Roger Harris wrote: > Hi Mark, > > The ATA 133 card and drives make a noticeable difference in some areas. > Copying files, booting applications and any application that uses the > hard disk a lot. I originally put this 133 setup in a beige G3 and it > was a big improvement; But the B&W was fairly fast already and the > change wasn't as noticeable.
Really?, I thought that the Beige and B&W G3s both have the same 33 Mhz bus, or does a Beige have a 16,67 Mhz bus, just like the CD/DVD bus on a B&W? Or is the speed increase noticable, because a B&W has a 100 Mhz system bus while a Beige G3 only has a 50 Mhz bus? > I also put a ATA 100 setup in a 7300 with a > G3 350 card and the ATA 100 made it a new computer. That sounds like a great improvement :-) > There doesn't seem > to be any noticeable difference between ATA 66, ATA 100 and ATA 133. I > am not saying there isn't a difference in speed, just that it is not > enough to notice in normal use. That's too bad. If that is so I won't buy such a card. > I would buy the ATA for a beige or > lesser computer but the B&W is a harder decision. I would probably spend > the money on a G4 Zif before the ATA 133. That would indeed be a better idea. The benefit would be the Altivec thingy for OS X and Photoshop. But the B&W is limited by the slow PCI bus and because I play a lot of games even a faster G4 Zif would only increase the framerate a few fps. I think I'm better of getting a real G4 with a 4x AGP slot, QuickSilver G4 would be nice :-). Or should I built myself a fast gaming PoC (ouch ;-) with a Geforce 4 4600 Ti card... -- Marc van Gemert | MacSonar Support Team | Webmaster MacSonar http://www.MacSonar.net | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
