 |
 |
Processor upgrade for MDD dual 867?
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Apr 2001
Status:
Offline
|
|
While I'd love to get a g5, my trusty dual 867 MDD G4 is doing just fine. However, I would like to get some more speed out of it.
Are there any g4 processor upgrades for the MDD machines?
-Gilbert
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Arizona
Status:
Offline
|
|
Not yet, unfortunately. But I think I read somewhere that GigaDesigns is working on getting upgrades for the MDDs out this year.
|
|
I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2002
Status:
Offline
|
|
I will probably also be interested in upgrading my MDD maybe at the end of this year, although my DP 867 is still live and kickin, I'd like a little boost in speed. My MDD will be 2 yrs old this November.
|
|
PowerMac Dual 867 - 1 GB Ram - Studio Display - 20 GB Ipod
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Belgium
Status:
Offline
|
|
I am in the exact same position. 2 years old next November. I will add a second hard drive in a few weeks and upgrade my memory to 1 GB. I might be interested in a G5 upgrade if it is not too expensive and fully compatible with upcoming OS X versions 
|
|
S k y p a t
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Bellevue, WA
Status:
Offline
|
|
How about score a stock dual 1.42Ghz module?
However, your motherboard FSB speed is 133Mhz, right?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Skypat:
I am in the exact same position. 2 years old next November. I will add a second hard drive in a few weeks and upgrade my memory to 1 GB. I might be interested in a G5 upgrade if it is not too expensive and fully compatible with upcoming OS X versions
I wouldn't hold your breath for a G5 upgrade as I don't think they will ever happen.
Even if they did happen, due to the bus restriction the benefit would be next to nothing.
If you want a g5, I suspect it will have to be a whole new machine.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Cambridge
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Kenneth:
How about score a stock dual 1.42Ghz module?
However, your motherboard FSB speed is 133Mhz, right?
That's an interesting idea. Anyone have a clue what the multipliers are on those processors?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2002
Status:
Offline
|
|
I'm not expecting a G5 for an upgrade. A Dual 1.42 upgrade card would be SUPER nice, but I dont know if that would work with the DP 867 board since its 133 bus. I know there was a hack going around that changes the bus from 133 to 167 which overclockes the 867 to 1GHz.
I forgot to mention that I would have to buy all new memory modules to support that bus since my memory is PC2100
|
|
PowerMac Dual 867 - 1 GB Ram - Studio Display - 20 GB Ipod
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Arizona
Status:
Offline
|
|
A 1.42 is on an 8.5x multiplier. On the same multiplier in a 133MHz board, it would only run at 1.13GHz.
|
|
I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Germany
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Kenneth:
How about score a stock dual 1.42Ghz module?
Hi!
It won't be easy to get your hands on one of these, Apple only offers them as a replacement part if you send in a broken one.
I'm also hoping to someday be able to upgrade the cpu of my MDD/1250 (166MHz bus), but I'm not very confident that there will ever be upgrades for this machine, since the target group would be pretty much limited to those with the single cpu/1250MHz machine, and that's probably not very many.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top