on 11/2/01 7:47 PM, Jim Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 11/1/01 7:11 PM, Christopher J. Wood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> on 11/2/01 12:40 AM, Jim Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> I upgraded from a 180 MHz 604e to a 500 MHz PowerLogix G3, and although the
>>> number is more than double, the motherboard dropped from running at 60 MHz
>>> to 50 MHz, and the speed increase was not dramatic.
>>
>> Boy that is strange. I have a 9650/350 604ev in front of me that I upgraded
>> to a 500 MHz IBM copper G3 with a zif carrier card and the speed increase
>> was very dramatic. And the stock processor was way faster than your 180 MHz
>> processor to start with. Same thing with a 7500 that had a 225 MHz 604e card
>> and 1 meg of L2 cache that now has a 400 MHz G3. How exactly are you
>> benchmarking your not "dramatic" speed increase?
>>
> Strictly seat-of-the-pants expectations. My "not dramatic" could easily be a
> former coworker's "...now it really screams!" Baldurs Gate went from pausing
> every other step to moving reasonably smoothly. It did not take it all the
> way to walking being "smooth". The machine went from 48 MB to 176 MB RAM at
> the same time, allowing me to add memory to Baldurs Gate for a measurable
> improvement. Video card remains the upgraded Power3D card from several years
> back.
>
> Jim
>
baulders gate seems to always "walk slowly" even on my g3 upgraded
powertowerpro with 256mb ram (kinda dumb and non mac of em to not include a
way to increase speed of game eh) But the answer is yes to the lack of the
whiplash you expected, alot of times that is only really obvious if your
dealing with graphic, crunching biggies like photoshop and video editing
rendering and many people are disappointed by the lack of seeing instant
opening and the like of their upgraded system. You'd have to upgrade the
speed of your hard drive and maybe goto scsi wide system to get the quicker
"feel" your looking for with your g3 card. I have found that doing a good
defragmenting may help as well.
On the other side i bought a logitech "ball less" mouse (laser) for
14.99 at office max on sale and plugged it into my usb card and absolutly
love it and its ability to scroll with a wheel. anyone looking for a nice
upgrade might look into this as a treat. (even if your buying the mouse AND
the USB card its cheaper then most peoples mouse only upgrade!)
dave
>;}}}><
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