I've gotten quite a few more overclocking reports/tests from users of ATIcellerator II and will add them to the feedback page tomorrow morning. Also thanks to all the readers that replied to the request for feedback on VirtualPC with WinXP/SP2. (I've held off on applying SP2 on a homebrew system, at least for now.)

$1,299.00
17-inch widescreen LCD
1.6GHz PowerPC G5 (512KB L2)
533MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (64MB) 80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load Combo Drive

$1,499.00
17-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5 (512KB L2)
600MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (64MB)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive

$1,899.00
20-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5 (512KB L2)
600MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (64MB)
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive

They are said to ship in September. (A test order at the apple store this morning on a low-end and high end model showed an est. ship date of "3-4 weeks" for each.)

" Just ahead of the new month, we have new prices for our 250GB Capacity Neptune and Mercury Elite model FireWire/USB Solutions:
OWC Mercury Elite FireWire 400 + USB 2.0/1.1 Solution:
250GB 7200RPM 8MB was $279.99, now $259.99

OWC Mercury Elite FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0/1.1 Solution:
250GB 7200RPM 8MB was $329.99, now $309.99

OWC Mercury Elite FireWire 800/400 Solution:
250GB 7200RPM 8MB was $299.99, now $289.99

OWC Mercury Elite USB 2.0/1.1 Solution:
250GB 7200RPM 8MB was $249.99, now $229.99

OWC Neptune FireWire 400 Solution:
250GB 7200RPM 8MB was $259.99, now $249.99

All of the above solutions include all cables for all interfaces supported (one for each interface type supported by model), Dantz Retrospect Backup for Mac/PC, Intech HD Speedtools (Mac), Whisper Quiet operation and all units are Preformatted/Pretested.
All OWC Mercury Elite models include a 2 Year OWC Warranty, OWC Neptune includes a 1 Year OWC Warranty.
**Some better pricing for a couple listed on the XLR8yourMac Specials page...***
Best Regards,
Lawrence R. O'Connor
Other World Computing

" With the 3dfx version of the original Carmageddon, and the OpenGlide project from sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/macglide/ home page, download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/macglide/download/-Mike)
I've got Carmageddon running perfectly (constant 60 fps) with hardware rendering in classic on my G5! I know there have been posts about this in the past, but the project is at the point now where it really does play perfectly. Used to be problems with menus, etc., but now it's perfect. Oh, did I mention it was perfect?

Actually, there's a tiny problem in the menus where the mouse seems to be bound where it thinks the lower right corner is really in the middle of the screen, but this is simply bypassed by using the arrow keys and enter to select options.
I missed this game!!
....I can only vouch for the performance on my dual 1.8 G5, though. Which is perfect.

(he later wrote regarding Carma2)
I've got carmageddon 2 lying around here somewhere. I'll stick it in and give it a twirl. Ha HAH!! It works!!

First, the good news. The game itself runs perfectly. I solid hardware-assisted 60 FPS, I'm certain.

Second, the not-so-good news. It was a devil to get running. First, it wouldn't recognize my CD! I figure it was an OS 9 thing, so I looked and managed to find an old no-CD-check patch that was circulating at the time. That fixed the CD recognition problem.

There are slight menu difficulties, but the options are all legible, and once you set everything up and start the game, it's beautiful.

Don't forget, you'll have to run the 3dfx executable of Carmageddon 2 directly. Don't just run the main app.
Sweet! This library/extension rocks!
-lord vader"

DVD+R/RW + DVD-R/RW Drives:
• Firewire (cased) Pioneer DVR-108 used w/Beige G3 (OS X 10.3)
  (no native iApps burn support, so using Patchburn II)
• Firewire Plextor PX-504UF used w/G4 AGP (OS X 10.3)
  (using Patchburn II for burn support)
• IDE LG 4120B (DL burner) in G4/AGP (OS X 10.3)
  
• IDE Sony DRU-700A (DL burner) in Dual G4 (OS X 10.3)
  (no iApps burn support, so using Patchburn II for Panther iApps burn support. Errors with verifies he said.
  Illustrated CD drive install guide here covers B&W G3 and G4 towers up to the Digital Audio Model)

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• MetaBox G3/350 in PowerCenter 180 (rated 10)
• Other Brand (fastmac) G4/550 in (pismo) Powerbook G3 2000 (rated 10)
  
  (Full reviews of G4 and G3 upgrades compared to stock CPUs, including real world apps/game tests, install info, etc. - see the CPU upgrades page. OC/CPU module articles are on the Systems page.)

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