I would suggest you add more memory (max it out at 768mb, three 256mb chips) and add a G3 or preferably a G4 zif upgrade. Keep an eye on the swap list, they pop up on occasion, you should be able to get them for no more than $200, less if your patient.
You would only need to add a firewire card if you need to start up adding new peripherals such as a larger external firewire hard drive or DVD burner or a even scanner.
And unless you are doing a lot more gaming or image manipulation another video card should not be necessary.
Regards, Mark
On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 05:04 PM, Katzy wrote:
Hey all,
I have a beige g3/233 that's still steaming along, but lately it (or I) seems to be developing a case of Megahertz-envy ;)
Most of the time it's adequate for what I need to do (OE, IE, Word, Quicken,
SoundJam, etc... I don't play games much anymore... sigh...) but on the
(rare) occasions that I'm doing audio editing or graphics work it really
shows its age.
I've added ram (224 megs total), a usb card, and swapped the stock hd (which
died) for a 20 gig 7200rpm drive. I also have a not-insignificant investment
in "legacy" peripherals (ADB trackball & wacom tablet; SCSI drives-- CDRW,
Zip & hard drive; serial printer & modem etc.)
I would ideally like to keep using this setup until it falls apart (like the
car at the end of "Blues Brothers"), but I assume there must be a point when
upgrading becomes a waste of time, money and energy...
Anybody have recommendations for "must have" upgrades? More RAM? Processor
upgrade (g3/g4)? video card? firewire? ATA controller? DVD? OS X?
Anybody have a "cut-my-losses-and-buy-a-new-mac" rule of thumb?
TIA, etan
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