[G4] Video upgrades for PowerMac G4 dual (Tex Weinberg) (Mike Bechtold)

[James Asherman]

Hoping that this is on topic, I recently installed a Dual 1gig  
processor in my G4 867.
They were selling them on eBay and it just dropped right in. Really  
works well.
Upgrading is fun. But you have to do your homework to get  one that  
definite;y works for you.
Before that I had an OWC Mercury 1.2 g cpu and it was pretty nice too.  
But pricey.
http://cgi.ebay.com/G4-Power-Mac-MDD-Processor-CPU-Dual-1-GHz-820-1310-A_W0QQitemZ190338557090QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item2c510fe4a2#ht_3317wt_935
Jim
On Oct 16, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Skygram wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I also had a 533 DP G4 and I too tried to play videos via my hard  
> drive and
> more often than not, I couldn't. Since I work in video I determined  
> that it
> was strictly a CPU issue and nothing else. A better video card made no
> difference. And I also could play DVDs without any problems. But  
> DVDs off an
> optical player are not processed in the same way.
>
> You need a faster machine.   It is that simple. YouTube was barely a  
> gleam
> in the programmer's eye when the 533 was built.
>
> I bought a used DP Quicksilver for my home use and it does the job.  
> I use a
> Mac Pro at work for any professional purposes.
>
> Bill
>
>
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