[G4] Which is faster, a dual 450 mHz, or a single 800 Mhz?

BionixMan BionixMan at comcast.net
Mon Nov 30 12:01:00 PST 2009


> My Mac G4 Dual 450 mHz ("gigabit ethernet" I guess) had it's power supply die
> (again).
> I put an add on Craigslist that I was looking for an old G4 or power supply,
> so I could replace the power supply. I bought a G4 Quicksilver machine with an
> 800 mHz processor.
> 
> I saw that the power supply was not exactly the same, so I instead swapped out
> the hard drives. I got this system up and running now, but my question is,
> have I upgraded to a newer machine, or have I downgraded to a single
> processor?
> 
> Already I have noticed that there is one fewer slot for RAM. I had one gig in
> my old machine. This new one is not recognizing one of my ram cards and only
> shows 512 megs of ram.
> 
> thanks.
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There are several models of the G4, the two most noticeble oned being the
AGP Graphics and the Digital, both of which are totally different. Have you
tried ebay for replacement parts? That's where I bought mine. 




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