Hi Chuck,
I do not have cable modem, so in my case the Mac is
much faster than the data it has to process.
If you aren't going to move to OSX on that machine, I
can tell you that I have been very satisfied with a
16MB Voodoo3 3000 PCI both for 2D and 3D.
There are a lot of them around from PC users upgrading
to Nvidia GForce cards. And they are usually very
cheap. You can flash their ROMs and make them Apple
compatible, it is a 2 minutes job.
Another option is the Rage Orion or the Radeon, but
since you need to use the Mac version of those cards,
they usually aren't as cheap.
In terms of 3D performance the Voodoo3 is faster than
the Rage Orion (according to XLR8yourmac).
ATI cards OTOH have OSX support. It is your call.
Cheers
Andrea
--- Chuck Stinnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's see if this chicken can be plucked a different
> way.
>
> I had posed the question of a processor upgrade to
> speed performance of web
> surfing on my new cable modem. I'm using a
> PowerTower 180e with 128 MB RAM,
> OS 9.1. I'm using the stock 604e (non-G3) processor
>
> I'm experiencing file download speeds of 50K to
> 70K/second, so the 3Com
> HomeConnect cable modem seems to be delivering the
> goods. But I still
> experience some hesitation with OE 5 in drawing
> pages. I wonder whether the
> machine just can't keep up with the data.
>
> Some have suggested a new graphics/video card or
> VRAM upgrade. Any thoughts?
>
> And any suggestions on an affordable but effective
> PCI non-G3 video card?
>
> TIA,
>
> Chuck
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