05-07-2020, 10:54 PM
sekker wrote:
The G4 was not such a big jump
It depends on your usage. I experimented with different daughtercards in my PM7600.
For video processing, the G4-450MHz was more than twice as fast as the G3-500MHz. After several further upgrades, I still have the G4-450MHz cpu, but the power supply, motherboard, and case have all been changed over the years; it's now a PM8600 logic board in a PM7300 case.
I'm reminded of an episode of Only Fools and Horses:
Trigger, a maintenance man, got an award for using the same broom for 20 years, saving the company money. They were unaware the broom had had 7 new heads and 14 new handles in that time.