Apple Power Macintosh G4 800 (QS 2002) Specs

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The Apple Power Macintosh G4/800 (Quicksilver 2002) features an 800 MHz PowerPC 7450 or PowerPC 7455 (G4) processor with the AltiVec 'Velocity Engine' vector processing unit and 256k 'on chip' level 2 cache. It shipped configured with 256 MB of RAM, a 40 GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive, a 24X CD-RW drive, and a 4X AGP ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM. AirPort (802.11b) was available by custom configuration.
The Power Macintosh G4 (Quicksilver 2002) series is very similar to the 'Quicksilver' series that it replaced -- both share an identical case design, for example -- but the Power Macintosh G4/933 (Quicksilver 2002) and Power Macintosh G4/1.0 DP (Quicksilver 2002) -- have faster processors with faster DDR SDRAM level 3 caches. Additionally, all Quicksilver 2002 models support hard drives larger than 128 GB (running Mac OS X 10.2 or higher), add support for dual displays, and have slightly faster optical drives.

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Introduction Date:

January 28, 2002

Discontinued Date:

August 13, 2002

Details:

The 'Introduction Date' refers to the date a model was introduced via press release. The 'Discontinued Date' refers to the date a model either was replaced by a subsequent system or production otherwise ended.
Also see: All Macs introduced in 2002.

Details:

This model only is compatible with the 32-bit Geekbench 2 benchmark. These numbers reflect an average of user provided 32-bit and 64-bit results as submitted to the Geekbench website. Higher numbers are better.
You also might be interested in reviewing all 32-bit Geekbench 2 user submissions for Macs with the PowerMac3,5 Model Identifier, which may include multiple models.
To dynamically compare Geekbench results from different Macs side-by-side, see EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Comparison.

Processor Speed:

800 MHz

Processor Type:

PowerPC 7455* (G4)

Details:

The PowerPC G4 includes the AltiVec 'Velocity Engine' vector processor.
*Apple provides no official information beyond 'G4', but some models have a PowerPC 7450 (G4) processor.

Processor Upgrade:

AGP G4 Daughtercard

FPU:

Integrated

Details:

The Power Macintosh G4 (Quicksilver 2002) models have the processor mounted on a custom 300-pin daughtercard.

System Bus Speed:

133 MHz

Cache Bus Speed:

800 MHz (Built-in)

Details:

This system has a 256k 'on chip' level 2 cache running at processor speed. Unlike the other Power Macintosh G4 'Quicksilver 2002' models, this model does not have a level 3 cache.

ROM/Firmware Type:

Open Firmware

ROM/Firmware Size:

1 MB

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Details:

Boot ROM and around 1 MB, other instructions are loaded into RAM (NewWorld).

Details:

This system has a 256k 'on chip' level 2 cache running at processor speed. Unlike the other Power Macintosh G4 'Quicksilver 2002' models, this model does not have a level 3 cache.

Details:

Supports 133 MHz PC133 SDRAM (3.3v, noninterleaved, 64-bit-wide, 168-pin). Apple also noted that this model has 'full 128-bit internal memory data paths'.

Details:

Site sponsor Other World Computing sells memory -- as well as other upgrades -- for this Power Macintosh G4.
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Also see: Actual Max RAM of All G3 & Later Macs.

Details:

N/A

Details:

*By default, this model has an ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM. It also could be configured at the time of purchase with a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card with 128 MB of DDR SDRAM. The video card occupies a 4X AGP slot.

Details:

32 MB DDR SDRAM provided by default ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card. It also could be configured at the time of purchase with a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card with 128 MB of DDR SDRAM.

Display Support:

Dual Displays

Resolution Support:

1920x1200*

Details:

*With the default ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card, Apple reports that this system 'supports digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels and analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels'. The build-to-order NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card with 128 MB of DDR SDRAM can support digital and analog resolutions up to 2048x1536.

2nd Display Support:

Dual/Mirroring

2nd Max. Resolution:

1920x1200*

Details:

*Apple reports that the ATI Radeon 7500 is capable of simultanously supporting dual displays (one using the ADC port and another using the VGA port). The build-to-order NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card also can support dual displays -- one ADC display and one DVI display (or a VGA display using an adapter).

Standard Storage:

40 GB HDD

Std. Storage Speed:

7200 RPM

Details:

It also could be configured with up to three 10,000 RPM Ultra160 SCSI drives at the time of purchase, or one Ultra ATA/66 and two Ultra160 SCSI drives, as build-to-order options.
In the US (and many other countries), site sponsor Other World Computing sells storage upgrades for this Power Mac G4.
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