[G4] G4-400 AGP upgrade options

[gary usww]

You may want to take a look at the latest MacAddict
magazine (Feb), which has a section on upgrading. 
They note that maxing out your ram is the most
cost-effective way to speed up your system.  There's a
chart comparing a Sawtooth 3 ways: stock, w/a 550
upgrade card, and with a 1.4 gig card.  The chart
shows the 3 variations with 256 megs, 512 megs and 1
gig of ram, and the stock machine with 1 gig of ram
processed Photoshop files faster than the 1.4 gig
upgrade with 512 meg of ram.  A 512 meg clip of ram
runs about $100 right now, far cheaper than a
processor upgrade.  If you aren't up against the ram
ceiling yet, consider that.

Gary

--- Chris Smolinski <csmolinski at blackcatsystems.com>
wrote:
> I have a G4 AGP 400 MHz that I'd like to squeeze a
> little more 
> performance out of. I'm looking at the 1.4 GHz
> Powerlogix Powerforce 
> G4 100 processor upgrade. Transintl.com has them for
> $398 according 
> to DealMac.
> 
> Has anyone else installed one of these? What actual
> performance 
> difference did you see?  Any other upgrades I should
> be looking at?
> -- 
> 
> ---
> Chris Smolinski
> Black Cat Systems
> http://www.blackcatsystems.com
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