Advice on upgrading G5 dual 1.8

Hi, i've got a G5 with the dual 1.8 Ghz processors. It has a 1TB HDD but only 1GB of ram. It only has 4 Ram slots, and as of my research i see it only accepts PC-3200 low density ram? I'd like to get 8GB in it but can only find 1GB sticks that are PC-3200 DDR1. Do they make 2GB sticks that can work in it, or am i limited to 4GB max? Also It says it only accepts PC-3200, but would PC-2700 or PC-2100 work? I know there a little bit slower but they seem to be a bit more on the cheaper side than PC-3200.
any help is appreciated, thanks

Well if they make 2GB sticks they surely are rare and probably pretty expensive. Everymac.com states that the maximum ram you can install is indeed 4GB. You cannot use PC2700 or PC2100, there was only one model that accepted PC2700 but as far as I remember it was Power Mac G5 with single 1.6GHz processor.

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