Re: G4 QS question

2009-03-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:47 PM, mark ray wrote: A neighbor has a G4 QS (733Mhz) 1.5GB Ram, a 40GB HD and a 120GB HD, a new nVidia Geoforce 6200 256mb video card running a 20 lcd monitor. Tried both wireless and direct enet connections to the router. It runs great, BUT, she wants to run

Re: G4 QS question

2009-03-09 Thread mark ray
So she meets 2 out of 3. Unfortunately, the one she does not even come close to is the most important here, and that is the processor. The QS 733 has no L3 cache, so it runs like a 533Mhz with a cache. Which is basically 1/3 of the speed of a G5 1.6. A processor upgrade will get her

Re: G4 QS question

2009-03-09 Thread jonas ulrich
You're going to end up paying 400-500 dollars for an upgrade like that. It's not worth it.-Jonas On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:02 PM, mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.comwrote: So she meets 2 out of 3. Unfortunately, the one she does not even come close to is the most important here, and that is