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SONNET G3 upgrage advantage ?
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Original Message
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Name: Ghyo
Date: August 27, 2002 at 05:54:15 Pacific
Subject: SONNET G3 upgrage advantage ?
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Comment: Dos anybody know by experience if there is a real advantages to upgrade my StarMax 3000/200 to G3 with Sonnet G3 upgrade card ? If yes, what is the exact name of the card I have to looking for ? Thanks.
Ghyo
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Response Number 1
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Name: Kerry
Date: August 27, 2002 at 12:21:22 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Yes, there is a significant speed increase with the G3 card. It makes the computer truly usable again. I have a 400 Mhz card, and it seems like lightning compared to the old processor. Like I said, I have aSonnet Crescendo/L2 G3. I would go with either the 400 or 500 MHz model, but there are also other manufacturers, and you can get good deals on some cards because the companies have gone under (if you don't care about support). Kerry
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Response Number 2
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Name: Ghyo
Date: August 27, 2002 at 19:31:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thank you, Kerry. Can you tell me the names of other manufacturers of these cards ? Thanks again.
Ghyo
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Response Number 3
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Name: Ghyo
Date: August 27, 2002 at 19:58:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Another question if it's possible. On the site of EveryMac.com I have gathered that the Processor Upgrade is not available for the StarMax 5000/300, nevertheless it has the same 603e processor than the 3000/200 one, isn't it ?? Thanks.
Ghyo
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Response Number 4
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Name: the pickle
Date: August 28, 2002 at 14:07:23 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Try Low End Mac. The information there is somewhat more reliable overall than at EveryMac, which doesn't have user reports. p
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Response Number 6
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Name: Paul
Date: August 29, 2002 at 09:14:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)A G3 upgrade will help with raw processing speed (like a gausian blur in Photoshop) but the processor speed is limited by the bus speed of your computer. Yours has a 40Mhz system bus and a processor upgrade can only run 8 times the bus speed=320 Mhz. So dont bother with a 400 or 500 Mhz upgrade!
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