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How do I get the most of my B&W?
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<blockquote data-quote="lil" data-source="post: 199830"><p>Just be aware that the G4 will be significantly faster at 1GHz on a 66MHz bus than a 1.1GHz G3 on a 100MHz bus. The G4 was a big leap forward from the G3 and the Altivec unit will give decent speed boosts to FCP.</p><p></p><p>That said, I think the expense incurred to max out a Blue and White would be pushing it a little and maybe an AGP Graphics (Sawtooth or later) Graphite G4 might be a better idea?</p><p></p><p>Depends how much you are attached to the B&W G3! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Either way, any upgrade to the G3 to a G4 will breathe some new life into that machine. Also *really* consider a hard disk controller upgrade card.</p><p></p><p>One of the big hinderances of the B&W is its ATA33 hard drive bus. If you could get the Sonnet Tempo ATA133 upgrade with a new fast drive that would speed things up greatly. Better still with you wanting to edit film, get the Tempo RAID card like I have in my G4, and run a striped RAID.</p><p></p><p>The speed increase from doing that really runs magnificently, I could not believe the difference when I did this for my Graphite G4.</p><p></p><p>Vicky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lil, post: 199830"] Just be aware that the G4 will be significantly faster at 1GHz on a 66MHz bus than a 1.1GHz G3 on a 100MHz bus. The G4 was a big leap forward from the G3 and the Altivec unit will give decent speed boosts to FCP. That said, I think the expense incurred to max out a Blue and White would be pushing it a little and maybe an AGP Graphics (Sawtooth or later) Graphite G4 might be a better idea? Depends how much you are attached to the B&W G3! :) Either way, any upgrade to the G3 to a G4 will breathe some new life into that machine. Also *really* consider a hard disk controller upgrade card. One of the big hinderances of the B&W is its ATA33 hard drive bus. If you could get the Sonnet Tempo ATA133 upgrade with a new fast drive that would speed things up greatly. Better still with you wanting to edit film, get the Tempo RAID card like I have in my G4, and run a striped RAID. The speed increase from doing that really runs magnificently, I could not believe the difference when I did this for my Graphite G4. Vicky [/QUOTE]
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