It would be interesting to see some benchmarks (in the real world) of G3 900 against a G4 card that can run at 100mhz (550mhz?!) - I think the G3 might come out on top, until Altevec became a major player in to task being performed, but things like ripping MPEGs etc I suspect the G3 would be faster than G4. Paticularly that G3 is nearly running at twice clock speed
Everything you wanted to know about a G3/350-500, G4/450-600, G3/800 in a B&W. Doesn't include the Sonnet 1GHz or the G3/900 but the G3/800 is close enough.
<http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3CARDS/powerlogix_G3_800/index.html>
Thanks for the link
Quite an interesting read, and actually confirms my suspicions - and in my opinion still not cut'n'dry as to best solution. Possibly bang for buck favours slower G4 (500 Mhz or so).
OS X changes the scenario somewhat too favour the G4 more.
Cheers
Simon
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