G4 to G5

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cephoto

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 11, 2003

• #1

can I upgrade my G4 Dual 867 to a Dual 2GB?

 

mattmack

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 11, 2003

• #2

Re: G4 to G5

Originally posted by cephoto
can I upgrade my G4 Dual 867 to a Dual 2GB?

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I would say no because of hte cooling that is required by the G5 and the different architecture it will probably be a very long time before we see (if ever) an upgade to G5 for a G4 machine

 

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ebuc

macrumors regular

• Nov 11, 2003

• #3

Geforce 3

You don't have to have a GeForce3 in that dual 867 of yours, do you?

 

Sun Baked

macrumors G5

• Nov 11, 2003

• #4

Wouldn't that be sort of pointless to put 2 processors that consume massive amounts of data on a 133MHz bus?

It's silly to hobble 1 processor with a 1GHz FSB behind a 133MHz wall, but two of them. 😱

That's almost as silly as Mr. Leadfoot taking a race spec prototype Twin Turbo Porsche with a 2 gallon fuel cell on a cross country road trip.

Considering the cost and performance of that type of upgrade, keeping the machine and buying a 1.6GHz G5 would be a better alternative.

 

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cephoto

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 11, 2003

• #5

you could have done without all the "silly" sh.., and just told me about the bus thing braintrust.

 

LimeLite

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 11, 2003

• #6

Well...why? That doesn't seem like a good idea. It's impossible, first off, but not a good idea second. The G3 and G4 were similar chips. The G5 is a whole new animal.

 

Mord

macrumors G4

• Nov 13, 2003

• #7

then again they said that about the G3/4 upgades for 7300 power macs

 

Dont Hurt Me

macrumors 603

• Nov 13, 2003

• #8

Re: Geforce 3

Originally posted by ebuc
You don't have to have a GeForce3 in that dual 867 of yours, do you?

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i got a geforce3, anyways the g5 is a different beast in a lot of ways so i dont see a g4 able to go to g5 but he could upgrade his machine to a dual 1.42 or single 1.467