[G4] Processor Upgrade for G4 350 mhz Yikes

[Miller, Rich]

i have a b&w g3 400 that i installed the powerligix g4zif 550 in. it has
made a HUGE difference in the OS and overall speed. 
i also threw in an ati 7000, once again, BIG difference.. primarily on os X.

the reason i went with the powerlogix versus the sonnetwas the fact that you
don't need an enabler for osX, to make the processor function.  in os 9 you
do for both. sadly, the 550 isn't made anymore. you MIGHT look at the g3/800
upgrade, with full speed backside cache, as a bigger boost, if you don't use
a lot of altivec applications. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas J. Lane [mailto:tommylane at earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:17 PM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Subject: [G4] Processor Upgrade for G4 350 mhz Yikes


Has anyone upgraded this machine's processor with a Sonnet or other upgrade?
Sonnet makes a 500mhz upgrade ZIF Encore.  Is it worth upgrading?  Is it
worth upgrading the Video card to a Mac Radeon 7000 also?

Thanks

Tom


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