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Is switching an Emac and and MDD Powermac worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Strimkind" data-source="post: 729097" data-attributes="member: 64504"><p>I think there is some confusion here. The RAM speed is not affected by the CPU speed and will run at 1.25ghz. The DDR frontside bus is 167mhz. This may vary depending whether you have a dual processor in the G4 tower or a single. </p><p></p><p>What you were thinking was dual channel RAM using DDR. This does not affect anything when it is not in effect and only will speed things up assuming the motherboard supports it (I do not know if the G4 MDD tower does). </p><p></p><p>You will not be able to switch the memory between the to. The eMac 1ghz uses PC133 SDRAM while the G4 tower uses PC2700 memory. Only the eMac 1.25 and 1.42 would be able to switch ram sticks with that G4 model.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT: There is a chance that you may have PC2700 memory in your eMac. I was reading another thread stating that this is possible. Check the system profile under the apple menu and it will tell you there what kind of memory your eMac uses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strimkind, post: 729097, member: 64504"] I think there is some confusion here. The RAM speed is not affected by the CPU speed and will run at 1.25ghz. The DDR frontside bus is 167mhz. This may vary depending whether you have a dual processor in the G4 tower or a single. What you were thinking was dual channel RAM using DDR. This does not affect anything when it is not in effect and only will speed things up assuming the motherboard supports it (I do not know if the G4 MDD tower does). You will not be able to switch the memory between the to. The eMac 1ghz uses PC133 SDRAM while the G4 tower uses PC2700 memory. Only the eMac 1.25 and 1.42 would be able to switch ram sticks with that G4 model. Hope that helps. EDIT: There is a chance that you may have PC2700 memory in your eMac. I was reading another thread stating that this is possible. Check the system profile under the apple menu and it will tell you there what kind of memory your eMac uses. [/QUOTE]
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