[iBook] CPU Upgrades?

Craig Deline Jr boicraig at gmail.com
Fri May 6 19:07:27 PDT 2005


Well right now I have 768MB installed, and its very snappy, with
Tiger, but I use VirtualPC alot and was looking for any boost I can
get. Any idea on where I can get some information on the overclocking?
Google doesnt turn up many results for the g4 ibook...


On 5/6/05, Angus Wallace <angus.wallace at flinders.edu.au> wrote:
> Just to clarify that - Upgrading to 512Mb from 256 will give a
> noticable benefit. 512 to 1Gb might be less so.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Gus
> 
> 
> On 07/05/2005, at 7:58 AM, Angus Wallace wrote:
> 
> > You'd probably find that it's not worth it.
> >
> > Typically, the speed of a processor is only one part of the speed
> > of the system - especially on the Mac, where graphics is offloaded
> > to the GPU (video card)..
> >
> > I've heard it said that, everything else staying the same, doubling
> > the CPU clock speed might add 10% to system performance. You'd
> > probably gain a much better system by adding RAM. Being Unix-based,
> > MacOSX *really* benefits from more RAM, and it will use it all!
> >
> > HTH,
> > -Gus
> >
> > On 07/05/2005, at 6:28 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> I remember with the old wallstreets you could upgrade CPU...could
> >>> I do
> >>> the same with my iBook G4?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nope, the processor is on the logic board.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> is there any way to overclock my 'book? Just a thought...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Almost certainly, the G3s were very open to o/c
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best wishes
> >>
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