On Sep 2, 3:57 am, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 1:05 PM, cptblue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > now i wanted to use it as a media player/free-view recorder using > > eyetv, front row and usb tv sticks > > however eyetv 3 runs on g4 processors, i was wondering if the upgrade > > form sonnet would do this > > Encore/ZIF G4 1.0 GHz > >http://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_35&products_id... > > > does anyone have any experience with this upgrade? and can anyone tell > > me if i am being too ambitious with this type of use. The best Sonnet upgrade for a Smurf is the 500 MHz G4. The 1 GHz from Sonnet will step the bus speed down to 66 MHz, making it overall not much quicker than the 500 running at full bus speed (100 MHz). If you are patient you can get a used Sonnet G4 500 for a good price and max out the RAM, all for less than $100. You might want to consider a ATTO PCI express SCSI card and a 15K SCSI drive. A fast hard drive really helps. As for video cards, if you do have a G4 upgrade and 10.4.11 you can try to find or flash a GeForce PCI 5200/256 MB. I have one Smurf set up this way, Core Image and Quartz Extreme are hardware supported and it's a very useful Mac. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
