topic CPU upgrade for MAC G4 in Installation & update

CPU upgrade for MAC G4

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:17:38 GMT

We are considering upgrading an older MAC G4 (OS 10.3.9) running Archicad 8.2 with a Sonnet Encore/ST G4 1.8 GHz or a duel 1.27 GHz processor. Does anyone have experience or recommendations for this?
Can Archicad 8.2 benefit from duel processors?

Re: CPU upgrade for MAC G4

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:14:15 GMT

we had about a 50% success rate upgrading older G4's to new Sonnet dual processor cards. Out of 5 upgrades, 2 of them became unstable for whatever reason.

recent decision has been to simply replace all the g4's in the office with new G5's - dual processor desktops for the design and production staff, and iMac G5's for the project managers who don't use CAD very much.

Multi-processing is really only useful when running multiple programs at once (like AC, PM, BGAC and your other typical programs). ArchiCAD on its own does not use the dual processor capabilities with 8.1 or 9 (no official v8.2 exists to my knowledge - is 8.2 your name for GS's moronic numbering system?)

hth
wes

Re: CPU upgrade for MAC G4

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:29:55 GMT

Your correct, 8.1 not 8.2. Thanks for the feedback, despite the extra $ a new duel G5 sounds like the best solution.

Chris