Dave- I've been using a Sonnet Crescendo G4 450 in my S900 since last July. I went directly from a 250Mhz 604e. I'm a heavy Photoshop user and the speed difference was terrific. I had upgraded the os to 9.02 at the time and a tech at Sonnet sent me the AltaVec extensions so PS could be speeded up. Without those extensions the G4 behaves like a G3. Soon after I upgraded to 9.1 which comes with the AltaVec extensions. All apps open and process very rapidly and I rarely have to endure a slo-motion, loooong processing bar.
dan_A David Rodriguez wrote: > I do understand there is no 6 slot issue with our machines, that's good. > But what about speed? Is there going to be a 'noticeable' difference > between a G3 and G4, say a 400mhz card? I don't play games on my computer > but do work with graphics programs a lot. I also want to install OSX as > soon as I can. Sadly, my internet page loading wouldn't gain a thing by the > extra speed due to being on a dialup. So what's to gain? > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
