> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 14:34:28 -0500 > Subject: Re: [SM] XLLR8 And Intended Market... > From: Jim Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Maybe the demise of XLR* speaks volumes on the market for over-clocked > cards > for the Mac. This is basically a plug-and-play crowd and the Sonnet > cards > are basically as plug-and-play as you can get. > > I run a Sonnet card in my S900, and while over-clocking may appeal to > some, > I realize there are other issues than the clock speed of the CPU in a > system. I/O throughput, bus speed, etc. and even doing digital audio, > I did > not feel the need to over-clock the CPU. The "perceived" gain did not > justify it. Good points and you are likely right in many ways. But as you said there is more to it then cpu speed. Well XLR8 was the king of making the cards as adjustable as possible. You can adjust cpu speed,bus speed and cpu multiplier. These all interact in complex ways and it would take too much time to explain it all. The extra 50mhz I get by fine tuning my 500 mhz card makes the difference in being able to play High quality DivX movies on my machine among other things and now with MPG2 in Quicktime makes the difference in playing SVCD's as well. The video was jerky and the sound sometimes a bit off. So it is more then perceived gain for those that need the extra mhz. Photoshop and some other apps need all the speed they can get. So the added value of being able to over clock for little or no extra money is a real benefit for some people.It is much like getting a faster upgrade for the same price as a slower one. Indeed the cpu chips on upgrades are often the same despite different speed and prices. Sonnet for example sold 450 and 500 mhz upgrades which used the same chip. They over clocked for the 500mhz and sold it for a higher price of course.They also didn't label the over clocked upgrades but sold them as regular upgrades. This is a bit dodgy IMHO. OWC felt the need to warn people about this shifty practice. later Will S
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