--- Deborah Puerini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Deb's getting excited about upgrade
> possibilities....
> >
> > Wow! I knew you G3 Geniuses would help, but this
> is GREAT! Now you have me
that shortfall during dreamtime. 8^P
> So the only outlay would be a PCI controller card, a
> pram battery, and the
> selling of the 800 mhz upgrade card and getting a
> B&W 100 mhz upgrade card.
> Sounds GREAT!
I think the 100 mhz refers to bus speed and not an
upgrade card. I'm sure he meant get an upgrade card
that will fully utilize the b & w's 100 mhz system
bus speed.
"Personally, I wouldn't put the Sonnet G4/800 into a
B&W. It drops
> the system bus from 100 to 66 MHz, and IMO should
only be used in a
> beige for that reason. You can get a G4 ZIF that
runs @ 500-600 MHz
> without dropping the bus speed, giving you roughly
the same
performance
> as Sonnet's 800. I'd sell the 800 (or do a cash +
swap deal via
> Swaplist) and get either a G4/550 ZIF (easily
clockable to 600) or a
> PowerLogix 800 Mhz+ G3 ZIF. Either way you'd
probably wind up with a
> few extra $ when the deal's done. I have both
G4/550 and G3/800
> PowerLogix ZIFs available, and I'm still having
trouble deciding
which
> one goes in which machine. G4 power's only really
necessary for
> AltiVec-intensive stuff like audio and video apps,
heavy Photoshop
> filter work, 3D renders, etc. Go with the best deal
for your
uses/needs."
Pete.
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