[X Newbies] G4 and a Radeon 7000 in a B&W.

[James S Jones]

The fastest G4 for a B&W is 550 MHz and the fastest from Sonnet is only 
500 MHz. This may change soon, but it hasn't yet.

In many ways, my B&W with a ATI 7000 and 550 MHz G4 is faster than the 
400 MHz AGP G4s at work. InDesign is markedly quicker. So, upgrading 
the processor will help, but not things that literally depend on the 
GPU and its bandwidth. While you're buying the new processor, make sure 
you have maxed your memory to 1 GB.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 05:53  PM, Leon Sargent Jr wrote:

> I have the Radeon 7000 which I use for OS X 10.2.6 on my B&W.  I see 
> how
> fast graphics are when booted into OS 9 and see the major difference in
> graphics in X.
>
> Do you think the G4 processor, like the one coming from Sonnet, the 1 
> GHz G4
> for the B&W would speed up graphics with the Altivic engine in 
> combination
> with the Radeon?
>
> If I could get a bit more graphics zip this system would make me happy
> there.