Charlie Reyes wrote: > >Hi, I was wondering about CPU upgrade cards for a 9600/300. I've been > >looking for some good stuff but have some doubts. As far as I read this kind > >of upgrades just would allow me to run CPU speeds of up to 450MHz, which is > >limiter by the 9x CPU/bus ratio. Now, I've seen some Sonnet cards which > >apparently allow speeds of 800MHz. Do they acctually work at that speed in a > >50MHz speed computer like mine? Is their ratio higher than 9x? By the way, > >which is the higher ratio for XLR8 G4 upgrade cards? > >Thanks a lot, hope you can help me. > >Alejandro Desalvo. > > > Buon Giorno, > > Older G3/4 cpus were limited to 10x bus speed (up to 500 MHz) but newer G4s > can run to 16x bust speeds (800 MHz.) on 50 MHz bus PCI Macs. > > Charlie
Then, speed limitations are given by the CPU processor and not by the PCI card? I could get the ZIFCarrier and put a hight ratio CPU processor and it should work at higher speed? -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
