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ZIF G4 upgrades
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Join Date: Jan 2000
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I'm looking to get a upgrade for my yikes! G4. xlr8youmac.com has reviews for a few cards, but all their reviews generally sound the same.
i'm considering:
Metabox joeCARD G4/500
Metabox joeCARD G4/450 2MB cache
Sonnet Encore G4/500
Anyone know what that extra meg of cache translates into performance wise? Anyone have any knowledge on any of these?
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The extra MB is good for 1-2% performance boost in most applications... I think VPC gets a bit more of a boost, as much as 5%.
(Hint: It's not worth it... if it were, Apple would be using 2 MB.)
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None of those cards really has an edge on any other, except maybe better support on the Sonnet card. Personally, I don't think you'll see a worthwhile speed bump with any of them, not at the current prices anyway.
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If I had to buy a zif upgrade, it would be the smalldog.com sale of a 500mhz G4 zif socket CPU for $399.
Gee, I never thought the Yikes G4 still had a zif socket like the blue and whites and beige G3's.
Zifs are much better than PCI cards if your computer has the zif socket.
I got a 450mhz G3 Zif CPU for my beige G3 233 last spring, and it let me set the speed to 500 with on chip dipswitches! Anyhow, 500mhz G3 is plenty fast at the moment for me. And I know from my ibook that G3 366mhz is still good too.
But does the Yikes board have a zif? Anyhow...
My advice is plainly this: wait until the summer. There will be new releases of all sorts of CPU upgrades, ZIF and PCI this spring, as companies begin to offer paths to match the new releases from Apple - ie. faster G4's. The point is that you might want to wait until you see what OS X needs for you to feel comfortable (maybe DP or 600+) and then aim at getting as close to that.
And getting a Radeon PCI, when it comes out, will also make your graphics for games hummmmmmmm, and that's this spring too.
So, maybe you should wait.
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Originally posted by pathogen:
If I had to buy a zif upgrade, it would be the smalldog.com sale of a 500mhz G4 zif socket CPU for $399.
where is that on their website? I can't find it. For that price, i'll upgrade right now.
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Lesliev
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Yes the Yikes has a zif socket. It does not have the Sawtooth motherboard has the same motherboard as the Blue G3. I upped my G3 with a 450mhz g4 that I overclocked to 500. It is an XLR8 card from
http://www.macgurus.com
You should check out that site even if you buy somewhere else They have a lot of great info
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http://www.xlr8yourmac.com also has awesome info on upgrade cards, site reviews of the various cards and makers as well as user ratings...
dave
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