On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Thomas Michael Wanka wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> thank you for the answers. I am only interested in NetBSD 
> (probably I will play Ages of empires under MacOS occasionally:)).
> 
> I currently have some options:
> 
> 604e 300MHz. card (USD 45,--)
> G3 400MHz. 512K Cache (USD 190,--)
> G3 400MHz. 1MB Cache (USD 250,--)
> G4 400MHz. 1MB Cache (USD 380,--)
> 
> Does it make sense to use a G4 card under NetBSD (a G3 500 
> costs about the same as a G4 400)? Does it make sense to pay 
> more for 1MB cache?

	Yes, but a G4 400 would lay the _smack_ down on a G3 500 in
integer ops and probably everything else. On your system, I would say 1MB
Cache is a toss up, yes it'll improve performance and decrease some
latency, but I don't think it's worth the extra $$$, that's up to you
though.

	Good Luck



	Chris