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Hah, you won't beat my 70FPS on max settings Blood Gulch (800x600, however)

the new PB's finally have some good graphic hardware! I want one so bad now ;_;

If I can just sell my Cube and my PC for reasonable (read: ridiculously low compared to what I paid for them) prices, I should be able to get a 12" w/ Superdrive, 100 gig HD, and 768 MB RAM without any additional help.
I would desperately like to upgrade to a 15"  with the 9700, but if the money ain't there, it just ain't there.
And, unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get rid of my Cube until this summer...

Earendil the Mariner wrote:

If I can just sell my Cube and my PC for reasonable (read: ridiculously low compared to what I paid for them) prices, I should be able to get a 12" w/ Superdrive, 100 gig HD, and 768 MB RAM without any additional help.
I would desperately like to upgrade to a 15"  with the 9700, but if the money ain't there, it just ain't there.
And, unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get rid of my Cube until this summer...

Wrong place/time?

NightCougar_37 wrote:

Alright, as a couple have found out recently, I just got me a Cube off ebay. Pretty much mint condition too. Probably overpaid but oh well, not gonna sit around biddin for it .

Anyways, now comes the fun stuff which you all can help give input on. Upgrading and tweaking the heck outta this!!!

Current Specs:

G4 450Mhz/1GB RAM/ATI Rage Pro 16MB/smurf DVD SR-8186

I know I need a fan upgrade but does anyone know what CFM the GigaDesigns blue led fan pushes? Would like to really max out the cooling as much as I can. I've spliced together my own power cables with cooling fans before soo i'm not too worried about what type of connector a fan has.

Now in graphics (critical area, Rage 128 sucks!!), i'm itchin for a Shader 2.0 card which means i'm going to have to flash unless ATI pulls their heads from their butts. So looking at FX5200s or R9600-R9800s for a flash. I've read up on these a lil bit at Cube owner but I know not everyone may check there so I figure to get some input on here. I'd really like to flash a R9600 due to the power requirements inside the Cube. I would go R9000 128 if I really had to, but i'd rather exhaust the more extreme options first.

Processor I want to totally max out. Looking at the Giga 1.5Ghz 7457. Now I can last on the 450 for a bit so those that know the processors, do you see anything faster than 1.5Ghz being possible for the Cube? Also, any issues with those Giga 1.5s that I should know about. I won't have the funds for a bit to get the CPU so i'm flexible on what i'm interested in here. But due to power and heat constraints, i'd like to keep things at a 7457 or better.

http://www.macaddict.com/forums/topic/46170

Of course!.. thing is, I can't remember the last time I saw books on the server.

Booksley wrote:

the new PB's finally have some good graphic hardware! I want one so bad now ;_;

As far as I know the 15" and 17" PowerBooks have had 9700s since the upgrade before this.  The 15"s were even upgradeable to 128MB VRAM back then too.  The only thing that's change is Apple added dual link DVI ports so you can spend that extra $3000 you have sitting around on a 30" Cinema.

what can I expect on my 1.5 ghz G4 Powerbook?

1.25 gb ram (1 1gb chip, 1 256 mb chip)
the upgraded vid card (9200?? the one with 128 vid ram)
5400 rpm 80Gb hd
Combo drive

The new PB shipment for me has been delayed until feb 24, was suppose to be yesterday.

If you are interested in OC-ing, go google ATIccelerator II.

Temperature Monitor is also a wise idea if you do that.

It's used to increase/decrease your ATi graphics card's RAM speed and processor speed, often at the expense of fidelity and heat conservation.

I see.