[G4] Help on upgrading my G4

[Jim Davis]

These are uncertain times in Macland- prices are about to take a tumble.  While that means your machine is about to depreciate dramatically, the machine you would now invest in would certainly see a more profound effect.
Personally, I would just max out the ram.  That would be a truly inexpensive investment that would provide you with quite a speed bump.  I am pretty sure you have room for another gig of ram (2-512's).  That's a nice jump.
Do you run Onyx or otherwise maintain your machine's operating environment?  You'd be surprised just how much of an upgrade that would be.
Additionally, you could try installing Mozilla's Firefox and try browsing with that.  It runs rings around Safari"s constant hiccups.
Get your upgrade groove on when you have to- but I don't that time is necessarily now.


On Monday, June 06, 2005, at 11:12AM, David DeFelice <dmdef53 at yahoo.com> 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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