At 12:03 PM -0700 9/18/2009, John Niven wrote: >--- On Fri, 9/18/09, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Remember - PCI bus is for *peripheral* interconnects. >> It is NOT the >> memory/system bus. > >But that is the route that a PCI card connected SCSI disk would go >(which is why I brought it up).
yes. Just pointing out the diff, so folx don't get confused about you adding stick bandwidth to the thread. >Also any add-on SATA or firewire drive connected via a PCI card. >Most of these are 32bit wide and while they run a 66MHz on a modern >machine they will only run at 33MHz on an older G4. Therefore >looking for a 64 bit card is important. The ATTO scsi cards are >64bit, the Adaptek ones are not. Correct. For full throttle, the whole highway needs to be smooth and wide - drive, interface, pci bus, processor, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
