ATI Rage 128 (16MB) OR ATI Radeon Mac Edition PCI (32 MB). You'd be surprised how much difference that will make, even without Quartz Extreme.
You could further tweak things by adding a faster hard drive controller. The on-board is slow as Moses. That said, OS 9 is so darned snappy on older PowerMacs, it's worth it to consider staying with that in my opinion. --Chris iBook 700 OS X.2.4 PM 7500/200 OS 9.1 PM 4400/200 OS 8.6, NetBSD On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 09:41 AM, Kevin Thomas wrote: > I'm about ready to give in. I've been tweaking all week to get OS > 10.2 to > run "satisfactory" on this Beige G3 MT but it is STILL painfully slow. > Here's what I have and have done. Can anyone make suggestions to help? -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
