My G4 Cube might be faster than your new Power Mac in a few months

jante99jante99
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Cube-Zone.com is reporting that Powerlogix might release dual 1.4 Ghz upgrade cards for the Cube. The cards would use the new 7457 G4 and offer 512 kb L2 cache and 4 mb L3 cache per processor. The processors will use less heat and power then current G4s because they are made on a .13 instead of .18.



If this does happen it will be pretty funny when Cube users can have a computer that is faster than the latest Power Mac. (the bus will still be slower but the enourmous cache will make up for this)



<a href="http://www.cube-zone.com"; target="_blank">http://www.cube-zone.com</a>;



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edited for spelling



[ 02-06-2003: Message edited by: jante99 ]</p>

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 11
    o and ao and a Posts: 579member
    I can see the price tag now...::faints::
  • Reply 2 of 11
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    Moving to Current Hardware as this deals with the Power Mac G4 Cube and current G4 towers.
  • Reply 3 of 11
    jante99jante99 Posts: 539member
    [quote]Originally posted by Fran441:

    <strong>Moving to Current Hardware as this deals with the Power Mac G4 Cube and current G4 towers.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Not to be critical but the product has not been released and the 7457 chip is future hardware
  • Reply 4 of 11
    guyguy Posts: 16member
    But we're discussing Cubes and PowerMacs... belongs here.
  • Reply 5 of 11
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    Actually we're discussing a possible future upgrade to the cube. I vote for future hardware.



    4mb L3 per processor? Yikes. Is the cube daughter card different from those of the AGP PowerMacs?
  • Reply 6 of 11
    aphelionaphelion Posts: 736member
    When fran muses the thread moves
  • Reply 7 of 11
    kalikali Posts: 634member
    Faster cube ? Yes, but at what cost ? Anyway, my new G4 will be much faster later, when I'll add something in it. Each one his turn 8?)
  • Reply 8 of 11
    algolalgol Posts: 833member
    I am still thinking of having our cube here upgraded. but because of the slow 100mhz bus I wouldn't bother with anything over a dual 800Mhz. Powerlogix lowered prices today so maybe I'll go ahead.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    thereubsterthereubster Posts: 402member
    Sigh... my cube wont be upgraded ever cos its JUST BLOWN UP AGAIN!!! I've tried 3 brand new hard drives (3 different makes) and each time my cube packs up and stops booting after a couple of weeks....



    Edit; Brought new motherboard so I might stick an upgrade in at the same time ....Dual 1.4 Ghz ... hmmpf doubt it
  • Reply 10 of 11
    banchobancho Posts: 1,517member
    I like the sound of dual 1.4 w/4 megs of L3 cache per processor but this sounds like the sort of upgrade that may cost as much as a new midrange machine.
  • Reply 11 of 11
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Given that the Dual 1GHz upgrades turn a Cube into a fairly expensive room heater, I wouldn't hold out much hope of seeing two 1.42s in there, nice as it sounds...



    Still, I just ordeedr a single 1.2GHz, whoo-hoo!



    [ 02-09-2003: Message edited by: Overhope ]</p>
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