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CPU upgrade advise please

nambuccaheadsau

nambuccaheadsau

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Oct 19, 2007
2,024
510
Blue Mountains NSW Australia
Any suggestions on whether a CPU upgrade will operate best in a 100MHz bus speed Gigabit Ethernet G4 Tower with 2GB RAM or a 133MHz bus speed Quicksilver G4 Tower with 1.5GB RAM?

Have the choice of two machines to upgrade, which would be fastest with a Mercury Extreme 1.4GHz upgrade?

Please no suggestions buy a newer Mac as (a) can't afford and (b) used prices here in Australia are unbelievable with resellers asking over $1,000 for a 1.25DP MDD.

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Sun Baked

Sun Baked

macrumors G5
May 19, 2002
14,937
157
A single CPU is fastest for OS 9, but OS X really does work well with DP upgrades if the machine has a Northbridge new enough to handle them. Even if you have to take a MHz hit.

If the 133MHz machine is the AGP model, that might be the one to upgrade.
 
FJ218700

FJ218700

macrumors 68000
Mar 8, 2007
1,740
0
Blue Dot, Red State
I put a dual 1.3 ghz processor into my AGP Sawtooth. even with a 100 MHz FSB it really flies with Leopard.

I would definitely recommend going dual.
 
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