Upgrade to Mac OS X from Mac OS 9.2.2

Hi Mac World Rayric again,
Still have no joy loading my Mac OS X Disk which was given to me by a friend.
My new Question:
Some years ago I parched from then the company (XLR8) an upgrade MACh Speed G4z w/MVP™ CPU ZIF 500 MHz Doughtercard for my Mac Blue and White G3 OS9 to upgrade it to a G4 with the same OS9. (Now upgraded to OS 9.2.2).
Now I would like to upgrade to Mac OSX and need some help.
I am still running my Blue and White Mac OS 9.2.2 G4 500 MHz with 100 GB hard drive and one GB memory with a CD not a DVD Drive.
Is it possible to run Mac OS X on my system? And what Mac OS do you suggest Panther / Tiger.
Please see below a copy from my Apple Systems Profiler
Hardware overview
Machine ID: 406
Model name: PowerMac G3 Series
Keyboard type: Apple Pro Keyboard - ISO
Processor info: PowerPC G4
Machine speed: 500 MHz
Nanokernel version: 2.27
Nanokernel pool extends: 12
Nanokernel scheduled CPUs:1
Does this help?
rayric

Rayric,
According to the DayStar website, to install OSX (10.2, 10.3 or 10.4) with your card installed, you need XPostFacto software. From what I can remember, this is a free download. You may have to search out a set of detailed instructions for installing OSX using this software. Google is your friend.
Personally, with a GB of RAM, you could run 10.3 or 10.4. The 500MHz G4 might start to "not be so zippy" with 10.4 tho', remember the Quad 2.7GHz G5's and Intel DuoCores probably have 15-20x the CPU grunt of your upgrade.
I found 10.3 faster than OS9.2.2 on my 500MHz PBG4.
Fingers crossed that you have top quality memory, OSX throws a wobbly if the memory installed is not up to speed. Then be prepared to spend a few years (and a lot of money) upgrading all your apps and learning how to use them effectively.
What about your video card ? There's a lot of graphics gimmicks in 10.4 that might just be too much for an 8Mb or 16Mb card.

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