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 POWERLOGIX
ANNOUNCES FULL PHOTOSHOP 5.5 AltiVec COMPATIBILITY WITH POWERFORCE G4
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- October 1, 1999 -- PowerLogix, first to demonstrate G4
processor upgrades for PowerMacs, and first to demonstrate a G4 fix for
B&W G3s, today announced another G4 first: the completion of development
of full AltiVec compatibility under PhotoShop 5.5 when using a G4 upgrade
card.
"PhotoShop
is by far the most important application at this time with regards to
the G4 with the AltiVec processor," said Robert Jagitsch, President
of PowerLogix R&D, Inc. "We have now finished development of
our AltiVec enabler software which allows any PowerMac that can accept
a G4 chip to fully utilize all optimized AltiVec plug-ins for PhotoShop.
It is fully compatible under both Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9." Such
software is required for proper AltiVec compatibility when using a G4
in older Macs.
- AltiVec
benchmarks indicate that PowerMacs such as the 7500, all the way to
the most recent B&W G3, can perform at speeds equivalent or beyond
the new PowerMac G4s from Apple.
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- "We
created a macro with a large range of typical PhotoShop operations and
found that on identically equipped machines, a 4 year old PowerMac 7500
with a G4 could virtually match a brand new PowerMac G4," said
Marc Reviel, VP of Engineering. "Some functions showed almost 2
and 1/2 times the performance of an equivalent speed PowerMac B&W
G3." "This gives users a much more economical way to move
up to the latest processor technology, while preserving their existing
hardware investment in RAM and other peripherals," said George
Cole, Product Evangelist at PowerLogix.
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compatibility software will ship with all models of the PowerForce G4
which will begin shipments this month. The PowerForce G4 is available
in models for the following machines:
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- PowerMac
G3 (all models of beige and B&W with or without firmware update);
G3 "All-in-One"; PowerMac 7300 to the 9600; Power Computing
PowerBase, PowerWave and PowerTower Pro; UMAX S900 and J700; DayStar
Genesis (720+) and Millenium. (Power Computing PowerCurve, PowerTower,
PowerCenter, & PowerCenter Pro are not compatible with the G4 processor.
PowerLogix
continues to produce the award-winning PowerForce G3 products as well,
from the economical 250 MHz model all the way to the blazingly fast
500 MHz model.
About
PowerLogix
PowerLogix manufactures innovative products like the PowerForce, iForce
and BlueChip processor upgrades for maximum performance from second generation
and newer Apple Power Macs and clones. For more information, contact PowerLogix,
8701 W. Parmer Lane, Suite 1120, Austin, Texas 78729, 512-401-9902, Fax:
512-401-9943, info@powerlogix.com, www.powerlogix.com. Other World
Computing, 1004 Courtaulds Drive, Woodstock, IL 60098, 800-275-4576, Fax:
815-338-4332, http://www.macsales.com
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