Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Tom
I have a G5 Dual Core (2.0) (Late 2005, M9590LL/A, PowerMac 11,2) that has eight memory slots. EveryMac says that this G-5 is maxed out at 16 GB of memory. Mine has 8 GB right now (1 GB chip in each slot). Does that mean that if you put more than 16 GB in the memory slots, it will only

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Illirik Smirnov
4GB DDR sticks do not exist. Sorry to bust your bubble :/ Even 2GB sticks are hard to find and expensive; so expensive that it is probably more cost effective to just buy a new mac. -- -- Illirik Smirnov Enloe High School Debate Congress Student Coach Quiz Bowl A Team On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread peterhaas
I have a G5 Dual Core (2.0) (Late 2005, M9590LL/A, PowerMac 11,2) that has eight memory slots. EveryMac says that this G-5 is maxed out at 16 GB of memory. Mine has 8 GB right now (1 GB chip in each slot). Does that mean that if you put more than 16 GB in the memory slots, it will only

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread JohnV
I bought a similar G5 from a video producer. He was hurting for faster render times and moved up to an 8-core intel Mac Pro, My audio needs for this machine are perfectly well-met. I don;t know the comparison data specifics, but your render times may well be what teh machine is capable of.

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Tom
Here is the link to the OWC webpage that sells 4 GB RAM chips for my G5: http://tinyurl.com/bnqxdyt The price ranges from $61 to $73 per chip.( I don't know why some RAM chips cost more than others--can someone enlighten me?) 1 and 2 GB chips are also offered there. At $61 per chip, I

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 21, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Tom wrote: Here is the link to the OWC webpage that sells 4 GB RAM chips for my G5: http://tinyurl.com/bnqxdyt You're reading this WRONG, there's no such thing as 4 GB modules, this is for TWO 2 GB modules, a MATCHED PAIR (2 x 2GB = 4GB). The price ranges

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread peterhaas
You're reading this WRONG, there's no such thing as 4 GB modules, this is for TWO 2 GB modules, a MATCHED PAIR (2 x 2GB = 4GB). Indeed so. Manufacturers now specify the TOTAL amount of RAM contained in a RETAIL package. Example: a two stick package may be stated to be 4 GB, and the RAM will

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Tom
Ah, 2 X 2 chips = 4 GB. Should have looked closer. Thanks Kris and Peter. So 16 GB of RAM maxes out this G5. Still, that would double what I have, and if i were sure that the rendering times for Final Cut 5 would be significantly reduces, I'd go for it. I just got a Mac Pro and Adobe CS6,

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 21, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: Ah, 2 X 2 chips = 4 GB. Should have looked closer. Thanks Kris and Peter. So 16 GB of RAM maxes out this G5. Still, that would double what I have, and if i were sure that the rendering times for Final Cut 5 would be significantly

Re: Max RAM for a G5?

2013-03-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Say I were to put 4 GB chips in four of the slots, I'd get 16 GB of RAM from those, and there would still be four slots with 1 GB in them. Would this Mac then recognize 20 GB of RAM, or only 16? For that matter, what if I filled every one of those eight slots with 4 GB chips--would the