Chikorita157's Finds

[chikorita157]

I finally got the rare G4 ZIF upgrade from PowerLogix. It wouldn't boot up after installing it despite having the G4 enabler patch installed, so I installed the patch again with the G3 and put the G4 back in.The same thing, until I turned the dial to the correct setting. Had to look at the manual.




Now it's fully working after adjusting the dial and installing the necessary software. I noticed that on Mac OS X, it was performing poorly without the software. Installing MACh Speed Control fixed that and it runs properly now.


I only ran XBench with the G4, but it scores practically this.

Comparing with the results from LEM
10.2.8 10.3.9 10.4.11
Overall 33.4 10.8 11.9
CPU 21.8 9.9 9.6
Threads 25.8 15.0 14.8
Memory 22.4 6.5 6.5
Quartz 39.6 15.9 16.1
OpenGL 49.7 26.4 28.1
User Int. 47.2 5.0 7.0
Drive 72.6 47.5 45.7

 

[lmartu]

Hi, sorry a bit OT, do you know if there’s a way to activate the L2 cache on a beige G3 that has a Yikes! G4 400 installed? I Tried with the sonnet drivers to no avail, and the G4 400 with no cache benchmarks 50% slower than the G3 300 with cache enabled. Thanks!

 

[croissantking]

Hi, sorry a bit OT, do you know if there’s a way to activate the L2 cache on a beige G3 that has a Yikes! G4 400 installed? I Tried with the sonnet drivers to no avail, and the G4 400 with no cache benchmarks 50% slower than the G3 300 with cache enabled. Thanks!

Under OS9 or OSX?

 

[lmartu]

OS 9.2.2 i think i need powerlogix CPU Director... i've done some reading... set to 2:1 interleave...

 

[chikorita157]

OS 9.2.2 i think i need powerlogix CPU Director... i've done some reading... set to 2:1 interleave...

Should use MACh Speed Control instead, since it will work on any ZIF and G3/G4 accelerator cards.

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/machspeed-control-combo

 

[lmartu]

Ok ill try that, now if there was only a way to get the setup working with an ATI Radeon 7000 in the mix thanks

 

[lmartu]

Ok Beige Success!
With Mach Speed Control, and a tiny overclock to G4@433 mhz these are my benchmarks.
I have the Radeon 7000 installed with the stock is 9.2.2 drivers and the graphics performance is pretty amazing. Don’t know what more the ati drivers can bring to the table , probably faster 3d acceleration and faster photoshop filters but who cares.
Thank you all for your input!