[G4] Processor upgrade advice... Giga, Sonnet, or PL?

[Rob Carruthers]

Nicolas,

Sorry for the delay in my reply. Sonnet have got some delay in supply 
of their 1.3Ghz Duet  CPUs and I got sick of waiting, so I went with 
the Giga 1.2GHz Dual instead ($100 cheaper).

I have just installed it with no problems. I am very impressed with 
this upgrade. I haven't fully tested it yet but so far Virtual PC is  a 
lot quicker in OS 9.2 and Final cut express exporting is much faster. 
I'll run some more tests tomorrow.

Cheers

Rob
G4 AGP / 10.3.5 / 1.5GB



On 16/07/2004, at 9:54 PM, Rob Carruthers wrote:

>
> On 15/07/2004, at 12:40 PM, Nicolas Kinnan wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about possibly upgrading my 533DP with one of the DP 
>> upgrades being produced by either Powerlogix, Sonnet, or Gigadesigns. 
>>  As they all seem a tad overpriced, it looks like I may have to 
>> settle on something in the 1.2GHz range.
>>
>> Does anyone here have any good user stories featuring these processor 
>> upgrades as a main character?  I notice Gigadesigns has a unit that 
>> has two overclocked 1000MHz chips, running at 1.2GHz for under 
>> $600.00 AND a unit with two genuine 1.25GHz chips running between 1.2 
>> and 1.33GHz for about $90.00 more.  As it gets pretty hot in my 
>> dwelling place, should I eschew the overclocked board for the pricier 
>> one?
>>
> Nicolas,
>
> I recently tried a Sonnet 1.2GHz 1xG4 in my Dual 450 AGP and was a bit 
> disappointed, goto the link below and enter "DualG4" and "Sonnet" for 
> my test results.
>
> http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso
>
> I have ordered the Sonnet 1.3GHz Duet and expect delivery in the next 
> few days, so I'll keep you posted.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
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