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MDD Dual 867 vs Single 1.25

Ih8reno

Ih8reno

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Just found an single 1.25ghz in my area with adc screen for cheap and wanted to know if this is a worthy upgrade to my dual 867 mdd I bought a little while ago. My dual has 2gb of ram and a 32mb screen card. I don't know which card this one has but its at least 64mb adn ram should be no problem.
 
Ih8reno said:
Just found an single 1.25ghz in my area with adc screen for cheap and wanted to know if this is a worthy upgrade to my dual 867 mdd I bought a little while ago. My dual has 2gb of ram and a 32mb screen card. I don't know which card this one has but its at least 64mb adn ram should be no problem.
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In pure CPU power they are about equal. The dual 867 would score 708 on Geekbench while the 1.25 single would score 705.
 
So in other words I'm better off keeping my cash
 
Was asking $60 but I think I can get it for less
 
I'd buy it gladly for $60, especially with the ADC display included. It's worth that in spare parts if nothing else!

The single 1.25ghz is a good platform for upgrading to a dual 1ghz, dual 1.25, or even dual 1.42mhz. Your dual 867 has a 133mhz front side bus, while the single 1.25 has the 167mhz front side bus present on most other MDDs.

I have a 1.25ghz single, and there's a pretty good chance that its days in this configuration are numbered as I also have a dual 1ghz processor card on the way.
 
I would go for it, $60 is a pretty good deal. The only thing is that $60 is awfully close to the G5 price range, and that would be quite a deal better if you would want to get one of those instead of a G4.
 
Well I have a quad g5 and a dual 2ghz which I am selling. Got offered from a guy I trade/buy/sell with a set of dual 1.42GHZ processors and he would help upgrade my dual 867 if he has an extra set. May just hold off on buying this machine
 
Ih8reno said:
Well I have a quad g5 and a dual 2ghz which I am selling. Got offered from a guy I trade/buy/sell with a set of dual 1.42GHZ processors and he would help upgrade my dual 867 if he has an extra set. May just hold off on buying this machine
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As I mentioned above, the single 1.25 would be a better platform for this upgrade than your dual 867 due to differences in the system bus speed.

The only caveat is that if you were upgrading from the single 1.25, you would need to source a dual processor heatsink, although these are not difficult to find on Ebay.
 
Thanks. Still on the Fence but he would be getting me the heat sink also. He ebays and buys old and new systems.
 
If you do get the 1.42Ghz MDD CPU, make sure you use the copper heatsink. It'll run very hot or overheat with the aluminum one.
 
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