Upgrade to 10.5 from 10.4.9 on a Power Mac G5?

I'm running Pro Tools|HD 7.4 in a 10.4.9 environment on a Power Mac G5 dual 2.3 GHz (The last Power Mac G5 ever released before Intel) with 4.5GB Ram and I was wondering if the upgrade to 10.5.4 would bring on better performance and stability or if I should stick with 10.4.9. Theres nothing wrong with my current configuration but if anyone thinks 10.5.4 would run better/smoother than 10.4.9 I think I would upgrade.

Leopard is definitely a better choice than Tiger. However, before upgrading, get a bootable, external HD (preferably FireWire), and make a bootable backup/clone of your current Tiger installation before upgrading and ensure that it's bootable and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall anything. See these for details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
Once that's done, see these for info on the three installation options:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5757385
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5666369
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5646414
BTW, if you decide to remain w/Tiger, update to 10.4.11. It's much better than 10.4.9.

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