i have used many of those upgrades. i have priced them they're good, but not cheap enough .
first off, its very hard to tell which rev of the G4 you get. not all 7XXX freescale chips are the same, and most do not benchmark well if you're comparing with the original one you have., clock speed compare the spec benchmarks... get the MFG to give you the model of CPU. i like the AGP sawtooth because it takes a full 2GB of ram, and AGP cards are available. the later g4's only take 1.5GB, and the latest mac OS uses wads of RAm effectively if you have it. you need to consider a mini. especially since OS 10.6 is probably going to leave some machines behind, and its successor almost defineitely wont run on a G4 CPU at all. an intel core 2 duo makes those chips look silly. and soon the mini should be released that will take 4GB of ram. On Jan 4, 4:31 pm, RiverMan <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone tried the upgrade from XLR8 or Newer Tech? I read about a > 1.6 Ghz and a 2.0 Ghz upgrade for my G4 but would love to hear from > people who have tried it. Or should I just save my cash and get a > newer model? > > Thanks! > > -=] RiverMan [=- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
