Robert H. Baucom wrote:
On Monday, May 2, 2005, at 11:00 PM, Bolton Peck wrote:
Beau de Graaf wrote:
Going from the IxMicro TT128 8 megger to the ATI Radeon 7000 was night and day for everything. Text scrolled muuch faster, www.homestarrunner.com was now fluid, it just made a world of difference. NTM I was able to upgrade from OS X 10.2 to 10.3 :-) This is on a [EMAIL PROTECTED], 512MB RAM PTP250 machine. I tried the UT2004 demo-it ran, but when they say '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' that is pretty much what they mean ;-)Greetings Everyone!
Long time watcher first time writer.
I have a G3/400/200/1MB Upgraded PowerCenter 150 - 320MB Ram.
Anyways the question is relating to graphics cards, has anyone purchased an:
"ATI Technologies RADEON 9200 128MB MacEdition PCI Graphics Card"
Is there a noticeable, maybe night/day difference in system responsiveness and speed with it?
Thanks,
Beau
Beau de Graaf
2004 Farnsworth Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Heh, I also just realized that I've been running with backside cache off here in 10.3.9-and it was still quite respectable in its performance! I am amazed at how much faster 10.3 is. I don't EVER remember saying that about any other OS except maybe Amiga back in the day. Well, OS 9 was a little more responsive than 8.x, but the diff from 10.2 to 10.3 is pretty noticeable.
So in conclusion-yes, it will make a big difference to modernize your graphics subsystem, even in a PCI only Mac :-)
Bolton
Since this has Morphed into a discussion of OS X; let me ask this,
1. " What's the deal on OS 10.4 ?
2. Will it run on a 500MHz G3 Daughter board PTP ? It has 1 GB Ram.
3. Is the current hack only for (up to) 10.3.8?
I've read some of the folk's postings on 10.4, and it sounds more problematic than the Performas.
RHB
From what I've read, they are working on it over at XpostFacto ville ;-) I'm not ready to try it yet, I've just gotten over the trauma of getting to 10.3 along with the catastrophic failure of the system drive containing my beloved 10.2 install :-(( It just turned up its tits and died, with a horrible whining clicking sound.. And, although I was running Thunderbird from another drive, I can't seem to find my emails anywhere, I think it stashed them somewhere in the sytem drive :-(
10.4 looks cool, I'm sure its all that and a bag of chips..
It should run fine on 500MHz, 10.3 runs great here on a 375MHz CPU with 512MB. I'd say it REQUIRES a PCI Radeon though. 64meg version preferred..
The current hack works here with 10.3.9, the latest upgrade from Apple.
Can't answer to its viability on the Performas, I never dared to try. Plus I don't have one of the rare later Performas with a PCI slot for the Radeon..
I'd say that the leap to 10.3 is worth it though, if you haven't done it already.
Bolton
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