The Performance Edge: It's
Sonnet One Week And Newer The Next - Newer's G4 Price Cuts And
The New Price Performance Equation
4/7/00
NewerTech has dropped prices on their G4 upgrades for PCI
based Macs and beige and Blue & White G3 Power Macs
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 G4/450/225/1MB
New Price $849
MAXpowr G4/400/200/1MB
New Price $699
MAXpowr G4/350/175/1MB
Old Price $599 New Price $499
Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515,
8600, 9500, 9515, 9600
Power Computing PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower,
PowerTower Pro, PowerWave, PowerCurve
UMAX J700/S900
MAXpowr G4/450/225/1MB
New Price $849
MAXpowr G4/400/200/1MB
New Price $669
Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
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?......
Scores marked in Red indicate this information was provided
by PowerLogix. 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 2 - 5 times speed improvement over a similarly clocked
G3 processor.
And how much do you pay per performance point
(price divided by performance score) ....
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For Great Prices On Upgrades Check The Vendors Below