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Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: hingyfan on March 24, 2003, 09:50:00 PM

http://www.powerlogix.com/products2/pfg3zif/

They go to great pains to explain it is not a G4 processor but also say is probably the bestwe can hope for.
Sounds good to mE!

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: giantmike on March 24, 2003, 10:41:00 PM

Wooo! 800 Hz. Soon we'll be to 1 KHz  

Anyhow, for $300, this may be a great deal. Could add some new life into my aging beige G3.

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: hingyfan on March 24, 2003, 11:15:00 PM

Works on beige but they, unlike BWs, need tweaking in the jumper area (or something like that). The BW is plug and play!

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: Al on March 25, 2003, 01:20:00 AM

Wish I had this option before I bought my G4 550 MHz ZIF.  Still I am more than happy with it.

Oh BTW, the ZIF upgrade is not plug and play, unless this one is somehow different, just like the beige, the B&W also uses jumpers.

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: hingyfan on March 25, 2003, 02:16:00 AM

The PDF manual (and it has a manual!) clearly says if you have a BW, you need no configuration and should proceed to the push-it-in section.

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: Al on March 25, 2003, 03:00:00 AM

Interesting, yup, it doesn't once mention what to do with the motherboard jumpers.

When you get yours, let us know how you like it.

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: Mrious_be on March 25, 2003, 11:55:00 PM

Wooow, this looks good yes.
Might let my supervisor at work now, maybe they will give us upgrade cards cause they won't buy new puters

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: hingyfan on March 25, 2003, 04:41:00 PM

As usual, i spoke too soon and no one has it yet. I almost ordered the wrong thing at MacMall. it would be nice if they put the mfg. number on the mfg. web page.
i did get my new "lacie" burner today, which actuallly a misumi or whatever the display feels like saying (it changes!).

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: kelly on March 26, 2003, 11:23:00 PM

Review.  

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3CARDS/powerlo..._800/index.html

Title: 800Hz G3 chip ready!
Post by: hingyfan on March 26, 2003, 01:25:00 PM

I wish they used CD burning, it is so time specific.
Anyway im in.
Speaking of burning, my new "Lacie" (mitsumi?) does a legit 16X. In OSX, that's an improvement as the old one was struggling at the speed (although it worked in OS9, this is a noted issue with OSX, burning is slower as opposed to most everything else).
Shipping Thursday, i should get it Friday if the Airborne guy knocks hard enough. Maybe i should fix the doorbell by then.