Apple Mac Upgrades - RAM, SSD Flash, External Drives and More

Quake 3 Demo	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	FPS

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	48.2
PM G4/733MHz QuickSilver	256k On Chip	0MB	50.1
PM G4/867MHz QuickSilver	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	72.9
PM 2x G4/1GHz QuickSilver 2002	256k On Chip x2	2MB DDR SRAM x2	93
PM 2x G4/867MHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	90.1
PM 2x G4/1GHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	91
PM G4/1GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip	1MB DDR SRAM	73.4
PM 2x G4/1.25GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	95.2
PM 2x G4/1.42GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip x2	2MB DDR SRAM x2	96.8

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	66.1
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	67.3
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	65.2
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	67.4
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	75.3
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	76.9
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	81
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	82.3
GigaDesigns G4/1.26GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	83.5
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.26GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	88.4
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	88.7
GigaDesigns G4/1.4GHz @ 1.467GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	92.4
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	91.2
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x867MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	91.2
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x933MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	92.7
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	93
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	93.7

*Quake 3 testing - Frames Per Second. Longer bars are better.* Set Quake's settings to HIGH QUALITY and only adjust the resolution - nothing fancy, but repeatable honest scores. :>) If you want to tweak your config file for even more performance, you can tweak your config file to get faster framerates (at the loss of some detail).