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#460622 - 08/11/05 11:36 AM XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
anil8tor Registered: 07/05/05 Posts: 409	I have been looking for the low cost power-up for my Blue & White g3...Does anyone have experianc with the XLR8 g4 zif upgrade? Seems to be the best deal if it works... :blink: _________________________ Macbook 2.1 core duo 1gig 160gb sata iMac g5 w/1 gig 160gig all-in-one and SWEET! iBook G4 IGhz Quicksilver Dual 800's iPod touch "Guys, I think we just lost the platform here" Pete Conrad When in doubt, try SCE to AUX
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#460623 - 08/13/05 05:19 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
anil8tor Registered: 07/05/05 Posts: 409	Anyone? _________________________ Macbook 2.1 core duo 1gig 160gb sata iMac g5 w/1 gig 160gig all-in-one and SWEET! iBook G4 IGhz Quicksilver Dual 800's iPod touch "Guys, I think we just lost the platform here" Pete Conrad When in doubt, try SCE to AUX
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#460624 - 08/13/05 10:06 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
zenstate Registered: 10/16/04 Posts: 586 Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada	yes. that xlr8 zif will speed things up a great deal. that combined with at least 5123mb ram will give you a decent mac. I upgraded my B&W G3 to a G4 500 and it was well worth it. _________________________ Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz - 2GB RAM - 200GB 7200rpm HD Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD 2.94TB Total Storage
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#460625 - 08/17/05 09:33 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
anil8tor Registered: 07/05/05 Posts: 409	Any ideas if I should get a fast g3 or a g4 upgrade card, I hope to play a few games if I can get my system up to it... _________________________ Macbook 2.1 core duo 1gig 160gb sata iMac g5 w/1 gig 160gig all-in-one and SWEET! iBook G4 IGhz Quicksilver Dual 800's iPod touch "Guys, I think we just lost the platform here" Pete Conrad When in doubt, try SCE to AUX
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#460626 - 08/17/05 09:41 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
maestro Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 1656	A g4 only helps with altivec enabled software. I myself would still go with a 500-600mhz g4 none the less. Some games are better with a g4. Anyway, what video card do you have? I have the original Radeon which outperforms the 7000, but if I were you, I would buy the 9200. An sata setup would bring up your computers speed considerably. -maestro
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#460627 - 08/17/05 05:01 PM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
zenstate Registered: 10/16/04 Posts: 586 Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada	anil8tor wrote: Quote: Any ideas if I should get a fast g3 or a g4 upgrade card, I hope to play a few games if I can get my system up to it... don't get a G4 over 600mhz. the sonnet 700-1ghz upgrades lower the B&W and Yikes bus from 100mhz down to 66mhz. sonnet says this was the only way to get these speed G4's stable on the boards they have. I have seen benchmarks that show little gain in the 700-1ghz (66mhz bus) over a 500-600 g4 with 100mhz bus. 200 bucks for a G4 600 zif is a good price. _________________________ Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz - 2GB RAM - 200GB 7200rpm HD Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD 2.94TB Total Storage
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#460628 - 08/18/05 01:00 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
modyourmac Registered: 08/16/04 Posts: 500 Loc: Portland, Oregon	I installed one of the sonnett 700MHz boards a while back. Granted. the B&W isnt my primary machine, but the sonnet card makes 10.4 run decently _________________________ Electricity tastes good. No, seriously.
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#460629 - 08/18/05 01:18 AM Re:XLR8 g4 in a B&W? [Re: Gangster]
zenstate Registered: 10/16/04 Posts: 586 Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada	modyourmac wrote: Quote: I installed one of the sonnett 700MHz boards a while back. Granted. the B&W isnt my primary machine, but the sonnet card makes 10.4 run decently a G4 600 with 100mhz bus would be faster and cheaper. _________________________ Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz - 2GB RAM - 200GB 7200rpm HD Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD 2.94TB Total Storage
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