You can always O/C the card. My Sonnet 240 ended up being a 300 in 240's clothing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Does" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "StarMax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: Sonnet Card Question
> When I go to the Sonnet web site for the L2 card it says Starmax. > > http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_l2.html > > Note however that it says: > Due to bus speed limitations, this upgrade card is only recommended > for Power Macintosh 5500, 6500 and Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh > > The question is not will it work, but will you get your money's worth. > > At 8:37 PM -0500 2/12/02, Royce Priem wrote: > >I've got a 5000/300 running with one, and I've had no problems... > > Is it running at 500 MHz? I would expect 320. > > I am aware that some processors from IBM are capable of running at 10 > times bus speed. Nothing at the Sonnet web site suggests that they > are using such a unit. So as a result the best you can expect to get > from a CPU upgrade card is 8 times the bus speed, ie 8 x 40 =320. > > Unless I am missing something, which is possible, I suggest that > anything you pay for an L2 card rated above 320 MHz is buying > nothing. Even if Sonnet used a 10 times cpu, the best you can expect > is 400 MHz. > > -- > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
