The Performance Edge: "Hey
Joe Have I Got A Card For You!" - Metabox G3/G4 Cards And
The Price/Performance Equation
Thursday,
November 2, 2000
Metabox is a relative new-comer to the shores of the US.
They are a German company now selling their joeCARDs in North
America. They have announced price cuts on 3 or their upgrades
that are compatible with most PCI based Macintoshes.
In addition to selling G3 and G4 upgrade cards, Metabox also
has a 2 lines of FireWire drives for sale.
Below we explore what performance
gain you will see with these cards installed in the machines
they are made for. We also take a comparative look at the
price/performance
equation of each card.
New Prices and the Machines The Cards Are
Intended For
joeCARD G4/400/200/1MB
Price $369
joeCARD G3/500/250/1MB
Price $369
joeCARD G3/400/175/1MB
Price $269
Metabox G3/G4 upgrade cards are compatible
with the following Macintosh models:
- Apple Power Macintosh 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600*,
9500, 9600*,
- umax Pulsar and derivates,
- Power Computing PowerWave and PowerTowerPro
* not compatibile with models that used Apples Inline
Cache(most 9600/300, 9600/350, 8600/250, and 8600/300)
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What kind of performance gain are you getting for the money
you'll be shelling out for the various cards?......
Scores marked in Red indicate this information was provided
by Metbox. Scores Marked in Blue indicate that this information
was independently verified by MacSpeedZone.
** Note that MacBench does not take advantage of the Velocity
Engine (AltiVec instructions) of the G4. For AltiVec accelerated
applications
you can see a 2 to 4 times performance improvement over the
G3, depending on the application and the functions you are
trying to perform.
And how much do you pay per
performance point (price divided by performance score) ....
Press Release
Met@ box drops prices on the joeCARD processor cards to make
upgrading your Apple OS system the easy choice for the Holiday
Season. Owners of PCI based Apple or Apple clones and Apple
Beige or Blue & White G3's can now choose between G3 500Mhz
or Altivec enabled G4 400Mhz processor upgrade cards for only
$369.00. Additionally, the 400Mhz G3 with 1MB of backside cache
for PCI machines is only $269.00. Metabox is committed to offering
the best value for the money to the public in the US market.
In addition to the cards listed above there are a limited number
of closeout cards available for less than $150. These cards
are for PCI based Apple or Apple clones and machines based on
the Tanzania motherboard from Apple and Motorola. The closeouts
and the full line of Metabox cards can be purchsed through Outpost.
com, Other World Computing and at the Metabox on-line store.
Tanzania based machines include the Apple 4400 series and Motorola
Starmax series. PCI or daughtercard based machines include the
Apple 7300, 8500, 8600, 9500, 9600, Umax SuperMac J700 and S900
and many of the PowerComputing line of MacOS Clones. For a complete
compatibility list check the website at www. metaboxUSA. com.
Metabox Corporation is a subsidiary of a publicly traded German
company, Metabox AG. Metabox AG's primary focus in Europe is
their state of the art internet set-top box. To learn more about
Metabox visit the website, www. metaboxUSA. com or contact us
at 512-320-9145. Metabox AG is listed on the Neuer Stock Exchange;
www. neuer-markt. de under the symbol; mbx .
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Thursday,
November 2, 2000 
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