Sonnet Encore/ST CPU upgrades reach 1.8GHz G4

Sonnet is one of the smart companies that continues to support the Mac most near and dear to my heart: The Power Mac G4 Cube. Today they announced the addition of two new, fast single processor upgrades to their Encore™/ST family and they included the Cube in the party.

Encore/ST G4 1.8 GHz (Part No. SG4-1800) is for the following Power Mac G4 systems: AGP Graphics, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio and QuickSilver models, while the Encore/ST G4 1.8 GHz (Part No. SG4-C1800) is made specifically for the Cube. Even better - the 1.8s are priced $50 less than the 1.7 GHz upgrades they replace in the lineup.

The Freescale (the semiconductor unit spinoff of Motorola) CPU features 512K on-chip L2 cache and is compatible with Mac OS 9.2, and Mac OS X 10.3.5 and higher.

The SG4-1800 is available now with an MSRP of USD $399.95 and the SG4-C1800 for Cube will be available August 8, 2005 for the same price.

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Jim Tolbertson

Has anyone using this card SG4-1800, in their G4 Mac lost their output of audio? If so what did you do to fix the problem? Thanks much

November 14 2005 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Twist

Ah it is just like the good old days again when you could get a faster version of a processor from an upgrade maker than you could from Apple. Now if they just had a 2 GHz+ upgrade for the last gen of G4 PowerMac's

August 01 2005 at 11:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

macupgrades

As a cube owner's in the U.K. we do all the upgrades possible http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/machine.php?name=powermac-g4-cube we also have a great relationship with sonnet tech and will hopefully be expanding in the UK relationship with them stay tuned ! regards MacUpgrades.co.uk -- http://www.macupgrades.co.uk

August 01 2005 at 7:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply