[G4] Upgrading

[Till Wimmer]

Tony,

your G4 Dual has a 100MHz data bus which is not compatible with the 
167MHz bus from 1.25GHz dual processor.

Till

Tony Sheeley wrote:
> The memory is already maxed out.  I may look at upgrading the graphics 
> card so that I can use dual monitors.
>  
> I have been offered a Dual Powermac G4 1.25GHz processor card 
> (original apple), but have been advised that I can't use it in my 
> machine - I don't know why.
>  
> Hopefully, some knowledgeable person here will give me confirmation 
> that I have been given the wrong advice?
>
>
> > From: fusekigames at briandeuel.com
> > To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> > Subject: Re: [G4] Upgrading
> > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:34:23 -0400
> >
> >
> > I'm running the single 1.8ghz processor from Sonnet in my DP500. It runs
> > Leopard decently, although processor-intensive tasks do slow it down.
> > Maxing out your memory (2gb) helps with that little problem. A better
> > video card also helps. With Tiger, it's a speed demon, and I find myself
> > in Tiger more often than not lately.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:17:16 +0100, "Tony Sheeley"
> > <t_sheeley at hotmail.com> said:
> > >
> > > I have a Dual G4 450 and would like to upgrade the processor's. What's
> > > the most I can upgrade this machine to? Who can recommend the least
> > > expensive solution? I'm trying to get the most I can out of this 
> machine
> > > with minimum cost.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
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> > Powermac G4 Gigabit Ethernet "Mystic"
> > 1.8 Ghz Sonnet Processor
> > 1.5 gig RAM
> > ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128meg Video
> > Mac OS X 10 .5.2 and 10.4.11
> >
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> > 300mhz processor
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