> > From: Paul Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:42:56 +1000 > XLR8 had made those claims of Mpe. The velocity card never appeared. > They went bust. > > As one of the people who bought The Mach Carrier and I was probably > close to the last I felt let down by XLR8 G4 450/225. > > I wish I had not bought it. The only thing that works better with mine > is Photoshop. > > At least Sonnet cracked the egg. I wish I had just bought a cool > Sonnet G3. They proved to stay in business and supported their own > hardware into X.
I'm confused are you having problems with your XLR8 G4 card or just disappointed that few apps make use of the extra processes with the G4? You are correct that few apps make use of it. Photo shop, Quicktime and itunes come to mind. You can also add OSX to the list of things that run better with a G4. So if you ever decide to upgrade to the latest Mac OS that will run faster and better with a G4. The XLR8 card can also be over clocked and your 450mhz should be able to do 475 -480 no problem perhaps even 500mhz. Try doing that with a likely over clocked when you buy it Sonnet card. XLR8 cards currently have support from Daystar technology @ http://daystartechnology.com/ XLR8 upgrade cards are some of the best ever made. History is full of good companies that go under when somehow mediocre companies keep on trucking. If you are having problems with your XLR8 card other then the G4 disappointment it may well be something that can be fixed. Best of luck. Will S > My original processor. The Newertech G3 250, 1mb backside cache, works > far better in a sense of stable printing, scanning, internet surfing, > not crashing, recording, non fragmentation of HD and video. > > Speed is not the answer. The job needed to be done is more important. > > One thing I noticed in ASP with the backside cache not enabled on the > card, the processor in ASP reported to run at 279 mhz with motherboard > L2 cache. > > With the Backside L2 on the G3 enabled it runs at 250 mhz. > > Newertech's Max Powr control won't work with all the RAM slots loaded. > > XLR8's Mach Speed control will work with all the RAM slots filled. > > Just a little info for those who are contemplating a G4 upgrade for > their machines. Don't bother with a G4 if your are not going to use > Photoshop. > > Paul -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
