15 Dec
2011
15 Dec
'11
11:21 a.m.
I'm dusting off my Quadra 950 and thought it might
be good to try and
upgrade it a bit if I can.
I have a fairly slow TrueColour graphics card installed at the moment, so
I'm looking for a better quality/faster NuBus card.
I'd also like to put in a PowerPC upgrade if I can find one. I used to have
one of these years ago, and it used to work pretty well. The Quadra has
a PDS type slot.
For the video card, I'd look into a Thunder-class or PrecisionColor-class
NuBus card. I personally love the 8*24*GC, but acceleration doesn't work on
an '040 and performance is pretty pedestrian without the accelerator. I
have used the PrecisionColor Pro 24XK and while accelerated performance is
still a bit slower than the GC, it can be accelerated on an '040 and is still
a zippy card. People also swear by the Thunder GT.
Still, motherboard video on the Q950 is pretty fast and reasonably good
unless you need 24-bit colour.
The PPC card is where the wheels fall off. I've never been particularly
impressed with the available 601 cards, and they are a very expensive
value-for-money proposition. You can still run 8.1 on the Quadra without a
PPC upgrade, unless you want the PPC card just for yuks.
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