"David A. Mann" wrote:
>
> Collin Brendemuehl writes:
>
> > This makes good sense with respect to compatability.
> > It's often the case that memory & cpu chips won't
> > work on older boards. An upgrade can save many a
> > headache.
>
> I heartily agree. I have a Pentium 133 I'd like to upgrade. A new chip
> requires a new motherboard, and a new motherboard won't fit my old AT
> case, and it probably won't have an ISA slot so I'll need a new PCI ethernet
> card.
>
> So all I get to keep are my I/O devices (hard disks, etc).
But since a new motherboard will have a much faster disk controller
built in, and 30GB ATA-100 disks are now less than $100, you don't
really want to throttle your system with those old disk drives.
And if this is for digital imaging, you will be moving a lot of
pixels to the monitor. 1280x1024 at 24 bits is a good start.
Can your existing graphics card handle that? Improbable, if the
system you have now is a Pentium/133. And even if it did, you
notice the difference in transfer speed between a PCI graphics
dds card and an AGP-2x card.
> Since the reason for my upgrade is to do a little digital imaging, a G4 is
> starting to look very tempting. Until I realise the price difference will pay for a
> pretty good scanner :(
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