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Post #16 by Gorgonops
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPowerPC
Post DateFri, 15 May 2015 - 23:23
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/1-ghz-emac-g4-prototype-motherboard-rest-later.1934/
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I don't know, but the 1GHz iMac G4 benchmarks slower than the 1GHz eMac, despite the iMac using DDR and the eMac PC133.
Just a point of order on that: The G4-based Macs with DDR shouldn't be expected to run any faster than a unit with SDR at the same bus speed. Apple switched to a system controller that supported DDR for the late-model G4s because SDRAM was becoming obsolete, but no "G4" (IE, 74xx-family) CPU has a DDR-capable frontside bus.

If a 1Ghz DDR iMac G4 does indeed benchmark slower than an a 1Ghz eMac it's probably because of thermal constraints or, I dunno, bad karma.

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