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Yay! Got my Mongrel G4 working!
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Old Orchard Beach, ME
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Mongrel
Took me a lot of fussing around, but it works!
Its naked for now, CoreComputer Crib case comes on Wednesday.
Gigabit Ethernet Motherboard
OWC Mercury 1.0 GHz G4
Nvidia Geforce4 MX 32 MB
640 MB RAM
Hitachi 80 GB 7200 RPM
LG Combo drive
More to come later. I'm tired.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2003
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You are a Certified Geek, my man. I say that in a good way.
It looks like one of those science kits you buy at a hobby store. 
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MacBook and iMac Core 2 Duo 24"
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Old Orchard Beach, ME
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Thank you very much! 
It definitely feels snappier than the iBook, but its no speed king. I downloaded UT2003 demo, and its just barely playable. Average 30 fps, but some times lower than 10 fps, which is unacceptable. So its not a game box :/
And I ran Setiathome before I went to bet. Its at just 70% after 7 hours. My Gentoo box (in the background behind the iBook) can do a packet in 3-4 hours.
Is the G4 really this slow? After years of hearing how great Altivec was, I'd figure I'd be more impressed. Maybe its the slow-ass 100 MHz bus. 
Now I"m having second thoughts about building this thing. 
And for some reason I can only get video out when I use direct DVI to my monitor. If I use DVI-VGA adapter to go to my KVM it doesn't get anything. Whats up with that?
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Old Orchard Beach, ME
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D'oh. I feel dumb. The VGA cable on the monitor was loose. 
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Old Orchard Beach, ME
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Utah
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Hardcore. Very nice tho...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Highland Park, IL / Santa Monica, CA
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You bought a REALLY slow-ass video card and a nearly 3.5 year old mobo. What did you expect? I'm sure it was a fun project... I'd love to build my own Mac.
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Be happy.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Toronto, ON
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Originally posted by Zemrec:
It definitely feels snappier than the iBook, but its no speed king. I downloaded UT2003 demo, and its just barely playable. Average 30 fps, but some times lower than 10 fps, which is unacceptable. So its not a game box :/
Turn off all the eye candy settings and don't play the outdoor level.
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The Lord said 'Peter, I can see your house from here.'
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