Brunel Merleau-Ponty wrote: > >> I've a PowerMac 7200 with a Crescendo G3 expansion, which overall I'm >> pretty pleased with. It's used only for web browsing, light office >> tasks and streaming mp3 from the web & windows shares. I'd quite like >> to speed up the responsiveness of the GUI though, in particular >> scrolling through documents. Will a PCI video accelerator improve >> matters over the 7200's inbuilt accelerator (which is maxed at 4Mb >> VRAM)? >>
I'm using a pair of Sonnet-powered computers here, a Daystar Genesis MP 800+ with a 800 MHz G4 Sonnet Crescendo upgrade in it and a 9600/450. I have a 32-meg Radeon 7000 in the Genesis and I picked up TWO 8-meg ixMicro cards for the 9600 and tried them both. They were both about ten dollars each on eBay: 8-meg Twin Turbo 8-Meg Ultimate Rez I prefer the Ultimate Rez to the Twin Turbo. The Radeon 7000 I picked up because I put Jaguar on the Genesis but the Ultimate Rez is every bit as good for most purposes and I have kicked myself in the @ss many times because I flogged a 64-meg Voodoo5 5500 on eBay to pay for the Radeon card !!! M -- 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
