> So tell us about how you feel with your New Sonnet G4/800 card. I have a > Sonnet G3/450 1 meg card and Jaguar is running pretty smoothly.
I actually have never been comfortable with Sonnet products...was always a Newertech man myself. This is the first card that I have had absolutely no problems with from them. Being able to run OS 9.2.2 now with the G4 is definitely faster than with OS 9.1 and also having an ATI 7000 video card to enable Quartz Extreme graphics on OS 10.2.2 with this G4 is a definite plus. Although I often wonder if I'm just squeezing every last mhz I can out of this machine in order to justify its' existence rather than breaking down and just buying a new machine with a faster bus. > Have you any feedback for those of us that are thinking of going the 800 > way? What was your prior processor? Did you notice like double the speed > increase? I love it...it definitely feels faster as I upgraded from a Newertech G3/500 mhz card (which was no slouch) and if you watch the price, I got the G4/800 for around $370. I expect the price could drop even lower in January, our traditional "bargains" month after Christmas. IF you do not want to get rid of your machine and want the speed increase, it's worth it. If you are on the fence about whether to get this card or to upgrade to a newer, faster Macintosh...do some more research. I have found that sticking with name brands and not getting "too" freaky has caused the least amount of problems in OS 9 AND OS X. Quick breakdown, it's a Powermac 7600 with the Sonnet G4/800 mhz processor, 1 gig of quality ram, 2 Fujitsu 36gig 15k SCSI drives hooked up to an Adaptec 29160N SCSI card, an ATI Radeon 7000 graphics card and an Adaptec Firewire card for an external 80 gig Maxtor drive for backups. Also externally I have a Yamaha 2100 CDRW hooked up to the SCSI card and an external Zip drive and a HP scanner hooked up to the external on board SCSI. No USB, although tempting, it seems that if it ain't broke, don't fix it! I'm getting speed tests faster than a brand new G4/800 and the transfer rates are phenomenal! -- John England PS: yes, it is appropriately nicknamed Frankenmac! -- 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:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
