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Site Features Summary List

Systems Related Features/Articles

Listing of all Systems reviews, Guides, comparisons and related articles. Articles on PowerBooks, Old Macs, G3 Macs and G4 Macs, including info on the new G4 models.

CPU card Reviews/Articles

One of the most complete list of G4, G3 and 604E CPU Card reviews anywhere. Includes CPU cards and ZIF upgrades as well, even the new G4 models.

Owner's Rate their CPU Upgrades

Find out how over 4,700+ (and growing) CPU Upgrade owners rated their brand of card. Selectable by Mac model and/or upgrade brand. More entries are added daily. Add yours!.

Mac Drive Compatibility Database

Seachable database of owner reports on Hard drive, CDrom, CDRW, DVD, DVD RAM, Tape Drives, etc. If you've upgraded your Mac drive of any kind, please Add a report!.

Graphics Card/System
Performance Database

Curious as to what speed a specific mac game will run with a certain video card, CPU Upgrade or system?? Search my database of results by Game title, Video card, CPU type/speed, Mac model, etc. Information on how to submit your scores is on the Entry Page.

Owner's Rate their Mac Games

Read owner reports on a long list of popular Mac games updated often. You can filter searches by specific graphics cards type/brand, CPU speed and much more to see what owners of similar speed/feature Macs had to say about the game's performance and best/worst features, value ratings and more. More entries are added daily. Add yours!.

IDE Disk/Controller Reviews/Articles

Reviews of PCI IDE cards, IDE hard drives, IDE Raid and more.

Firewire Reviews/Articles

Reviews of Firewire portable hard drives, Firewire external case kits, Portable Firewire drive kit builds, Firewire/USB combo card owner feedback and more.

SCSI Disk Reviews/Articles

Reviews of PCI SCSI cards, Raid arrays, Disk tests, and more. Comparisons and Tutorials for building Raid arrays.

Graphics Card Reviews/Articles

From the latest 3D video cards to DVD decoders, comparison reviews and even a Mac Game/FPS searchable database - it's all here.

L2 Cache info/articles

Test results of L2 Cache dimms, Cache testing articles and a Tutorial on upgrading cache in a 8500.

Tips and Misc Articles

A long list of articles on tons of topics from OS 8.5, disk cache test, Specific Mac model/CPU card Tips/compatibility notes and much much more. Check here if you can't find your topic covered anywhere else. The list is long by has an amazing stack of articles!
www.MAC3DFX.com
A site that covers reviews, tips and compatibility info on the 3Dfx cards in Macs. Orginally created to list Mac Voodoo3 driver/game compatibility and reviews but includes info/reviews on Voodoo2 cards and the new Voodoo4/Voodoo5 cards as well.
G3 ZONE
Special Coverage of Apple's G3 Systems (beige and B&W G3 info). Includes Troubleshooting tips pages, Tutorials on upgrades, Overclocking, compatibility notes and more. A must read for Apple G3 owners.
B&W G3 Pages
Special Coverage of Apple's New Blue and White G3 Systems. Includes Tutorials on upgrades, Overclocking, compatibility notes and more. A must read for new or prospective Apple B&W G3 owners.

Links

Links to other sites categorized by General, SCSI, Overclocking, Games, and more.

Games News!

Our Game News is one of THE best sites for Mac game news, reviews, performance tips/tweaks and head to read comparisons.

Games Related Articles

Index page of Game reviews, Controllers and Unreal Tips and Tricks sections of the site. Includes a link to our daily 3D Gaming News page, which is THE best site for Mac game performance test results and benchmarking tools.

Bring in the Noise! Column

Thad Brown's excellent series of articles on Mac Audio. Dozens of issues available online.

Cats-n-Dogs Column

Column on mixed networking of PCs and Macs. Hosted by Alex Koyshman

3D Corner

Listing of 3D application reviews. Reader contributions and tutorials are welcome.

Alternate OS Article

Currently has comments on BeOS from a MacOS user. New reader submitted articles welcome.

Answers to Frequently
Asked Questions

Check here first for 700+ amswers to questions on CPU cards, SCSI, Firewire, USB, Systems, 3Dfx cards, RAM, Games, Monitors, Compatibility issues and more.

Troubleshooting Tips

Guide to site resources and pages to find answers before you mail us (we're buried with mail and need time to add content - so checking here will help us help you)

The Men in Mac! Support Page

A page of support volunteers for literally any Mac hardware or software topic. A fantastic list of volunteer's with a wide range of Mac experience.

Archives of Past News

Links to past news pages back to November 1997.

Message Boards

Links and info on the xlr8yourmac.com forums. A wide array of topics and a great source of tips and end user feedback on tons of products and subjects.

Terms of Use

Due to the nature of this site - all readers should read and understand the site's terms and conditions of use.
Feedback, Reader Comments and Site Awards

Awards

Listing of the many Awards this site has won.

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