[G4] Processor upgrade advice... Giga, Sonnet, or PL?

[Mel Krewall]

If I may offer another suggestion, I have had two good experiences with 
OWC's Mercury brand processor upgrades. Reliable and inexpensive, and 
OWC has always given me good service.
Just my $0.02
Mel

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On Jul 14, 2004, at 7:40 PM, Nicolas Kinnan wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am thinking about possibly upgrading my 533DP with one of the DP 
> upgrades being produced by either Powerlogix, Sonnet, or Gigadesigns.  
> As they all seem a tad overpriced, it looks like I may have to settle 
> on something in the 1.2GHz range.
>
> Does anyone here have any good user stories featuring these processor 
> upgrades as a main character?  I notice Gigadesigns has a unit that 
> has two overclocked 1000MHz chips, running at 1.2GHz for under $600.00 
> AND a unit with two genuine 1.25GHz chips running between 1.2 and 
> 1.33GHz for about $90.00 more.  As it gets pretty hot in my dwelling 
> place, should I eschew the overclocked board for the pricier one?
>
> I had hoped to hold out until there were upgrades of close to three 
> times that which I currently have, as that would seem to cross some 
> psychological price-performance threshold, but it is starting to look 
> like there may never be G4s above 1.5GHz.  I'm also starting to doubt 
> that there will be any dual 1.5GHz upgrade boards anytime soon as 
> well...  Has anyone heard different?
>
> Any known issues running these upgrades with 10.3?
>
> This all has suddenly come up as I would like shorter rendering times 
> for video and faster MPEG encoding times for possible DVDs.  Also, 
> someone has recently given me copies of Unreal Tournament 2003 and 
> Battlefield 1942, both of which require more oomph than my machine has 
> currently got.  Anyone know if those games are more processor or 
> graphics card bound on a Mac?  I can't afford both a hot new video 
> card AND a processor upgrade, so on that front, would I get more 
> gaming mileage out of, say a Radeon 9800 or a dual 1.2GHz upgrade..?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> N.
>
>
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