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just got a new beater (G4 content)
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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 599611" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>With the stock CPU, at a certain point what GPU you put in it becomes useless, yes. That 9250 is probably already capable of "outrunning" the stock 400-500MHz G4.</p><p></p><p>A significant CPU upgrade (to something >=1.2-1.4GHz, ideally a dual processor module) would somewhat alleviate this bottleneck. But with that bottleneck removed, you start to run into the limitations of a 100MHz or 133MHz SDR FSB; no matter how highly the G4 is clocked it can't shift data between itself and the rest of the system anything like as fast as a modern machine can, and that's ultimately going to hold it back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 599611, member: 34442"] With the stock CPU, at a certain point what GPU you put in it becomes useless, yes. That 9250 is probably already capable of "outrunning" the stock 400-500MHz G4. A significant CPU upgrade (to something >=1.2-1.4GHz, ideally a dual processor module) would somewhat alleviate this bottleneck. But with that bottleneck removed, you start to run into the limitations of a 100MHz or 133MHz SDR FSB; no matter how highly the G4 is clocked it can't shift data between itself and the rest of the system anything like as fast as a modern machine can, and that's ultimately going to hold it back. [/QUOTE]
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