Author Topic: What kind of processor do I have? (Read 3689 times)

chrisharjo · « **on:** December 20, 2003, 08:07:51 PM »

I have a PowerMac 8600 with a Sonnet G3 400mhz upgrade and run a OS 8.6 for the system. The spec's listed for this processor say it is a 64bit processor but I don't think the OS is. The Apple site says the G5 is the first 64bit processor, so who do I believe?

Gary S · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2003, 09:21:50 PM »

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

A G3 Sonnet would be a 32 bit processor G3-750. Your memory performance might be 64-bit, that's moving memory or that's measured in MB/sec to copy memory from one location to another, flushing writes out of all caches.

I got the info from Gauge Pro.

Scott · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2003, 12:07:42 AM »

I believe only G5s contain 64bit processors.

Spartacus · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2003, 02:20:46 AM »

Your Sonnet card definitly is not a 64-bit CPU card.
And MacOS 8.6 is not a 64-bit OS either.

It's rumored that a G5-upgrade card for PowerMac G4 MDD computers might be announced at MWSF '04.

chrisharjo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2003, 02:47:42 AM »

I got a good reply at everymac, but the answer is consistent with the ones here. Thanks for the info and clearing up the haze I was in and sending me a new quest to learn more about the powerpc.

kelly · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2003, 08:36:06 AM »

More info if you want it Christopher.

http://www.mackido.com/Hardware/64Bit.html

http://www.mackido.com/index.html

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