Performance?

[mt12345]

Hi everyone!
I'm going to buy an old powermac g4 (400 mhz, 512 ram,radeon 9xxx) and give MorphOS a try.
What performance should I expect? Will I be able to watch divx movies at  fullscreen? And play 3D games ? Would you compare it to running gnome/linux on, let's say, 1ghz pentium3 box?

[mt12345]

And compared to a gnome/1GHz PIII, well, the PC has a clear advantage about raw cpu power, but the linux UI (gnome in this case) is way less responsive, so i'd say MorphOS would win on the responsivity anyway, but you'll have to try and see for yourself.

I should rather compare it to fluxbox/linux on 600-700Mhz PC I guess.

[mt12345]

I agree with Matt, don't buy that 400MHz G4 PowerMac, until you shop around, as you can probably find a faster G4 model for the same or less money.

Few years ago I bought Pentium II 300Mhz 256 RAM  for £1 just to show my friends that we don't really  need 3GHz Pentium4 to do internet, office and even divx playback. I love old, slow and limited computers. There is always something to squeeze out of it. Besides it's challenge. New hardware is boring. :lol:

[mt12345]

Recently I saw a 733 Powermac sell for $20.

Here, in the UK, for $20 you could get merely powermac G3 CASE. And  you're lucky if you find PSU inside.

[mt12345]

eMac is bulky and  ugly. Not sexy at all.  

[mt12345]

Yes, I was wondering how efica runs morphos having only 128mb and 400mhz

[mt12345]

Didn't know anyone still used 1ghz pentium3 boxes???

smerf

Well I'm using pentium3 laptop as (headless) router + downloader + file server

[mt12345]

I think he mentioned that it had a Radeon 9XXX video card. An ATI Rage128 would be pretty painful (no 3D), but I understand the 2D driver works pretty good.
When compared to an Efika, a 400Mhz Powermac with 512MB of memory would definitely be superior.
And there's always the possibility of adding a CPU accelerator card.

I'm going to buy Digital Audio model - 533 MHz on faster bus than older 400 Mhz models.
It has Geforce video card. I understand It won't work at all?
I want to change it to Radeon 7000 as it's cheap and easier to find than 9xxx models.
On MOS website Radeon 7000VE is listed as compatible. What is 'VE'? Will standard 7000 (non-VE) work?
(I mean Mac edition, I don't want to flash PC cards).
I'm not actually big fan of 3D games and I used to have R7000 on i386 linux laptop and I was pleased with its performance.
http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware.html

[mt12345]

Forget it.  I'll go for 8500/9000

[mt12345]

Quote:  
Didn't know anyone still used 1ghz pentium3 boxes???


Well I'm using pentium3 laptop as (headless) router + downloader + file server

Currently I'm trying to  resurrect Pentium II 400MHz SONY VAIO 10inch notebook :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

[mt12345]

I just won an ebay 1.42 dual G4 so will be tying it soon!

Does MorphOS make use of dual processor?

[mt12345]

[Originally Posted by mt12345]
   [Forget it. I'll go for 8500/9000]

Yep, much better performance than the 7000. Right now probably the two best options

9000 or 9200?
I heard that 9000 works better but 9200 has 128MB...

[mt12345]

When compared to an Efika, a 400Mhz Powermac with 512MB of memory would definitely be superior.

What is Efika's CPU, actually? I read somewhere that it's comparable to (or based on)  603e.