Hello list, As it stands, I have a MacAlly firewire/usb combo card, along with the Radeon 7000. It *seems* like the PCI Extreme hack is working....
OK, the beige has a 66 Mhz bus. But if I purchase a SIIG or a Sonnet Tempo ATA/133 card with the processor, what will be the difference? To me, it seems that a slower 66 Mhz is less relevant to system performance with an ATA card installed. How can a fast ATA card and fast processor *not* be helpful? If I part out my Beige, I'll likely get $150 tops. I paid $1,800 for it over 5 1/2 years ago. I'm not going to get that value back in purchase a used G4 box (although the internals would be a couple of years younger...). A G4 box is going to run $450- $500. It would cost me about $700-$800 minimum to make my own *decent* G4 box. For about $400, I can get a G4/700 and bootable SIIG or Sonnet card, and most of the speed issues are solved right there... With the ATA controller in place, about the only difference between a 700 Mhz running through 66 Mhz bus running against a similar processor through a 100 Mhz is only about 5 percent, 10 percent tops. I rarely do anything that requires over 10 seconds to process, anyway. I may as well run my equipment until I can't anymore. I marvel at the expansion of the beige machine. It has limits, but it's been a good soldier for me. Michael R. Hicks Louisville, KY -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
