NUPowr G3 2400 Impression

[Hardware] [Application] [Benchmark]

　

SPEED
Comparing with the original 180MHz PowerPC603e card, you can definetly feel improvement of (MacOS) booting time, (Application) launching time, and window handling. However, it is not obvious change, because the original PowerBook2400 has run fast enough to feel less stress to be handled.
Then, I tried a heavy loaded test as you expected. I got VirtualPC2.0, then installed Windows95 and evaluated Microsoft Office95 as a test. I cannot say it is no stress to use it under this condition, but I think the processing speed is of practical use. It is difficult to explain this feeling. It is not that Microsoft Office barely run. It is no problem even if you display a graph by Microsoft Excel. You can use a Windows95 environment on G3 card with 80MB RAM and 4GB Hard disk.
It might be appropriate to evaluate this card if you use compressing and expanding applications . There is a dramatic change when you compress or expand a file containing 50MB data.
　
COMPATIBILITY
There is no problem to run any applications and to use any peripherals I have.
　
HEAT
Extremely hot, I thought the bottom part would melt. The internal temperature was 62 degrees Celsius when measured by CSM. However, the trackpad was never too hot to touch. Several unique radiation techniques were performed to dissipate internal heat(I did not use external radiation devices.), but the most effective change is the spring of heat sink.
　
BATTERY
If you run G3 card at 1:2 ration of backside cashe, the battery runs out for approximate 1 hour. My battery had already not been able to last over 1 and a half hour, but it is clear that battery life decrease. If you turn off the backside cashe, it becomes almost the same bettery life. I wanted to compare with the G3 card and the original PowerPC603e card under the same condition, but I changed the original card into the G3 card before recorded an evaluation test of the original PowerPC603e card...

　

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