The Performance Edge: G3 And
G4 Upgrade Prices Are Falling Right And Left - Newer's New Price/Performance
Equation
Monday, October 2, 2000
NewerTech is having another round of price cuts since their
temporary cuts of August. This time Zif upgrades and PDS upgrades
are on the price chopping block. The PDS upgrade is for NuBus
based Macs (the 7100 & 8100 machines) and carries a price
cut of $50.
There are three Zif upgrades, two G4s and a G3/500, for beige
& blue and white PowerMacs. Price drops on these range
between $150 and $100
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 G3/500/250/1MB
Old Price $499 New Price $399
MAXpowr G4/450/225/1MB
Old Price $679 New Price $549
MAXpowr G4/400/200/1MB
Old Price $549 New Price $399
Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
All-In-One
Blue & White G3s
MAXpowr PDS G3/264 -300/176-200/1MB
(6100)
Old Price $449 New Price $ 399*
Price includes necessary hardware for using existing
PDS video card
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) ....
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