I've got a dual 533 DA, and after putting in a new video card (reflashed GeForce 6200 AGP) and an Acard SATA card, I lost interest in a processor upgrade; those two things made that much difference. You've already got a video card, check out the SATA cards; mine was $70 at OWC, and I had a leftover drive to use. For general internet and office use, it's great. - Michael B. in Cincinnati
On May 30, 7:38 pm, Arnel Tuazon <a.tua...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30/05/09 6:44 PM, "Eric Volker" <evol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On May 30, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Paul wrote: > > >> The less expensive G5's and Intels are cheap enough to compete with > >> those third party G4 upgrades, and you end up with a much more > >> powerful machine. > > > Like others have said, I think your best bet is to go with a new G5 > > (either an iMac or Powermac.) Dual G5's are relatively cheap (i got my > > dual 1.8 GHz G5 for $400, after a discount for some case damage.) I > > started out with a Sawtooth and upgraded to a 1GHz G4 from OWC > > (eshop.macsales.com.) Even though it made a considerable difference, I > > felt it still was too slow compared to my PCs even after overclocking > > it to 1.3GHz. So I upgraded to the dual G5, and the performance was > > *much* better. If you do go that route, remember to feed your new G5 > > plenty of RAM, especially if you load Leopard. > > In the States the older systems are cheaper, but up here in Canada I'm > looking at twice the price for that dual G5. Also I don't want another > system in the house on top of the newly acquired G4. The study is getting > too cluttered and the wife is giving me the evil eye. > > I'll probably go for the Sonnet due to budget. It'll complete my setup of > G3-G5 Macs: a B&W G3, a Gig-e G4, and a dual-core G5 PM (as well as a G3/700 > iBook thrown into the mix). > > Thanks all for the advice! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
