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Are the G4-only and G4/G5 Silicon versions similar from a technical point of view?

April 26, 2017g4 g5 point Silicon similar Technical versions view

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Are the G4-only and G4/G5 Silicon versions similar from a technical point of view?

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The G4-only and ‘Silicon’ versions do not use the same tuner chip. While the G4-only version relies on a traditional high performance Philips analogue tuner, The G4/G5 version uses the ‘Silicon’ Tuner. The latter requires only 3.3V to operate and is compatible with XServe and the PowerMac G5.