Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
Slow while surfing the web, working with Photoshop Elements, watching video (didn't used to be choppy, now it is). The games I've been running are supposed to be for a faster processor, 1.8ghz, but I have more memory than required and oddly they work pretty well. On Sep 5, 4:30 pm, Kyle Hansen wrote: > On 9/5/09 4:27 PM, "WhyOSX" Broadcast into the > ether: > > Slow while doing what? Surfing the web? Everything? Word? Games? > > --Kyle --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
I have 15 folders on my desktop, mostly with jpg files. I did download CandyBar and found some cute Halloween icons for my desktop. Could that be the problem? I'm an artist and a woman, and maybe it's silly to you guys but I like interesting icons. But if they are slowing down my computer I'll get rid of them. I did download OnyX and it seems to have helped. On Sep 5, 8:30 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > How much stuff do you have on your Desktop? > > Clean It Up ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
Well, OnyX helped but my video (YouTube, etc) is still choppy. Here's my video card info: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX: Chipset Model:GeForce4 MX Type: Display Bus: AGP Slot: SLOT-1 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID:0x0171 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: 1091 Displays: E17LCD2: Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz Depth:32-Bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported It isn't more than a year old. Could it be outdated already? On Sep 6, 8:29 am, Cheryl H wrote: > That was going to be my next question, so thanks! > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:01 AM, wrote: > > On 9/6/09, lyne wrote: > > > I have 15 folders on my desktop, mostly with jpg files. > > > Move the all 15 folders into your documents folder, make aliases of them, > > and move the alias back onto your desktop if you must have them there. > > -- > > T.T. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
I guess I should have said I bought the chip less than a year ago. It's only been over the past month that I've noticed my computer slowing down. It takes longer to load all the ads on websites too. The ads are annoying enough without having to wait even longer for them to load. I upgraded to this G4 from a Blue and White G3 and I thought a 933 would serve me for awhile. It has to; I can't afford to upgrade again right now! On Sep 10, 6:30 am, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > > > > I think its Flash Player that tries to play back the YouTube video. It > > has become a cpu hog over the last year or so. So, choppy may be all > > we can get with our relatively slow cpus inside a browser like my > > Firefox. My Dual seems to work fairly well, but if I download the > > YouTube video, and play it back with something like VLC, choppyness is > > gone. > > For example, using Activity Monitor, playback of a Roy Hargrove "It > Ain't Necessarily So" clip via Firefox shows my DA Dual 533 OS X > 10.5.7 cpu usage @ 150%. > > Same clip downloaded, played via VLC shows cpu @ ~ 45%. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
Does anyone know of a way to monitor your bandwidth usage? My friend said maybe ATT has just cut back on their bandwidth or speed or whatever and could be causing the slowdown. I'm on ATT DSL. On Sep 10, 8:52 am, lyne wrote: > I guess I should have said I bought the chip less than a year ago. > It's only been over the past month that I've noticed my computer > slowing down. It takes longer to load all the ads on websites too. The > ads are annoying enough without having to wait even longer for them to > load. I upgraded to this G4 from a Blue and White G3 and I thought a > 933 would serve me for awhile. It has to; I can't afford to upgrade > again right now! > > On Sep 10, 6:30 am, Bill Connelly wrote: > > > On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > > > I think its Flash Player that tries to play back the YouTube video. It > > > has become a cpu hog over the last year or so. So, choppy may be all > > > we can get with our relatively slow cpus inside a browser like my > > > Firefox. My Dual seems to work fairly well, but if I download the > > > YouTube video, and play it back with something like VLC, choppyness is > > > gone. > > > For example, using Activity Monitor, playback of a Roy Hargrove "It > > Ain't Necessarily So" clip via Firefox shows my DA Dual 533 OS X > > 10.5.7 cpu usage @ 150%. > > > Same clip downloaded, played via VLC shows cpu @ ~ 45%. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
Here's mine: Download Speed: 1311 kbps (163.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 325 kbps (40.6 KB/sec transfer rate) I don't know what it means, but that's the result I got. On Sep 11, 3:30 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:19 PM, lyne wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know of a way to monitor your bandwidth usage? My friend > > said maybe ATT has just cut back on their bandwidth or speed or > > whatever and could be causing the slowdown. I'm on ATT DSL. > > You can test current Upload and Download Speeds this way: > > http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ > > My Last Result: > Download Speed: 733 kbps (91.6 KB/sec transfer rate) > Upload Speed: 136 kbps (17 KB/sec transfer rate) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: My G4 seems to be running slow
How do you download video and what is VLC? It's YouTube that runs slow. Other video is not so bad. TV shows bought from iTunes I'll have to check. Last time I got one it ran fine. I'm planning to buy an episode of Ghost Hunters so I'll see if it plays as well as it used to. On Sep 10, 6:09 am, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Sep 10, 2009, at 8:26 AM, iJohn wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:27 AM, lyne wrote: > >> NVIDIA GeForce4 MX: > >> ... (snip) ... > >> It isn't more than a year old. Could it be outdated already? > > > Less than a year old??? > > > OK, now I'm confused. The NVIDIA GeForce4 series is around 7 years > > old. According to the wikipedia article I glanced at briefly NVIDIA > > first introduced the series circa 2002. The article also had > > particularly harsh things to say ... for wikipedia ... about the > > GeForce4 MX. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_4_Series#GeForce4_MX > > > Just posting FWIW ... > > > -irrational john > > I have the exact same card in my Dual 533 Digital Audio, and it works > fine. It originally came with another eBay purchase of a Quicksilver > 2002 Dual 1GHz. > > I think its Flash Player that tries to play back the YouTube video. It > has become a cpu hog over the last year or so. So, choppy may be all > we can get with our relatively slow cpus inside a browser like my > Firefox. My Dual seems to work fairly well, but if I download the > YouTube video, and play it back with something like VLC, choppyness is > gone. > > If Spotlight (mds, mdsworker) is running, choppy returns. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
