I know this is off-topic. But why do you want to upgrade an old G4? These upgrade CPUs are so expensive nowerdays - at least, when compared to the present value of the older & slower G4s. The price for most of the CPU upgrades stayed almost the same over the years.
When the 1.4 GHz OWC Mercury Extreme CPU upgrade was available, its cost was within limits compared to a new G4 system. (Don't know, $400 USD maybe???) Now, you can get a used Dual 800+ MHz G4 at a lower price than a *new* CPU upgrade card for an even older single 733- MHz G4. I've compared a Dual 800 MHz QS 2001 with a single OWC 1.4 GHz GE (originally single 400 MHz) and the difference is not that much. In fact, the dual processor version seems more responsive when working with Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Could be that single tasks in various applications (such as Photoshop filters and such) are slower on the Dual 800 MHz system, but I'd personally go for the Dual CPU solution. If you get a used CPU upgrade for a low price (must be lower than $50.-- USD) then it might be a good option. Otherwise get a used QS or MDD for $100 to $200, and you get a much better system with it. Or wait a few more months, as with the establishing of Snow Leopard prices for PowerPC based Macs will be dropping soon. Cheers, Andreas. ---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options Date: Dienstag, 25. August 2009N From: d p <[email protected]> To: "G3-5 List" <[email protected]> > Ok, I've been looking around, and right now I'm stuck between these > two: > > 1. Mercury Extreme G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 Cache. (I'm not sure the correct > model#) > 2. sonnet encore st g4 1200/2m (SG4-1200-2M) > > Does anyone have info/links on these two, or most importantly has > anyone had prior experience with either one of these. > > Why do I take it that the Sonnet is a "better" one? > > On Aug 23, 4:51 pm, mkoch <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a G4 Dual 500 1.5Ghz Ram and complete mother board: the power > > supply died about 10 day ago; let me know if you are interested ? > > Michael > > > > On Aug 19, 2:11 pm, Christopher Clarke > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know that you cant put a Dual onto a Non-Dual mobo without > > > modifications - as it needs more power etc. Also, I think all > > > QuickSilver G4 CPUs were interchangeable between same models (ie QS > > > 2001 could have any 2001 CPU etc.) > > > > > > Chris, > > > > > > On 19 Aug 2009, at 19:09, Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: > > > > Here's something we don't have on Low End Mac, something a reader > > > > just asked about: What models are CPUs pulled from other Power Macs > > > > compatible with? > > > > > > > > I know that 466 and 533 MHz CPUs from Digital Audio work with the 100 > > > > Mhz bus in Sawtooth and Mystic, and all G4 Power Macs with AGP video > > > > appear to use exactly the same CPU connector. > > > > > > > > This could create a market for pulled CPUs.... > > > > > > > > Looking forward to your feedback! > > > > > > > > Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
