---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!! Date: Donnerstag 15 Juli 2010N From: John Carmonne <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> 466 is kinda slow, if you can get a faster processor cheap I'd sure do > that too. Hard to get a DVD to play on 466. I have a G4 AGP 400 MHz in my cellar and I use it infrequently for watching DivX videos while on the home trainer (ergometer, bicycle?). The videos have always been using 100% of the Mac's performance. If something disturbs it will drop some frames. Annoying this is. So, I got me a Dual-450 processor card for cheap on eBay. And, what can I say? It really gave Leopard a boost. Watching the DivX movies is with only very few frame drops – and then only, because some applications start looking for new versions online and the video comes from a network storage. For the DA: it has a 133 MHz system bus and any DA or QS processor will fit. You could make it a Dual-1 GHz, but this processor upgrade will most likely be very expensive. There are rare occasions to grab a Dual-533 processor card from a DA. This might be cheaper, but I don't really know. You cannot use the Dual-450 and Dual-500 from the pre-DA G4's since these are from 100 MHz system buses. The other boost is a better graphics card. I use now a flashed PC nVidia GeForce3 Ti200. This is good for Leopard, but not really necessary for Tiger, although it will also enhance the performance on Tiger or even Panther. Overall I would say that upgrading depends on two factors: 1) what do you need it for, and 2) how much money will you have to invest in order to fulfill 1) E.g. I have only 512 MB RAM in my G4 AGP with Leopard and I have to say that for my purposes this is suffice and I don't need more at all. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
