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I GOT AN APPLE MAC G4 POWER PC 450 GIGABIT. AND WANT A PROCESSOR UPGRADE. WHAT IS THE FASTEST PROCESSOR IT….?

November 7th, 2009 | by admin |

Can handle. i had one ounce that had an 800 MHz power pc. do they go higher to upgrade this mac.

Apple Power Macintosh G4 450 DP (Gigabit) Specs (M7892LL/A)

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Apple Power Mac G4 The Apple Power Macintosh G4/450 DP (Gigabit Ethernet) features dual 450 MHz PowerPC 7400 (G4) processors each with the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processing unit and 1 MB of backside cache. It shipped configured with 128 MB of RAM, a 30 GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive, a 5X DVD-ROM drive, and a 2X AGP ATI Rage 128 Pro graphics card with 16 MB of SDRAM. AirPort (802.11b) was available by custom configuration.

In addition to the onboard 10/100/1000Base-T (Gigabit) Ethernet port for which they are named, the Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) models introduced the convenient, but subsequently maligned, ADC (Apple Display Connector), which carries analog and digital video signals, USB data, and power in the same cable. It also shipped with a new Apple "Pro" keyboard and mouse.

All Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) models use a case design effectively the same as that introduced with the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) — complete with a fold down door on the side that makes upgrading very easy — but is clad in a more conservative "graphite" and white color scheme. Custom configurations also were available.

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Introduction Date: July 19, 2000 Discontinued Date: January 9, 2001
Details: The "Introduction Date" refers to the date a model was introduced via press release. The "Discontinued Date" refers to the date a model either was replaced by a subsequent system or production otherwise ended.
Processor Type: PowerPC 7400 (G4) x2 Processor Speed: 450 MHz
Details: The PowerPC G4 includes the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processor.
Processor Upgrade: AGP G4 Daughtercard FPU: Integrated
Details: The Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) models have the processor mounted on a custom 300-pin daughtercard.
System Bus Speed: 100 MHz Cache Bus Speed: 225 MHz
Details: This system has a 225 MHz backside bus and 1 MB of level 2 cache.
ROM/Firmware Type: Open Firmware ROM/Firmware Size: 1 MB
Details: Boot ROM and around 1 MB, other instructions are loaded into RAM (NewWorld).
L1 Cache: 64k L2/L3 Cache: 1 MB (backside)
Details: The 1 MB of backside cache has a 225 MHz bus.
RAM Type: PC100 SDRAM Min. RAM Speed: 100 MHz
Details: Officially supports 100 MHz PC100 SDRAM (3.3v, unbuffered, 64-bit-wide, 168-pin), but PC133 SDRAM is backwards compatible and may be used as well.
Standard RAM: 128 MB Maximum RAM: 2.0 GB*
Details: *This system can support up to 2.0 GB of RAM, but can only use 1.5 GB while booting MacOS 9.

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Motherboard RAM: None RAM Slots: 4
Details: There is no performance advantage to installing memory modules in pairs.
Video Card: Rage 128 Pro VRAM Type: SDRAM
Details: The default ATI Rage 128 Pro graphics card has 16 MB of SDRAM and occupies a 2X AGP slot.
Standard VRAM: 16 MB Maximum VRAM: 16 MB
Details: N/A
Display Support: Single Display Resolution Support: 1920×1200
Details: Apple advertised that this system can support "up to 1920 by 1200 pixel resolution at 32 bits per pixel (millions of colors)".
2nd Display Support: None 2nd Max. Resolution: N/A
Details: N/A
Standard Hard Drive: 30 GB (7200 RPM) Int. HD Interface: Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5)
Details: Can officially support two Ultra ATA/66 hard drives on the original bus (more drives can be supported with a third-party controller PCI card) — drives larger than 128 GB are not natively supported. Ultra ATA/100 hard drives are backwards compatible with the Ultra ATA/66 standard.

It also could be configured with up to three 10,000 RPM Ultra160 SCSI drives at the time of purchase as a build-to-order option.
Standard Optical: 5X DVD-ROM Standard Disk: None*
Details: The 5X DVD-ROM drive uses a EIDE (ATA-3) bus. A DVD-RAM drive was available as a build-to-order configuration.

*An internal Zip drive also was available build-to-order.
Standard Modem: 56k v.90 Standard Ethernet: 10/100/1000Base-T
Details: Internal modem and 10/100/1000Base-T (Gigabit) Ethernet standard.
Standard AirPort: 802.11b (Optional) Standard Bluetooth: None
Details: AirPort (802.11b) was available as a build-to-order addition.
USB Ports: 2 (1.1) Firewire Ports: 2 (400)
Details: USB 1.

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