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Mac-Compatible Upgrade Cards: XLR8: MACh Carrier G4 500 Specs
| | The XLR8 MACh Carrier G4 500 is an "upgradable upgrade" card, which can be described as a processor card with a ZIF socket. Essentially, the card plugs into the daughtercard slot and a more modern ZIF processor module is plugged into the Carrier card. The XLR8 MACh Carrier G4 500 shipped with a pre-installed 500 MHz PowerPC 7400 (G4) ZIF module, but the carrier also could be purchased seperately. |
| Introduction Date: | August 31, 1999 | Discontinued Date: | January 12, 2001 |
| Processor Type: | PowerPC 7400 (G4) 1. | Processor Speed: | 500 MHz 2. |
| Card Type: | Daughtercard 3. | Speed Control: | N/A |
| Relative Speed Boost: | Varies 4. | FPU (Integrated): | PowerPC 7400 (G4) 1. |
| Backside Bus Speed: | 250 MHz | Data Path: | 64-bit |
| Level 1 Cache: | 64k | Level 2 Cache: | 1 MB (backside) |
| RAM Type: | N/A | VRAM Type: | N/A |
| Standard RAM: | N/A | Maximum RAM: | N/A |
| Onboard RAM: | None | RAM Slots: | N/A |
| Standard VRAM: | N/A | Maximum VRAM: | N/A |
| Supported Systems: | PM 7300, 7500, et al. 5. | Supported MacOS: | 8.6, 9.0 6. |
| Dimensions: | N/A | Avg. Weight: | N/A |
| Original Price: | TBA 7. | Est. Current Price: | N/A |
| Notes: | 1. The PPC G4 includes the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processor. 2. 500 MHz PowerPC 7400 (G4) ZIF module pre-installed. 3. The Carrier is a daughtercard with a pre-installed ZIF module. 4. The speed boost will be different depending on the processor installed. 5. Includes Power Mac 7300-7600, 8500-9600, Power PCI, Umax S900. 6. Apple provides no official support for third-party upgrade cards. 7. Offical pricing information was not announced. 8. Photo Credit: XLR8. | ||
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