on 1/20/04 4:45 AM, Andy G at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On the question of a 'speed bump' to this old 9500/120 of mine, I'm > considering a G3 upgrade card, and will probably go for the 500mghz. > > Does anyone have any recommendations on specific cards & at what cost? > +has it given reliable performance?? Is there anything else I should look > out for?? maybe a graphics card option as well, what is there that is > compatable and worth the money?? > > Enquiring minds wish to know ;) > > TIA > > Andy
Howdy!! Well as far as upgrade cards go, I've inclined to Powerlogix cards. I've used one in my 7300 for two years now and its never failed to deliver. I've never had any incompatibility issues with hardware or software. I picked mine up on ebay for around $100. Onto the subject of video cards, ATI seems to have the best support for the Classic mac OS. I'd reccomend first a PCI Radeon 7000 Mac edition. They run about $120 new, you can find used ones on ebay for around $80. It has 32 mb of Video ram, good quality very fast card. Then theres also the ATI Rage 128 PCI which was the stock card in blue & white G3 towers. The one to get is the 16 mb version. I've seen those for around $40-$60. But the BEST upgrade you can make is more RAM. RAM is like money you can never have enough. I'd reccomend at least 256mb if not 512 or more. Your 9500 tower can use up to 1.5 GB of RAM. but for most folks around 500 mb is sufficient. Hope all this helps! -- J. Blanton Austin Tx 78749 "You'd PAY to know what you REALLY think." --J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, 1961 http://www.subgenius.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
