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Post #4 by Byrd
Source ForumOCing a NewerTech G4 card — #4
CategorySoftware
Post DateTue, 5 Nov 2013 - 21:34
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/ocing-a-newertech-g4-card.29205/
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Hi, I have a PowerMac G3 DT wich has a G4 upgrade running at 333Mhz installed. By changing jumper setting, I can get the cpu speed up to around 600Mhz. Do I need to get a larger heatsink, possibly with fans?
Obviously you'll never get to 600Mhz, try for 400Mhz. G4s don't tend to overclock as well as G3s. Generally the CPUs run fairly cool but a quiet fan screwed on top with better thermal paste would be a must. My experience with overclocking G4s is that they either work 100% from the outset or die very quickly with Open Firmware dumps or kernel panics. It's not like PC x86 overclocking where it takes a lot of tweaking to get things running stably.

JB

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