Just got a Beige G3 Desktop. Someone in the past has installed an OWC G4/550 upgrade, which was a nice surprise
- Are there any drivers necessary to use this CPU in OS 9/OS X? It seems that the answer is no, but I don't know if there's any functionality that is missing without drivers.
- I'd like to get this thing clocked as fast as possible while staying stable. I was messing around with the jumper settings as seen on this site, and I found
Does not post at the 83.3MHz bus speed, so that's not an option.
- It does work to either:
have 33.3PCI/66.7BUS/533CPU speeds
- have 35.0PCI/70.0BUS/560CPU speeds
- have 30.0PCI/75.0BUS/600CPU speeds
- What is the compatibility penalty to running the PCI bus at a speed other than 33.3MHz?
From what I've read, it shouldn't matter that much - is this correct?
- Is there a performance penalty to running the PCI bus at 30MHz, rather than 33.3MHz
This is particularly relevant as the fastest clock I've been able to achieve has necessitated a 30MHz PCI bus
- Most importantly, is there a way to obtain a higher bus speed multiplier than 8.0x (see attached picture)?
The website suggests that this is unknown/impossible - is this correct?
- If this were possible, it would allow speeds of 566/600/633/667 while keeping the PCI bus at 33.3, which would be nice
- I'm looking at getting a Radeon PCI 7000 or 9200/9250, so if anyone has any specific recommendations in that regard they would be appreciated!