Help Identifying my G4

Question

I have a powermac g4 model #5183. I have read the support page about how to determine which g4 you have.. but I don't see this one on the list. I read alot of posts here about how to figure it out also. but I am still having trouble.
it has a single 400mhz processor, dvd drive, 1 agp graphics card (rage 128?), has 3 open slots next to it. has 4 slots for memory which I have installed for now 512mb (upgrading to 1.5gb). the sound ports are verticle. there are 2 usb ports and 2 firewire ports. I am thinking this is the g4agp model. or the gigabit ethernet. ?? not sure. I am going to replace the hard drive with a 200gb drive. I am upgrading the memory. I would like to upgrade the graphics card. any suggestions? what type of card can I buy for the upgrade? is it a ati radeon card that I can get? when I try to look at them online they all say they are compatible with windows vista, xp ect. but not mac. will they work for a mac? Would a 128mb card make a whole world of difference compared to what is in there now? I know I asked alot of ?'s. thanks for any help. I appreciate it!
Ken

Answer 1

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Serial number: XA0482M3J3B
Name: Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Model: M7891(?) PowerMac G4 400MHz/450MHz-DP/500MHz-DP Drive=DVD-RAM BTO
Bus speed: 100MHz
Family name: M5183
Factory: XA (ElkGrove/Sacramento, California)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com codetonumber: 2M3 - XA0482M3J3B
Model introduced: 2000
Production year: 2000
Production week: 48 (December)
Production number: 3029 (within this week)
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Please enter any (extra) information you have on this model in the box below. (Type of Mac, CPU speed):
this is what the result was when I used the link where you put in your serial #. if this is a gigabit ethernet it is a good model right? would I be able to upgrade the processor to a dual?
this is what the system profiler says about the machine.Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 400 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 3.3.4f1
Serial Number: XA0482M3J3B
Sales Order Number: M7891LL/A
Message was edited by: kenbarto