Sonnet Crescendo Wallstreet G4 500Mhz 1MB WSG4-500-1M Leaflet
Product codes
WSG4-500-1M
FASTER PERFORMANCE
The Sonnet Crescendo/WS G3 or G4 can transform your Macintosh
PowerBook G3 computer! Employing a powerful 500 MHz PowerPC G3
or G4 processor with 1MB Level 2 backside cache, you’ll experience a
performance boost of up to 2x over the original system, and take full
advantage of the latest OS X and Classic applications.
PowerBook G3 computer! Employing a powerful 500 MHz PowerPC G3
or G4 processor with 1MB Level 2 backside cache, you’ll experience a
performance boost of up to 2x over the original system, and take full
advantage of the latest OS X and Classic applications.
MAC OS COMPATIBILITY
The Crescendo/WS is compatible with your existing hardware,
software, RAM, and peripherals. The Crescendo/WS integrates with
your system software, supporting Mac OS 8.1 (G4 requires Mac OS
8.6) through OS X, Version 10.1 and higher.
software, RAM, and peripherals. The Crescendo/WS integrates with
your system software, supporting Mac OS 8.1 (G4 requires Mac OS
8.6) through OS X, Version 10.1 and higher.
SIMPLE INSTALLATION
The Crescendo/WS is easy to install with step-by-step, illustrated
instructions. Launch the included Sonnet Installer application to
take advantage of the original system software. Shut down and open
the system, remove the original processor, move your existing RAM
to the Crescendo/WS, then simply pop the Crescendo/WS into place.
Restart the system and you’re up and running!
instructions. Launch the included Sonnet Installer application to
take advantage of the original system software. Shut down and open
the system, remove the original processor, move your existing RAM
to the Crescendo/WS, then simply pop the Crescendo/WS into place.
Restart the system and you’re up and running!
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trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. The PowerPC name and the PowerPC logotype are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license
therefrom. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. All specifi cations are subject to change without notice. Printed in the USA WSG
trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. The PowerPC name and the PowerPC logotype are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license
therefrom. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. All specifi cations are subject to change without notice. Printed in the USA WSG
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KEY FEATURES
500 MHz PowerPC
™
G3 or G4 processor
AltiVec
™
-enabled (G4 only)
1MB Level 2 backside cache
Supports from 32 to 512MB* RAM
Only G4 upgrade that fully supports sleep mode under
Mac
®
OS 9.x and earlier
Installs without reformatting or repartitioning of
hard drive.
100% compatible with existing hardware and software
Installs in minutes with Sonnet’s “Simply Fast”
instructions
Supports Mac OS 8.1
†
through the latest version of OS
through the latest version of
through the latest version of
X
Quick Start Guide available in English and French
*512MB maximum using two 256MB DIMMs
†
G4 requires Mac OS 8.6
CRESCENDO
™
/
WS G
3
& G
4
P
ROCESSOR UPGRADE CARD FOR MACINTOSH
®
POWERBOOK G3 SERIES
“WALLSTREET” COMPUTERS
COMPATIBLE WS MODELS
PowerBook G3 Series 233, 250, 266, 292, 300
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Part no.
G3/G4 Speed
Size/L2 Cache Speed
WSG3-500-1M
G3/500 MHz
1M/250 MHz
WSG4-500-1M
G4/500 MHz
1M/200 MHz
Performance results based on MacBench 4.0 processor scores
PowerBook G
3 233
/
512
K
/
117
729
1550
Crescendo
/
WS G
3 500
/
1MB
/
250
300
600
900
1200
0
1500
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON