G4 cards cost a lot more than G3 cards. A G3 card will be about $110 at www.OtherWorldComputing.com However, if your goal is to get to OS X soon, there is benefit in having a G4 card. Nonetheless, I recommend getting a 400 MHz G3 card now, which will run OS X well enuff. Buying 2 sticks of FPM 128MB RAM would be a good idea. (About $30 per stick at OtherWorld.)
BTW, if you are considering the G4 upgrade card, I would suggest that you consider a refurbished G4 eMac, www.smallDog.com has 'em. (Other places also.) Sionnach Aisling wrote: > ... gave me ... Power Mac 7300. > I figured I'd use > the full keyboard, mouse, and 17" monitor with the > docking station on my PB3400, and the 7300 itself would > become a doorstop. (The 7300 has the same > RAM and Processor speed as my PB3400, so why give up > the portability.) > > Then ... I can't upgrade my PB to a > G3, but for the 7300, there are > daughter card upgrades. > > ...recommend good cards vs bad cards, > things to watch out for? I was thinking of going with > the Sonnet G4 daughter card w/ a 1MB cache in either > the 400Mhz or 800Mhz variety... Have any of you > installed these and run into troubles that I should no > about? > > My goal is to get OS X on it and have it run decently. > (I think OS X runs a little slowly on a 266Mhz G3 so > performance is an issue for me. > > Any suggestions... appreciated. > Cheers, > Sionnach > > _______ -- 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
