On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 08:28 PM, Jeff Walther wrote: > The 750FX > (G3/800) has a 512K L2 cache on the chip which runs at the CPU core > speed and no L3 cache.
Partly correct, keep in mind that the L2 cache that is being referred to is backside. It more than likely will not run faster than 2:1. > So who wins? 256K at 800 MHz helped by 1 > MB at 200 MHz vs. 512K at 800 MHz with no helper. The G4/800 isn't > that much more expensive depending on what the street prices do. They should probably bench VERY close to eachother. For the time being excluding Altivec, the G4 has no advantage over a G3 speed wise. Factor in the Altivec (it'll kick #$% over the G3 if you are using AltiVec apps), and better FPU ability of the G4, you'll see a difference. Now, if they brought out a dual (or quad :D yea!) G4 upgrade, I'd be in heaven. Of course my S900 would end up totaling about $6000 more than a real dual 1.25 G4.........But I'd have all those slots and 7 drive bays! -Robyn -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
