aka "Yikes" motherboard G4.) That's mean that it cannot be used with an OldWorldMac.
Yeah but the multiplyers on modern G3's and G4's is higher than that, sonnet do a G4 800Mhz and you could use a carrier card with powerlogix's G3 1.1Ghz and get around 1 Ghz or 900something i think.
Ben
Wow, lots of top quoting on this list...
The high speed ZIFs might be useable on older carriers, but they will top out at 500MHz. Daystar's ZIF carriers are no exception: <http://www.xlr8.com/Apple_Mac_Products/XLR8_Macintosh_Products/Mac_CPU_G4_Upgrade_PCI_PS.html>
Sonnet's new high speed cards for PCI PowerMacs, the 1400, and NuBus Macs use "Fortissimo" technology in MarketingSpeak. Basically, they ratchet up the system bus on the CPU daughter card to 2x the system bus on the motherboard. Thus a newer G3 on a 50MHz system bus Mac will think the system bus is really 100MHz and can be clocked at up to 1GHz. Fancy.
But it's not all that it's made out to be. Yeah, you're CPU is fast, but the system bus is still only 50MHz (at most).
Peace, Drew
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