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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: System clock falls behind quickly on Mac mini G4
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 09:01:38AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> wrote:
> > Why should I?  Esp. that G4 is not exactly top performant by today's
> > standards.  FreeBSD defaults work fine in most cases, so I don't touch
> > them unless there is a reason.
> 
> I found from building on a G3 400MHz, a G4 800MHz, and a G4 933MHz that
> increasing the clock rate to that value improved performance and decreased
> lag. Try and see for yourself. Even 1500 works better than 1000. My opinion
> based on observation.

Thanks for suggestion; I'll try.

./danfe