On 1/8/03 6:44 PM, "Sionnach Aisling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A friend just gave me his old Power Mac 7300. I > wasn't thinking too much about it. 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 somewhere. (The 7300 has the same > RAM and Processor speed as my PB3400, so why give up > the portability.) > > Then I got to thinking... I can't upgrade my PB to a > G3, or better yet, a G4, but for the 7300, there are > plenty of daughter card upgrades. > > Can any of you 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 would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Sionnach I have a 7300/200 with a Powerlogix G3 350 mhz Card and 273 megs of RAM. I run OS 9.2.2. I've tried running OS 10.2 on it but based on the anemic performance, it would require a good deal of upgrades. For Example: A 18 gig SCSI HD is about $100. To max the RAM out to 1 gig is about $225. A new 32MB nVidia video card is about another $120. A Powerlogix G4 Upgrade is about $250. That�s about $700. You can find B&W G3's on eBay or www.powermax.com for about the same price. A B&W G3 has a much faster system bus than even a upgraded 7300 does. That�s about the slowest system you can run OS X on. With anything lesser, you're just not getting the full power of the operating system. Hope this Helps! Jeremy Blanton -- 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
