Should I upgrade?

[one needs help]

Alright, my uncle is bringing down this PowerMac G3 he found in the streets of Boston...no clue why he picked it up, but w/e.  Anyways, the only thing I know is that the G3 is 350mhz and the case seems to be in "good" quality - it's a Black and white G3 btw.  As I was saying, should I upgrade this machine to G4 1ghz and an ATI radeon 7000 PCI 128mb graphics card(that's about $500)?  I'm not really sure what to do, we're on a tight budget, so no I won't buy an eMac.  Currently, I'm leaning on a PC...but god knows I don't want to go to a PC...but this iMac 400mhz really sucks.

Sincerely,
oNe

PS- the $500 part is both the processor and video upgrade combined.

[PS added to one's post at his request. Ace]

[Ace]

This depends on what you want to use the machine for. First, I would upgrade the GPU no matter what. Grab a 64 MB PCI Radeon 7000 on eBay for ~$75. This will run Quartz Extreme and will meet the low end requirements for most games. With not having an AGP slot, it's the best you can do. Then, if you want to game, drop $400 on a 1 GHz G4. If not, spend $200 on a 800 GHz G3. Combined with the Radeon, the G3 should be more than adequate for everyday use in Panther. If you do go the gaming route, realize that in a year you probably won't be meeting most minimum specs anymore.

[one2]

Will it run Call of Duty or mb even Raven Shield?

[c| Splinter]

if you got the 1GH G4, it would run, but not all that well.

[crypt]

Should run Call of Duty very well. Raven Shield, well no one really runs this game that well.

[Blufire]

if you got the 1GH G4, it would run, but not all that well.

pffft. Spoiled supercomputer-using brats. hehe

my 400 mhz G4 runs CoD and RvS in a playable yet lagging fashion... not something i'd be able to live with for a long period of time, though.

[crypt]

Wtf Blu you haxor, how'd you get RvS to run on that?

[Blufire]

Ancient chinese sec-a-ret!

*pops the carbon fiber hood on his pimped out ride.. gasps from the crowd*

Under the hood I'm running a Radeon 8500 64 mb card and 448 mb of ram. Plus chrome wheels and a cool rear spoiler.

[BFG]

Lol its a beast under the hood. Alas mine is the opppostite. the G4 looks smexy on the outside but it peedly Geforce4mx card just groans and moans at me..

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Should run Call of Duty very well. Raven Shield, well no one really runs this game that well.

I run Raven Shield just as well as I run Ghost Recon....which is to say GREAT!

[crypt]

Well, you aren't gonna be able to tell with your G5.

[.vooDoo.]

Alright, my uncle is bringing down this PowerMac G3 he found in the streets of Boston...no clue why he picked it up, but w/e.  Anyways, the only thing I know is that the G3 is 350mhz and the case seems to be in "good" quality - it's a Black and white G3 btw.  As I was saying, should I upgrade this machine to G4 1ghz and an ATI radeon 7000 PCI 128mb graphics card(that's about $500)?  I'm not really sure what to do, we're on a tight budget, so no I won't buy an eMac.  Currently, I'm leaning on a PC...but god knows I don't want to go to a PC...but this iMac 400mhz really sucks.

Sincerely,
oNe

PS- the $500 part is both the processor and video upgrade combined.

[PS added to one's post at his request. Ace]

If your planing on doing some Intense gaming I wouldnt waste my money upgrading a G3 processor. I would put that money twords a low end G5.