Depends if your G3/800 is an upgraded PPC or a Beige or a B&W ...all three have dif bus speeds 46(50)/66/100 respectively. (a G3 upgrade usually decreases the bus speed a little in a PPC, in my 9600/umax600 experiences)
A PPC w/G3 800 and a PCI video card I dont think will compete that well with a G4/gigabit/500 w/AGP video card. you may be processing info at a quicker pace but the G4 is sending it 100%+ faster to where it needs to go...the PCI bus is a B&W #1 slot is also a bit faster <66mhz vs. 33mhz> So depends on what games you are playing, as far as gaming (if split seconds matter) as far as surfing and downloading I dont think either is noticably faster than the other. Then Jaguar is a dif story < that Im not that familiar with > it was on my newly aquired ibook, and I took it off as soon as I could around to it. It slows down a ibook500 w/384 ram so it runs like an old 604e in a lot of instances ( though the ibook500 only has 66mhz bus speed ). Ive also heard that it doesnt do so well with many games either < unless made with osx in mind > I wouldnt think that a G4/500 would run it much better unless having a lot more ram than 384. amount of ram is also almost as important than cpu speed. either way I would rather have a G4/500 (overclock it to 550) with a nice 32 or 64mb AGP Geforce card and maxed out ram than a 1ghz upgraded PPC with maxed ram and a 32 or 64mb pci card. even if the G4 machine is an upgraded B&W if offered both for free I think Id take the B&W G4/500(550) over a PPC g3/800 ...for hardcore gamming. ...long live the hardcore mac gamer =) on 11/20/02 9:33 AM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 06:29 PM, wappling wrote: > >> Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and >> playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running >> OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance > > for the uses you list, there isn't much difference between the two > processors. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
