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G4 overclocking — #10

What about overclocked a G4 500 to 550? I took a look at the motherboard and the processor isn't even ZIF anymore. Really bumbed me out.
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G4 overclocking — #11

Some managed to successfully OC their sawtooth to 550. The G4 CPU is on its own daughtercard, and is rumored that the pin-out for the daughtercard connectors of the single and the…
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G4 overclocking — #12

I once had a powerbook g3 300 boosted to 450mhz in my hands. It might seem extremely fast, but in fact is wasn't. the cache was too slow to keep up. The result were multiple crash…
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G4 overclocking — #14

so wait. Question. I have a copper G3 running at 333mhz. Im going to O/C it, but should I go to 400, or 433? If I went to 433 would my 512 k of cache not be fast enough, and I'…
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G4 overclocking — #15

The cache speed is relative to the clock speed... the cache speed is defined by a ratio, not a specific figure, so if you have a 400 MHz Mac with a cache running at 200 MHz, and ov…
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G4 overclocking — #16

I know that part Misha, but Micha (misha, micha, whatever hehe) said that the cache was too slow to keep up with the chip, which CAN happen. Thats what makes some athlons so easy …
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G4 overclocking — #17

you can always underclock your cache to less than 2:1 speed if necessary to achieve stability...
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G4 overclocking — #18

Are you sure you can underclock the backside cache all the time? I mean, what about durring startup when the rom is loaded and before any SCRI extentions? I thought that the cache …
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G4 overclocking — #19

Good point...I was just thinking 'bout Xlr8's utility to OC your cache and SP...which I guess could be altered after ROM loading...but then, there's that debate 'bout how ROM is lo…
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G4 overclocking — #20

Hi! I've just tried to overclock my G4-400 (AGP, non-GB) to 500 MHz. At first it seemed stable, but trying to run a filter in Photoshop on a 60MB image finally made the machine cr…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #1

ok i jsut got the 'official' sega KB and its no thing more than a pee-cee KB with a DC cord stuck in it, does anyone think they could wire up an apple KB? obviously its more than s…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #2

I'm wondering if I can use my Apple keyboard with the upcoming Playstation 2? The PSX2 has two USB ports. I'm hoping it will cut the cost of having to buy a specialized keyboard l…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #6

why would someone want to spend over a grand to just play UT? oh wait i guess thats what emachines are for!! i personally would rather UT or Q3 on mah g4, FPS games are usually t…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #7

Yes, but if you have an Apple USB keyboard you obviously already own a semi-new computer that would be better for fps games (unless of course you have an iMac). Would you want to …
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #8

well usb keyboards been around for a while now, i dont consider them new by any means(remeber the original imac and g3s came with these well over a year and a half(maybe even 2 yea…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #9

1) Remember the Sega Saturn and the NetLink? Well, instead of buying the Sega keyboard (which - just like the DC's Keyboard - was a PS/2 jobber with a Saturn connector on the end)…
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #10

Quote: Originally posted by segaslave: i personally would rather UT or Q3 on mah g4, FPS games are usually the only games i like better on computers,but console games …
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Apple Keyboard with a Dreamcast?? — #12

True, you must buy a modem or a broadband adaptor for the PS2. This doesn't affect me personally (I usually don't play online games), but I can see why Sega is pushing so hard for…
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Audio out plug — #1

Just wondering: is there any way to make the Mac continue to play through the speakers even with something in the audio out-plug? Software or hardware, anything goes. (What I real…
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