Sonnet MDX 1.8 Question

I would like to upgrade and keep using FCE HD I have a G4 MDD 1.25 single processor with 1.5gig ram and two HD's stock video card bought it in 2003 Apple care just ran out. Would this 600 bucks hold me in decent speed for the next 3-4 years? Would I notice a difference and has anyone got this upgrade, I can't find a user review anywhere. Thanks

Hi
I managed to get an original Apple processor card from the clearance/specials section of OWC's website, although they seem few and far between:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/bargains/
Unfortunately I expect most are available as the result of trade-ins as people upgrade their processors, but because there are so few cost effective third party processor upgrades available for the MDD and FW800 G4s (especially the dual 1.25GHz and 1.42GHz models), they rarely ever appear. Even if they do, they're likely to be a similar cost to a third party upgrade, despite being four or five years old and only coming with a limited warranty (I think mine was 90 days).
GigaDesigns are one of the few companies currently offering a dual 7455 based upgrade, similar to the Apple originals with the full 2MB level 3 cache (I expect yours may have 1MB):
http://www.gigadesigns.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=19

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I managed to get an original Apple processor card from the clearance/specials section of OWC's website, although they seem few and far between:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/bargains/
Unfortunately I expect most are available as the result of trade-ins as people upgrade their processors, but because there are so few cost effective third party processor upgrades available for the MDD and FW800 G4s (especially the dual 1.25GHz and 1.42GHz models), they rarely ever appear. Even if they do, they're likely to be a similar cost to a third party upgrade, despite being four or five years old and only coming with a limited warranty (I think mine was 90 days).
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Geekbench and Cinebench are completely trustworthy.
The reason the dual 1.42 does better in Cinebench is due to the L3 cache.
In Geekbench, it is due to the higher clock speed of the Sonnet.
Your question as to which is better is only answered with "it depends".
Benchmarks only provide a point of comparison.
Real world use determines the reality.
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For general computer use, without graphics intensive work, the Sonnet is probably better.
There should be no difference in 4x 512MB or 2x 1GB DIMMs.
Unlike PC's, Mac firmware controls the timing and speed of the RAM.
Unlike G5 and Mac Pro machines, matched pairs and full channels make no difference in the G4.
If there were any difference, it wouldn't be one that you would see/feel.....

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