The Performance Edge: For Owners
Of Power Mac 6100s The Time For G3 Envy May Be Over - The Price/Performance
Equation
Thursday, December 7, 2000
NewerTech just a few short weeks after dropping the price
on their MAXpowr PDS G3/300-333MHz upgrade card for the 6100
class of Power Macs by $100, has dropped the price again.
This card now goes for $179 - a price drop of $70. The card
will work in 6100 machines with either a 30 MHz bus or 33
MHz and run at 300 MHz or 330 MHz respectively.
Below we explore what performance
gain you will see with these cards installed in the machines
they are intended 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
MAXpowr PDS G3/300-330/150-165/1MB (6100)
Old Price $349 New Price $249
Power Macintosh 6100/60, 6100/60AV,
6100/66, 6100/66AV , 6100/66 DOS Compatible*** 6110,
6112, 6115, 6116, 6117, 6118, Workgroup Server 6150
***DOS card must be removed prior to MAXpowr G3 PDS
installation.
Note: The Newer card will run at 300 MHz in current
60 MHz machines and 330 MHz in machines that currently
run at 66 MHz.
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 Newer. Scores Marked in Blue indicate that this information
was independently verified by MacSpeedZone. Also keep in mind
that MacBench does not stress the G4's accelerated functions.
For Applications that are accelerated for the G4 you can see
up to a 1.5 - 5 times speed improvement over a similarly clocked
G3 processor.
And how much
do you pay per performance point (price divided by performance
score) ....
Newer's Lowest Price Ever For A 300-330MHz G3 Upgrade For 6100
Series The MAXpowr G3 PDS 6100 Upgrade with 1MB of Backside
Cache Is Now Less Than $180 WICHITA, KS, USA - December 4, 2000
- Newer Technology, the technology leader in Apple [NASDAQ:
AAPL] Macintosh CPU upgrades, announces the reduction in pricing
of the world's most highly rated G3 upgrade card for the PowerMac
and Performa 6100 Series of computers. These cards run at either
300MHz or 330MHz depending upon the model of 6100. "We continue
to leverage our improvements in manufacturing, made possible
through our partner Tri-M Technologies. We are now able to bring
an entirely new level of attractively priced upgrade cards to
market," stated John Nelson, Newer's iPresident. "We are very
excited by the prospect that our technically superior CPU upgrade
cards have become affordable to anyone with a 6100 Series computer.
Even more amazing is that these cards come with 1MB of performance
enhancing L2 Backside Cache". "The new street price of $179
genuinely allows anyone with a 6100 series box to upgrade to
the stunning performance of a G3 processor," stated Terry Unrein,
Newer's Director of Sales. Based on the old MacBench tests they
will see as much as a 10-fold improvement in CPU speed. The
MAXpowr G3 PDS 6100 upgrade produces a phenomenal level of performance
for these older computers. Surfing the web becomes enjoyable.
Running modern applications is a breeze." The MAXpowr G3 PDS
6100 adjusts it's speed to work with the speed of the system
bus in the various models of 6100 computers. Listed immediately
below are the various models of 6100 computers, and the speed
that the MAXpowr card runs in those machines: 6100/60SSS.30MHz
System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade Speed 6100/66SSS.33MHz System
BusSSS.330MHz G3 Upgrade Speed 6150/66SSS.33MHz System BusSSS.330MHz
G3 Upgrade Speed 6110CDSSS.30MHz System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade
Speed 6112CDSSS.30MHz System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade Speed
6115CDSSS.30MHz System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade Speed 6116CDSSS.30MHz
System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade Speed 6117CDSSS.30MHz System
BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade Speed 6118CDSSS.30MHz System BusSSS.300MHz
G3 Upgrade Speed 6150WGSS....30MHz System BusSSS.300MHz G3 Upgrade
Speed Availability The MAXpowr G3 PDS 6100 are available worldwide
through major distributors, with North American distribution
through Ingram-Micro as well as through national resellers,
value-added resellers, online sources and mail order catalogs.
Newer Technology products can also be purchased from Newer's
online store at www.newerstore.com. The MAXpowr G3 PDS 6100
is the ideal holiday gift for that special someone with an aging
Macintosh. The MAXpowr G3 upgrades breathe new life into old
computers and once again makes them fun and productive. The
MAXpowr G3 PDS 6100 is easy to install and delivers impressive
performance all for less than $180. Newer Technology has consistently
lead the development of processor upgrades for Apple Macintosh
computers. Newer's firsts include the first Power Macintosh
processor upgrade. The first G3 Power Mac processor upgrade
and the first G3 processor upgrade for the Power Mac 6100, 7100
and 8100 series as well as the iMac. MAXpowr upgrades are also
the only upgrades to feature a hardware solution for speculative
access management. Newer Technology has more than 15 years of
experience and is the leading developer of performance upgrades
for Apple PowerBooks, desktop Apple Macintosh computers and
Mac OS compatibles. For more information, contact Newer Technology,
Inc., 4848 W. Irving Street, Wichita, KS 67209; phone: +1 877-
605-0010 (North America) or +1 316-943-0222; fax: +1 316-943-0555;
e-mail: sales@newertech.com, or visit the website at http://www.newertech.com.
For international inquiries, please contact info@newertech.com.
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