this is my opinion on the upgrade. memory yes. cpu no. there gets to be a point when upgrading just is not worth it. 8600's are all around 5 years old now.
i upgraded my 8600/300 with a xlr8 zif carrier card and a g4 350 cpu + added 512 memory i saw more performance in the memory upgrade then the cpu upgrade, plus it cost much less. i spent close to $500 on the upgrade and in hind site would have rather put that money into a new machine and that is my suggestion. if you dont buy a new one buy used i see powermac G3/G4 going for cheap on ebay and unless you have lot of peripherals that only work on that machine and want to continue to use them. i saw about a 20% performance boost, i dont know how i came up with that number, but it sounds good. i did do some testing with photoshop and pro tools to see how long it took them to load up. the difference was not that much but i did stop getting the wiggling fingers so much. the main problem i have noticed it the cpu moves fste then the memory bus. the 8600 kansas architecture runs at 48-50 mhz this is slower than the first beige G3's which were 66 mhz. but from my understanding the 8600 is faster than those beige G3's (dont know why). i see early G4's on ebay for cheap since the G5 came out. buy the memory 8600's are great machines and spending $100 on the memory will only make it run better. i was looking to max my 8600s memory out and OWC has what we need for $23 a 128mb stick. -scotto lansing, mi. plaztikjezuz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 11:00 PM Subject: 8600av/300 upgrade? > I'm glad I found this list. You folks are very well informed....and > I'm not. > > I want to jazz up my 8600av/300. I currently have 128 mb memory and a > 604ev board. The questions are; > Should I max out the memory? Will a Sonnet G4/700 or 800 be a good > upgrade? I use it a lot for the Internet (cable) and for an old cad > program and a Canvas for my work. > I really long for the old Netscrape 4.x and system 7 speeds, but I > can't work NScape 4 and the system 8.6 is a little bulky, so I'll need > more storage, right? > > I guess what I really would like to know is the general opinion of > this list as to revving up this old machine. How would you do it? > > Thanks in advance > Little > ps. Netscrape 7.1, on a downlod comes up "octet stream" and I don't > know how to handle this > ( what do you expect from a carpenter?) > > > -- > 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 -- 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
