[G4] Help on upgrading my G4

[Roger Harris]

Robert is right about this; It is time to sell this for whatever you  
can get. If you need more expansion than a Mini get the most tower  
you can afford. Your tower will not take a Video card that can run  
well for games or Tiger. You can get a G5 1.8GHz for under $1300


  $1300 SmallDog refub:

<http://www.smalldog.com/category/x/x/Power+Macintosh/g5+minitower/ 
wag100/wag10000/>


Here at Apple a refurb $1300:

<http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/ 
70507/wo/u64d5E8u5lWc2VhSwOZq3jGZqxn/ 
0.0.11.1.0.6.63.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.1.1.0?84,39>

These are much better, faster, with warantee and after you sell yours  
it will be about the same cost to you. Yours will go for about  
$400/450. If this cost is too high buy a used MDDmp 1GHZ/1.2GHz for  
$1000

Roger


On Jun 6, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Robert Hazelrigg wrote:

> Don't bother with an upgrade. A Mac Mini will be a bigger speed  
> bump and less problematic then a processor upgrade. However if you  
> really need speed the G5  is the way to go. My opinion is based on  
> the down time and strange behavior my G4-400(APG) displayed when I  
> upgraded it to a Sonnet 1.2 Ghz.
>
> Of course the absolute cheapest way to get more speed is to max  
> your RAM and run the G4 in OS 9.  OS X is a pig.
>
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:12 AM, David DeFelice wrote:
>
>
>> I need to upgrade my G4 to a really fast machine.
>> 733MHz is not doing it any more. Need to know the best
>> way to do this. Also like to game.
>>
>> Listed below is, I hope, enough information to answer
>> any questions about the machine.
>>
>> Hardware Overview:
>>   Machine Model:    Power Mac G4
>>   CPU Type:    PowerPC G4  (2.0)
>>   Number Of CPUs:    1
>>   CPU Speed:    733 MHz
>>   L2 Cache (per CPU):    256 KB
>>   L3 Cache (per CPU):    1 MB
>>   Memory:    768 MB
>>   Bus Speed:    133 MHz
>>   Boot ROM Version:    4.2.8f1
>>
>> GeForce2 MX:
>>   Type:    display
>>   Bus:    AGP
>>   Display Type:    CRT
>>   Slot:    SLOT-1
>>   VRAM (Total):    32 MB
>>   Vendor:    nVIDIA (0x10de)
>>   Device ID:    0x0110
>>   Revision ID:    0x00a1
>>   ROM Revision:    1045F
>>
>> DIMM0/J21:
>>   Size:    Empty
>> DIMM1/J22:
>>   Size:    256 MB
>>   Type:    SDRAM
>>   Speed:    PC133-333
>> DIMM2/J23:
>>   Size:    512 MB
>>   Type:    SDRAM
>>   Speed:    PC133-333
>> DIMM3/J24:
>>   Size:    Empty
>>
>> I need to know what has worked for you. Thanks for all
>> the help and an extra thanks for those who gave me the
>> heads up on the Epson R200 printer that prints right
>> on the CD. It does a great job and the software works
>> just dandy!
>>
>> David M. DeFelice
>> G4,733MHz,768MB,NVDA32MB,EZQuestCDRM Firewire,Maxtor 40GB  
>> Firewire,Iomega Zip100,CD-RW/DVD-R,OfficeJet  
>> 6100,CanonS520,Logitech keyboard,OpticalMouse,21" RastorOps  
>> SuperScan.....""MAC'S ROCK""
>>
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