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Is it worth the upgrade?
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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 286696" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>Your looking at doing more or less exactly what I did, 3 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Save the money and go with a faster single chip upgrade. The Dual chip won't do you much good with the 100Mhz system bus. That was the same machine I had and in the end I bought my Quad because the G4 was at the point of diminishing returns. The 100Mhz system bus is to big of a bottle neck. In the end, anything past a single 1.6 or 1.8 isn't going to make any noticeable difference (because of the bus) and you're just wasting your money. Anything over $500 - $600 tops is a wast of your cash, better to save it and buy a new machine.</p><p></p><p>Check about the video card. I think I went with a 9200 since the Sawtooth only has a 4X AGP slot and the 9800 would have been overkill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 286696, member: 6762"] Your looking at doing more or less exactly what I did, 3 years ago. Save the money and go with a faster single chip upgrade. The Dual chip won't do you much good with the 100Mhz system bus. That was the same machine I had and in the end I bought my Quad because the G4 was at the point of diminishing returns. The 100Mhz system bus is to big of a bottle neck. In the end, anything past a single 1.6 or 1.8 isn't going to make any noticeable difference (because of the bus) and you're just wasting your money. Anything over $500 - $600 tops is a wast of your cash, better to save it and buy a new machine. Check about the video card. I think I went with a 9200 since the Sawtooth only has a 4X AGP slot and the 9800 would have been overkill. [/QUOTE]
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