[CUBE] Cube upgrades...

[Hal]

My thoughts below:

On Apr 19, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Michael Swale wrote:

> Well I have had my G4 500 cube for a while now, and it's just not 
> keeping up
> with my 1.25 tower.
This shouldn't be a big suprise.
>
> I want to upgrade the video card from the G-force 2 32mb to a G-force 
> 3, but
> I can't seam to find one under $300!! Is there and source for a faster 
> card
> that needs to modifications to the cube to work?
Unless you are using a larger monitor (larger than 1024x768), you will 
see very little difference between GF2 and GF3. I have used both and 
this is what I have observed.
>
> Next, I'm already at 1.5gig ram
Good first step.
>
> There is also a WD 7200RPM 8mb hard drive waiting, what was the stock 
> one? A
> 5400rpm 2mb? I'm just wondering if this will really be a upgrade, or 
> just
> more HD space.
The cache size is key here, that will make the computer "feel" faster.
>
> Lastly, I just ordered a 1.4ghz chip upgrade from OWC. Are there any 
> tips to
> installing this? I know with the system bus and older ram it will NOT 
> be as
> fast as my G4 Power Mac, but will it be considerably faster? This card 
> was
> NOT cheap and I really hope it speeds things up.
Going from 500mHz to 1.2gHz in my Cube has been a night-and-day 
difference. Games that were previously unplayable play very well. 
Working on video that was painfully slow is do-able now.

These are my opinions, your mileage may vary.

Good luck.
-Hal