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Dual 533 or 1 GHZ upgrade?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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would you guys recommend i get a dual 533 off ebay or go for a 1 GHZ upgrade from OWC?
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Administrator  Join Date: May 2000
Location: California
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First download this utility to determine if your G4 motherboard is compatible with a dual CPU card. If it's not, then the decision is made.
If you can take either upgrade, the GHz upgrade is probably the better one, unless you do huge multitasking all day - or if you get a real bargain on the dual 533.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Dual CPU from eBay - No warranty and sold "as is"
Single GHz CPU fro OWC - 3 yr warranty
Plus, there is no way in hell the Dual 533 can be faster than the single 1GHz
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MacPro 2.66, 5GB RAM, 250GB + 160GB HDs, 23" Cinema Display
MacBook Pro 1.83GHz, 2GB RAM (from work)
MacBook (White) 1.83GHz, 2GB RAM
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Moderator  Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Arizona
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*Sigh*... If only there was a Quad 250MHz upgrade. 
But yes, the single 1GHz would spank the Dualie in pretty much... everything.
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Stockholm Sweden
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the 1 GHz, in some SMP applications the 533 will be close to the 1 GHz but in any non SMP the 1 GHz will be much faster and in nothing it will be slower.
Daily i switch betwwen a dual 1.25 and a single 1.2 and it really feels the same. The main differences are the noicy fan on the dual and that it can run two distributed foldning clients!
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