> I'm recently installed a Sonnet Crescendo G3/400/1MB upgrade card in my Umax > S900. I've been told I need to disable the built-in cache on the S900 MB, > but the instructions on the Sonnet card don't mention this. I did some > benchmark testing in PhotoShop 5 and noticed a decent improvement in many > operations, but I'm wondering if I'm getting all I can out of the upgrade. > > Charles > > I�ve installed a Sonnet G3/450 2 months ago and did several benchmarks using the original Sonnet software as well as Powerlogix, Newertech and Xlr8. According to GaugePro, the three 3rd party drivers disable the onboard cache but with Sonnet drivers, it�s still active (or Gauge just "sees" it.) BUT: Sonnet�s software is the fastest, followed by XLR8. Some time ago, some sources said the xlr8 driver is faster with Sonnet cards - not in my machine. So I�d suggest just to install the Sonnet software and stay with it. BTW- I used MacBench, GaugePro and some disk speed tools for benchmarks.
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