dual 500MHz G4 — #8

Post #8 by beachycove

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 - 03:33
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/dual-500mhz-g4.21487/

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I just came across this archived post from a longtime Mac reseller and service tech who knows his stuff over on on ehmac.ca. It refers to the dual 500 G4 specifically and gives me some hope that this upgrade really might work:

Actually a 450 or 500 7400 chip with 1 meg L2 cache is easily the equivalent of any 700-800 later G4 with smaller L3 caches.
I had a client who had heard me chat about how good the Dual 450s and 500s were from the era on Tiger. He ended up with a 450 dual and in his words "it blew the 733 Quicksilver out of the water" - he made it a point to call me.

A dual 500 is about the same processing as a dual 800 - the big L2 caches are just wonderful.........as we are seeing now with the Intels.

I'll report back on the results once the dual processor arrives and is installed.