Il giorno 16-11-2011 17:09, Gene Henley ha scritto: > I am trying to upgrade my Quicksilver 733Mhz. > I have Tiger,and 1 gig of memory. I had a very similar G4 (G4 DA 667).
IMHO, 1GB Ram is enough for common use, but it's not if you're using "heavyweight" apps (Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, and the like), or you like keeping lots of apps open. Upgrading to 1,5GB (Quicksilver's max) can somehow improve speed, I think. > I was given a 1 gig QuicksilverCPU,unknown reliability. I installed an OWC 1,4GHz CPU upgrade, and it was really worth it, most tasks improved a lot. At around 200$ new (I think), it wouldn't be very much dollar-wise, but I presume you can find a used one. I think a CPU upgrade is the most speed-effective upgrade you can do. Second one would be a better graphic card, especially if you're into videogames (I am :-). Which graphic card you actually have? > I have a SATA internal drive which I have > been advised will give me a faster computer if > an internal SATA card and driveare installed IMHO, you won't see much of an improvement, because of the inner limitation of the PCI bus. Perhaps a modern and big IDE drive would give you the same speed improvement, and in a simpler way. (a SATA drive would make transition to a future G5 - or better - simpler, thou) BTW, there's a simple hack to make drives bigger than 128GB totally usable in old G4s (in OSX, at least). > An ebay seller advertizes a 1.25 Gig "Quicksilver" > CPU without heat sink. I`m confused. I did not know > Quicksilver was 1.25 gig cpu spec. capable. AFAIK, QS went up to 1.0 GHz and no more. -- 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
