Powermac G4 processor question

[edwardk9]

I am about to purchase a cpu upgrade for my sawtooth. My question is am I able to buy a dual cpu and use it in even though this was a single cpu computer to begin with?

I have read a few post on other forums where this was possible but I am not sure how reliable the information is.

 

[RGunner]

depends on the UNI- version

check on the Sonnet site for an application which checks this for you..

I would vote for the Giga 1.4 single @ $280 from Macgurus.

 

[Ikstej24]

My OWC 1.467 works great from Macsales.com

My xBench score was 150 with a Radeon 8500

 

[krimson]

Goto the OWC website, at the bottom is "Accelerators" at the bottom, follow that link, and pick your Mac model, that'll tell you what you can use.

 

[edwardk9]

Well OWC form says that I can not use a dual processor but sonnet website says I can according to my revision number or something "7 zeros then a number" its a 7 and not a 3 so I assume I can use dual CPU's.

Does anything really take advantage of the two processors?

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

Well OWC form says that I can not use a dual processor but sonnet website says I can according to my revision number or something "7 zeros then a number" its a 7 and not a 3 so I assume I can use dual CPU's.

Does anything really take advantage of the two processors?

Why bother with a dual, your buss is going to slow things down, my advice if you want to stretch that sawtooth is go for a nice fast single. Unless you like to run a bunch of apps at the same time.

 

[edwardk9]

I will probably just go from the single. I am assuming that the higher L3 cache is better than the higher clock speeds? It doesn't really matter I am not going to go over 1.4ghz anyways.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

I will probably just go from the single. I am assuming that the higher L3 cache is better than the higher clock speeds? It doesn't really matter I am not going to go over 1.4ghz anyways.

Good thinking L3s do matter. A good 1.4 from Owc or Giga would be my suggestion. I have a 1.4 Merc extreme that turns out to be a bumped up 1.25 that runs at 1.47 with some slight mods to my quicksilvercase. Quicksilver is still there and your Sawtooth will be also. Or you could get a newMacmini like my wife 🙂 Interesting isnt it..........old sawtooth upgrade ...or...new mini.......Mini might be a better investment then upgrading that old sawtooth and unless you got a 9800 in it the Mini will outperform it. Plus Tiger............... 😱

 

[edwardk9]

I am running Tiger on it now - while its not blazing its totally acceptable considering its only 450mhz. I have itunes and aquisition running plus firefox while I am typing this.

Granted I have upgrade the hard drive to 7200 8mb cache and have 1.5 gigs of RAM in it so 🙂

yeah I like to mess around with computers so I wanted to buy a cheap powermac and upgrade it (even though it will probably cost more than just purchasing a new one).

Plus I can add to it as I go.

I will probably get a video card first then a cpu after that.

I think with all the excitement of Intel switch this computer can hold me off for a couple of years until I see what is out there - I wasn't planning on purchasing a new one until about that time anyways.

 

[Ikstej24]

I went with OWC because they do the least amount of overclocking. I have the 1.33-1.4 and it uses the 1.33 G4 chip where the others normally use the 1.25. Mine runs stable with no problems at 1.467 and OWC's jumper system makes switching clock speeds a lot easier and faster. On the new ones it is just a switch.