How I sped up my Powermac

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dygysydygysy
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Substituting the nVidia Geforce 4MX with the Ti4600 and maxing out the RAM to 1.5gig's from 1.2gigs has really sped up my 933Mhz Powermac.



Photoshop now loads in 5 seconds (before 7-8), and when I have multiple programs open everything just hums along.



For about $520 it feels like a new machine. Even though its not cheap I feel that it is a cost effective upgrade that will probably add a year or two to its longevity.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    How does a new video card speed up application launching? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    The Ti4600 renders the bouncing application icon much more effectively than the old MX one did.



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  • Reply 3 of 8
    smithjoelsmithjoel Posts: 240member
    [quote]Originally posted by Overhope:

    <strong>How does a new video card speed up application launching? :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>





    Uhh, it costs a lot... so, its gota be real fast.
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    [quote]Originally posted by smithjoel:

    <strong>Uhh, it costs a lot... so, its gota be real fast.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ahhh, good 'ol logic. Its never failed me yet. :cool:
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  • Reply 5 of 8
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    G4Ti enables an undocumented feature called "Bounce Extreme"
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    Good one Leonis.
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>G4Ti enables an undocumented feature called "Bounce Extreme" </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Post of the week.







    ROTFL



    (uh, I think we scared dygysy off here, guys... sorry dude.)



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    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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