Just ran some test and wanted to pass along what I found out. If you use iMovie at all you might want to take the plunge.
Both of these tests were done in OS X 10.1.2 on the same G4 using Apple Processor Cards. This is not an upgrade from anyone but the real G4 450 Processor Card from Apple I just purchased it from Electric Deal. The entire process of removing the heat sink, then the 3 screws, then the processor card, add the new card, put the 3 screws back and then place the heat sink back on top of the processor card took less than 2 minutes. I wanted badly to have more power to render in iMovie and I was pleasantly surprised that I gained so much more rendering power with just 100 more MHz. I used the exact same movie clips in both test and the results speak for themselves. I can honestly say that it was worth the 169.00 dollars I spent to get faster times in iMovie. I also gained some in iTunes importing and the frame rate with the visual affects was much improved. All my screensavers run very smoothly now. Many of the 1 bounce applications became less than 1 bounce with the 450 processor card but just by a little so I did not change those items that did not reflect at least a 1 bounce difference.
G4 AGP (350 MHz)
1 Gig of RAM
Appleworks 6 – 1 bounce
Calculator – 1 bounce
TextEdit – 1 bounce
Office v.X
1. Word – 2 bounces
2. Excel – 2 bounces
3. PowerPoint – 2 bounces
Process Viewer – 1 bounce
Windows Media Player – 4 bounces
Toast Titanium for OS X (Beta) – 2 bounces
Terminal – 4 bounces
iTunes for OS X – 1 bounce
iTunes frame rate is 8 with music and 12 with no music
iTunes rips a cd between 3x and 6x (average is 4.5x)
DVD Player – 2 bounces
iMovie – 6 bounces
iMovie took the exact same 15 second clip and did the following:
1. Changed the clip to Black and White – 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
2. Changed the Brightness (Up) – 1 minute, 25 seconds.
3. Changed the Brightness (Down) – 1 minute, 25 seconds
4. Changed the Sharpness – 3 minutes, 6 seconds
Preview –2 bounces
Internet Explorer – 3 bounces
Mail – 2 bounces
System Preferences - 2 bounces
G4 AGP (450 MHz)
Appleworks 6 – 1 bounce
Calculator – 1 bounce
TextEdit – 1 bounce
Office v.X
1. Word – 2 bounces
2. Excel – 2 bounces
3. PowerPoint – 2 bounces
Process Viewer – 1 bounce
Windows Media Player – 3 bounces
Toast Titanium for OS X (Beta) – 2 bounces
Terminal – 4 bounces
iTunes for OS X – 1 bounce
iTunes frame rate is 10 with music and 15 with no music
iTunes rips a cd between 4x and 6x (average is 5.0x)
DVD Player – 2 bounces
iMovie – 6 bounces
iMovie took the exact same 15 second clip and did the following:
5. Changed the clip to Black and White – 2 minutes, 43 seconds.
6. Changed the Brightness (Up) – 1 minute, 7 seconds.
7. Changed the Brightness (Down) – 1 minute, 7 seconds
8. Changed the Sharpness – 2 minutes, 31 seconds
Preview –2 bounces
Internet Explorer – 2 bounces
Mail – 2 bounces
System Preferences - 2 bounces
Well there you have it. A real comparison between the G4 350 AGP and the G4 450 AGP
Your Pal
G4 Mac User
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