The Performance Edge: G4 Upgrade
Cards Sprouting Like Mushrooms! - XLR8 Price Cuts And The New
Price Performance Equation
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XLR8 has
reduced the prices up to $120 on most of their line G4 processor
upgrade cards. This includes cards for PCI Macs and a Zif
cards for G3/G4 PowerMacs. Using the XLR8 CarrierZIF
Upgrade Adapter any PCI Mac can use ZIF socket upgrades,
expanding the choice of G4 upgrades for pre G3, PCI capable
machines. 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. Note it may take several week for
these new prices to show up at retailers.
New MSRP Prices and the Machines The Cards
Are Intended For
G4/350/225/1MB Old Price $719 New Price $599
G4/400/200/1MB Old Price $849 New Price $729
G4/450/225/1MB Old Price $1099 New Price $999
Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515,
8600, 9500, 9515, 9600
Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650
Power Computing PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower,
PowerTower Pro, PowerWave, PowerCurve
UMAX J700/S900
DayStar Genesis 720, 800, 900, 932
Millennium.
MACh Speed G4Z/350/225/1MB Old Price
$649 New Price $549
MACh Speed G4Z/400/200/1MB Old Price $799 New Price
$679
MACh Speed G4Z/450/225/1MB Old Price $999 New Price
$949
Power Mac G4s
Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
G3 All-in-one
Blue & White G3s
What kind of performance gain are you getting for the money
you'll be shelling out for the various cards?......
* 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 4 - 5 times speed improvement over a similarly
clocked G3 processor. The scores below will not reflect this
*Estimated scores are based on our testing of other similar
cards and should be considered a "rough" approximation
of what a card would score.
And how much do you pay per performance point
(price divided by performance score) ....
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