On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a G4 733 Digital Audio that I was setting up to give to a > relative to use with Photoshop. He's into digital photography, and > this 733 ran Photoshop 9 just fine, and I was also giving him iLife > for iMovie and iPhoto and such. I put two 250-gig hard drives in it > and maxed out the memory at 1.5 gig. It was all set to go.
Since you have 2 250GB HD, I assume you have a controller card, either ATA133 or SATA that supports large HDs, and that means you do not need to worry about large HD support on the motherboard that the second generation QS have > Fortunately, replacement 733s are cheap and plentiful on eBay, going > for around $150 or less in good working order. Make sure you check out LEM swap list, DAs are going for about 100 there > All the above is the setup for this question: there are Digital Audio > 733s, and there are Quicksilver 733s, going for approximately the same > price. The Quicksilvers are newer, but are they that much better that > I should only consider the Quicksilvers? I think that a QS can accept > the RAM from a DA, so switching the drives and memory from one to the > other should not be a problem. > > But what would I really gain by upgrading to a Quicksilver 733 instead > of a Digital Audio? Or are the differences so slight that I should go > with a DA if I happen to see a better deal on one of those on eBay? If it is a choice between a 733 DA and a 733 or single 800MHz QS, go with the DA. The 733 and single 800 QSs were the entry level models and do not have a level three cache. They will run like a 5-600MZ processor with a cache. The 733 DA was the top end and has the L3 cache and will be faster than the 2 QS mentioned. The other main consideration is the easily usable OS. All of the above systems will run 10.4 with no problems. You need a very easy hack to install 10.5 on any system with a processor less than 867MHz, but a hack nonetheless. I am fairly certain that 10.6 will only run on Intel based Macs, so if I were in the market for a G4 mac, I would be looking for a 867 or 933 QS to run the latest operating system I could, with a preference to the 933 since it seems to run cooler. Since you have all the parts, I am sure you could get a 867 or 933 stripped (no HD, ram, OS) off of the swap list for not much more than $100. FWIW, I bought my DAs a while ago when there was a big price difference between DAs and QSs and I could upgrade the DAs slowly. My 2 configs are: Work DA has an 867QS processor, hacked Radeon 9600 64MB from a G5, 1GB ram, 120GB HD running 10.4.11 (I need classic apps at work) Home DA has a dual 1.2GHz OWC processor (to be overclocked as soon as I get more cooling) 1.5GB ram, hacked Radeon 9600 pro 128MB video card, 2 x 120GB HD on the onboard ata controller, 320GB and 500GB HDs on a SATA card. This used to have a QS 933 processor in it. HTH, Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
