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

Mac OS 9 - MacBench Floating Point (FPU)	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Total

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1024k	0MB L3	1780
PM G4/733MHz QuickSilver	256k	0MB L3	1586
PM G4/867MHz QuickSilver	256k	2MB, SDRAM	1886
PM 2x G4/1GHz QuickSilver 2002	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	2001
PM 2x G4/867MHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	2157
PM 2x G4/1GHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM G4/1GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k	1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.25GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.42GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1994
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1991
PowerLogix PowerForce G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1995
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1995
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2488
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2986
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2494
PowerLogix PowerForce G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	2996
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2993
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.26GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3141
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.26GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3145
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3320
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.4GHz @ 1.467GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3650
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3669
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x867MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	2157
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x933MHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2326
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2491
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2991


MacBench 5 FPU Testing. Longer bars are better. MacBench is a "classic" benchmarking utility that still shows it's ability as an invaluable tool for Mac OS 9 users. This test was performed under Mac OS 9.2.2, and it clearly shows the benefits from upgrading both the processor, and the video card.