mac os x forever Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 This probably sounds crazy but what would be some good upgrades for my iMac G3 350. Or should I even waste the money, I don’t want to spend over $100. Current specs are: 350mHz PowerPC G3 Unupgradeable Ati 3D RageVR 8MB VRAM over clocked 85mHz with fan 100mHz (stock 72mHz) 1 yr. old 40GB 7200rpm Western Digital Hard Disk 512MB SDRAM PC133 (2x256) 24x CD-ROM Internal original Airport 802.11b Original keyboard from 1998 Some old usb ball mouse for a PC I already want to get the new silver iMac keyboard and wired mighty mouse. Also if I were to upgrade my CD-ROM to DVD can my iMac even play DVDs at full fps? Because when I play ipod video formatted podcasts in MPEG4 they don’t even play at full fps when I set my monitor to thousands of colors at 1024x768 and for. avi 800x600. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63336-good-upgrades-for-my-imac-g3-350/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactobacillus P Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 This probably sounds crazy but what would be some good upgrades for my iMac G3 350.Or should I even waste the money, I don’t want to spend over $100. ...snip... Also if I were to upgrade my CD-ROM to DVD can my iMac even play DVDs at full fps? Because when I play ipod video formatted podcasts in MPEG4 they don’t even play at full fps when I set my monitor to thousands of colors at 1024x768 and for. avi 800x600. Mpeg4 is something different than the mpeg2 streams so a direct comparison is not possible for mpeg2 playback. I wouldn't count on full speed DVD playback on a G3 at 350Mhz as my old G4 at 477Mhz wasn't able to do either with the Rage128Mb AGP. With an Ati 6800Pro it still wasn't but with a 1.2Ghz G4 cpu upgrade it was. Don't waste your money I say. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63336-good-upgrades-for-my-imac-g3-350/#findComment-448436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 You can upgrade the RAM and that's it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63336-good-upgrades-for-my-imac-g3-350/#findComment-448895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 i have a g3 400 mhz and 320 mb ram and with the ati rage card and i plays dvd at full speed. Just install 1 gb memory and you will be fine (i can type smoothly in office 2004 and play itunes music through a network at the same time (under mac os x)) I use that imac for working and it does the job quite good (and i suppose if you have 1 gb ram, it will be very fine) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63336-good-upgrades-for-my-imac-g3-350/#findComment-455211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayklor Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 You can also get a new mobo, they go up to 700 MHz and 600 are a easy find on ebay. and my imac G3 400 plays DVDs at full FPS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63336-good-upgrades-for-my-imac-g3-350/#findComment-458594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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