Single 1.467 upgrade vs Dual 1.2?

[Lizard7]

Hey guys,

I'm looking to boost my 2002 quicksilver 933, and am not sure which upgrade to get, the single 1.467 or the dual 1.2. The 1.467 is an overclockd 1.25, while the dual 1.2 is dual 1 ghz processors. What would you buy?

[realityisterror]

dual any day of the year... except the fourth of july :eek:

even dual 1GHz will probably spank a single 1.4, let alone dual 1.2GHz's.

reality

[crazzyeddie]

I would agree for general applications under OS X.

[aussie_geek]

Definately go the dual processor option. My dual 867 G4 tower is just as fast or faster as my 1.5 Ghz PowerBook

aussie_geek

[hjhhjh]

no it actually depends what your doing, if its stuff that only uses 1 processor get teh single,

dual 1.2 ghz vs single 1.467 ghz? hmm

a dual 1.25 ghz is equal to a single 1.5 ghz so a dual 1.2 ghz is equal to a 1.44 ghz g4, tough choice, if your playing games id go with the single, cause many game in the future will require above 1.2 ghz, and a dual 1.2 ghz wont change a thign for system requirments, other wise go for the double

[Lizard7]

see, I'm in a pickle. I like to play games (Halo, WoW, KOTOR), but also heavily multitask (watch TV on one monitor while photoshoping on another). The second processor doesn't help at all during a game? I had heard it can often handle the sound processing.

My current setup is:

Dual 20/17 cinema displays
Geforce4 Ti
768 RAM
933 G4

[bousozoku]

Dual processors, of course. Even if a single application doesn't take explicit advantage of both processors, the operating system will assign applications appropriately. Anything that does explicitly split up the work will be better with dual processors.

[hjhhjh]

Dual processors, of course. Even if a single application doesn't take explicit advantage of both processors, the operating system will assign applications appropriately. Anything that does explicitly split up the work will be better with dual processors.

yet, your comp will run games only requiring 1.2 ghz max, nothing above, many games dont run any faster on dual processors, ex. doom3

[Mechcozmo]

Dual, pure and simple. OS X will do enough work for ya to keep it speedy, and most games use the second processor as a sound card like thing, something that most Macs lack. (Sound card)