[G4] Help on upgrading my G4

[Alex]

On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:25, Robert Hazelrigg wrote:

> Don't bother with an upgrade [...] the absolute cheapest way to get 
> more speed is to max your RAM [...]

You can always upgrade by replacing the video card (especially 
important for games), adding more RAM, or a faster and bigger drive. 
You'll probably notice most difference with a better video card. But if 
the whole machine is too slow, my opinion's is the same as Robert's -- 
a processor upgrade is more trouble than it's worth.

Here's a comparison of lower-end Macs

<http://www.macintouch.com/perfpack/comparison.html>

You can also go to

<http://www.xbench.com/>

download their software, benchmark your machine, then go to

<http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/>

and compare your configuration to others on the same machine, or on 
other Macs.

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