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yoshiii

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Jan 13, 2006
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Hello I have a Dual 533 G4 with 1 gig of ram and was wondering if that is suffient to run Ilife 06. It has GForce2 MX video card. The main things I want to use is IPhoto IMovie and Garageband.

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You can see all of the system requirements here. Your computer should be able to run them adequately, considering you have the 1GB of RAM and the Dual Core processor. I just wouldn't be expecting any breakneck speeds though.
 
That graphics card will not fully accelerate all CoreImage effects so some of the iPhoto adustments will not be available.
 
So if I upgrade to a better video card will that be better? If so which one and since I have a dual 533 does that meet the requirement of having to have a 1 ghz g4 to use Imovie and Idvd HD?

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yoshiii said:
So if I upgrade to a better video card will that be better? If so which one and since I have a dual 533 does that meet the requirement of having to have a 1 ghz g4 to use Imovie and Idvd HD?

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You only need a 1Ghz CPU for HD video. You will be able to use SD video in iMove HD. iDVD claims to need a 733Mhz CPU flat out. You might get it to work on a dual 533, but it will be border line.

You would need one of the cards listed here for iPhoto to make all effects/adjustments available. This may also effect some parts of iMove, I'm not sure.

Basically your machine is border-line in terms of support. Don't expect anything to be fast!
 
As it has been stated, you should be able to run iLife '06 on your Power Mac G4 yoshiii , it just will not be overly speedy. :)

And yes, a new video card would help out- as long as it it one of the ones pointed out by robbieduncan.
 
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