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        Upgrading the Power Macintosh G4 "133 MHz Bus" System
        Using Single Processor Upgrades

        by Jamie Dresser


        Test System Specifications:

        This round of benchmarking utilized 2 systems (not all tests show results from both of these systems; if the G4 466MHz Digital Audio was not represented in the test, then it's score was equivalent to the G4 QuickSilver 733MHz system when upgraded with the processors tested).

        In a majority of the tests, where the 4x AGP video bus was not used, the 2 systems performed nearly identical.

        Systems used:

        Power Macintosh G4/733MHz "QuickSilver 2001"

        • 512MB PC-133 SDRAM (one chip)
        • 20GB IBM DeskStar Hard Drive (Factory Original)
        • 12x8x32 CD-RW Drive (Factory Original)
        • nVidia GeForce2MX Video Card (Factory Original)

        Power Macintosh G4/466MHz "Digital Audio"

        • 512MB PC-133 SDRAM (one chip)
        • 20GB IBM DeskStar Hard Drive (Factory Original)
        • 5X DVD / 32x CD Drive (Factory Original)
        • nVidia GeForce2MX Video Card (Factory Original)

        Continue on to see the performance specifications:

        Page 2. Let1KWindowsBloom, AltiVec Fractal Carbon, MacBench 5 and CineBench 2000

        Page 3. iTunes 3.0, Adobe Photoshop 7, and boot time

        Page 4. Exporting DV to MPEG-2 and CPU Loading test

        Page 5. Quake 3 W/ 5 Video Cards

        Page 6. Return To Castle Wolfenstein w/ 5 Video Cards

        Page 7. Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast w/ 5 Video Cards

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