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Apple Computing Products:
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Sawtooth G4 Versus Mac Mini
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 94648" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>I have both machines. The main thing about the Sawtooth Powermacs is the AGP Slot is AGP 2x, and there are a lot of the newer video cards that will not work with it. My close friend has a Power Mac Digital Audio. It has AGP 4x, he upgraded the CPU to one of the new 1.7Ghz G4's, put in 1.5GB RAM and upgraded the video to a Modded ATI 9800 Pro. It's a pretty fast system, and a bit faster in some benchmarks than my Mini.</p><p></p><p>There are a few things like the AGP 2x and slower memory Bus that might hold back the Sawtooth. I someday when I have some spare $$$ am going to get a faster processor for my Sawtooth 500 and see how it then performs. Right now it has 1.5GB RAM and an ATI Radeon AGP 2x. The Radeon helped a lot on video speed, but the Mini still is a far faster machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 94648, member: 8287"] I have both machines. The main thing about the Sawtooth Powermacs is the AGP Slot is AGP 2x, and there are a lot of the newer video cards that will not work with it. My close friend has a Power Mac Digital Audio. It has AGP 4x, he upgraded the CPU to one of the new 1.7Ghz G4's, put in 1.5GB RAM and upgraded the video to a Modded ATI 9800 Pro. It's a pretty fast system, and a bit faster in some benchmarks than my Mini. There are a few things like the AGP 2x and slower memory Bus that might hold back the Sawtooth. I someday when I have some spare $$$ am going to get a faster processor for my Sawtooth 500 and see how it then performs. Right now it has 1.5GB RAM and an ATI Radeon AGP 2x. The Radeon helped a lot on video speed, but the Mini still is a far faster machine. [/QUOTE]
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