P plodkiller macrumors newbie Original poster Jan 5, 2009 13 0 Jan 8, 2009 #1 I am waiting for my G5 to be delivered, got a deal on E-bay. It is a 1.6ghz model. I see that Apple specifies DDR333 for this model but I have two sticks of DDR400 would these be backwards compatible?
I am waiting for my G5 to be delivered, got a deal on E-bay. It is a 1.6ghz model. I see that Apple specifies DDR333 for this model but I have two sticks of DDR400 would these be backwards compatible?
Eidorian macrumors Penryn Mar 23, 2005 29,196 394 Indianapolis Jan 8, 2009 #2 DDR400 should work. The 970FX machines could be tempermental with their RAM timings.
OrangeSVTguy macrumors 601 Sep 16, 2007 4,127 69 Northeastern Ohio Jan 8, 2009 #3 Yes it should automatically downclock . Usually you can find the DDR 400mhz cheaper then the 333.