I have a Power Mac G4 "Sawtooth" and would like to upgrade the processor (it currently has a 450Mhz G4). Buying a new computer is not an option, I just want to upgrade this machine and I would like to get the upgrade from Sonnet. Could someone please put these processors in order from fastest to slowest?
1.0 GHz G4 with a 256KB L2 cache and a 2MB L3 cache
1.4 GHz G4 with a 256KB L2 cache and a 2MB L3 cache
1.6 GHz G4 with a 512KB L2 cache and no L3 cache
I am not new to computers (I have been using and upgrading PC's on my own for years) but am newer to Macs, so I understand that the 1.6Ghz is the fastest because it has a higher clock speed but the L3 cache is confusing me. I read somewhere that a L3 cache can sometimes be more important than clock speed. Would the 1.4 or even the 1.0 be faster than the 1.6 because they have L3 caches and the 1.6 does not?
I would prefer to get the 1.0 because it is the least expensive, but if it is a lot slower than the 1.4 or 1.6 models then I will get the fastest of the two.
Here is the link to Sonnets web site: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore_stg4.html
Any advice you can offer I would really appreciate,
Thanks
1.0 GHz G4 with a 256KB L2 cache and a 2MB L3 cache
1.4 GHz G4 with a 256KB L2 cache and a 2MB L3 cache
1.6 GHz G4 with a 512KB L2 cache and no L3 cache
I am not new to computers (I have been using and upgrading PC's on my own for years) but am newer to Macs, so I understand that the 1.6Ghz is the fastest because it has a higher clock speed but the L3 cache is confusing me. I read somewhere that a L3 cache can sometimes be more important than clock speed. Would the 1.4 or even the 1.0 be faster than the 1.6 because they have L3 caches and the 1.6 does not?
I would prefer to get the 1.0 because it is the least expensive, but if it is a lot slower than the 1.4 or 1.6 models then I will get the fastest of the two.
Here is the link to Sonnets web site: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore_stg4.html
Any advice you can offer I would really appreciate,
Thanks