[CUBE] 1gig G3 in Cube?

Kunga Kunga at FutureMedia.org
Sat May 24 00:30:21 PDT 2003


Maybe dual 900 G3 yes. Would the price be a lot less too? I'm all about 
ripping AAC's fast. You remember what the x factor was? I get 7X on my 
500 G4 Cube and only 13.5X on my dual 867 (huge disappointment).

k

On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 05:05  PM, Robert Jagitsch wrote:

> We have just completed a test of an IBM 750FX PowerPC CPU in a Cube. 
> The 750FX is a very low power device which means there are no fans or 
> beefy DC/DC boards needed. And it's fast...take a look at the 
> benchmarks comparing the 750FX at 900MHz to a 500MHz G4 (these done in 
> a 100Mhz bus PowerBook Pismo.)
>
> http://www.powerlogix.com/products2/performance/pismo.html
>
> The clock speed of the 750FX more than makes up for the lack of 
> Altivec, see the iTunes rip comparison.
>
> Any interest in this?



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