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Software
for Speed
CPU
UPGRADE DRIVERS PowerLogix
Profiler
for use with their G3 or G4
accelerators. Sonnet has the
latest
software for their CPU
upgrades
posted. XLR8
latest
version
of their CPU upgrade drivers
GRAPHICS
ACCELERATOR DRIVERS Apple's
download section
has the latest software and firmware for their
Power Mac graphics cards (such as GeForce and
Radeon). Go to ATI
Technology's "Find
A Driver" page
for an update of any of their graphics
cards. Formac
ProFormance3
drivers
and ProRAID
drivers
posted. 3Dfx
Tweaker
HARD
DRIVE HELPERS Intech
has released version 3.5 of Hard Disk Speed
Tools. It is fully OS X compatible and supports
extended ATA (over 128GB drives). They also now
offer a Speed Tool Test Suite which includes
QuickBenchX, a speed testing tool I've already
begun to use in my drive testing under OS X.
Granite Digital
has posted the latest FireWire Bridgeboard
Firmware
Updates. Get the AV
Optimizer and latest Firmware
updates
for Acard ATA/66 and ATA/133 cards. Sonnet has
ROM
updates
for the Tempo ATA cards. FWB
Hard
Disk Toolkit 4.5.xx
update Initio
Ultra
SCSI controller updates Adaptec
SCSI, FireWire, and USB controller
updates ATTO
Ultra
Wide SCSI controller updates DiskExpress
Pro 3.0.2
is now out. This is my favorite disk drive
optimizer. If you still have DiskExpress II, you
can update
to Pro
for $29.95. (It is not OS X compatible but they
will soon release version 4.0 that is.) Alsoft also have
updates for DiskWarrior
(2.1.1), a disk problem fixer that saved my bacon
bigtime!
GAME
UPDATES AND DEMOS The
latest
Mac Quake 3 update
(1.30.xx) really rocks... especially the OS X
version is AltiVec and Multi-Processor
"aware." Latest
Unreal Tournament and Falcon updates How about some
Mac
Descent 3Dfx
and Open GL downloads
and news?
NETWORKING UniBrain is
offering a FREE
tryout of FireNet,
which uses FireWire as a network and is supposed to
be twice as fast as 100BaseT
DON'T
RELY ON ME FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST. BE SURE TO
VISIT VERSIONTRACKER.
See also Apple's "latest
updates" tech page. ©
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Rob Art Morgan. SPEED
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