See what our customers and third-party reviewers have to say about our products. It appears you have Javascript disabled. The most popular systems, based on PowerPC 603e CPUs, were Apple's Performa 6400, Power Mac 6500, and Twentieth-Anniversary Macintosh, but the list also includes Macintosh clones from Motorola and Power Computing. With a fat CPU soldered in place, there doesn't seem to be much of a way to add a G3 chip to these machines. Sonnet Technologies, Newer Technology, and PowerLogix have released G3 upgrade cards that fit in the Macs' L2 cache slot.
Installation is simple, and there are no jumpers, control panels or software to worry about.
The Encore's performance was flawless under Mac OS 8.6 and 9, and OS X should be the same. Yet, in MacBench tests, the sibling Crescendo upgrade did slightly better. That's because most applications haven't been optimized for the velocity engine yet. The purple anodized heat sink looks cool and its small size makes installation even faster. The controversial LibMoto extension is now optional.