You don't want to go overboard on the video front, not without considering the CPU. I have a flashed 9800 Pro in my DA and performance in even the most basic tests is pretty embarassing (In the OpenGL test in Xbench, for example. my GMA950 MacBook scores 8 times higher and my B&W G3 with its PCI Rage 128 only scres 18fps less) because the 733Mhz Quicksilver CPU I have in it simply can't feed the card fast enough. The card achieves what I bought it for (decent Core Image/Quartz Extreme support) but it's a bit disappointing that I can't get some gaming done on the side with it. I'm thinking awful serious about getting one of those aftermarket G4 upgrade CPUs, something in the order of 1.4-1.6GHz, but that won't happen until after I've maxed out the RAM.
Post #33 by LSD
| Source Forum | Local barebones Digital Audio $66 AU — #33 |
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| Category | Peripherals |
| Post Date | Thu, 22 Nov 2007 - 17:44 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/local-barebones-digital-audio-66-au.9058/ |
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