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The Performance Edge: What Sonnet's April G3 & G4 Upgrade Card Price Cuts Mean To You - The New Price/Performance Equation
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Sonnet has come out with a series of prices cuts ranging from $50 to $100 on 2 of its G3 and 3 of its G4 upgrade cards They also announced a new G4/450MHz card for PCI based PowerMacs. 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

Note: It may be some days after this is posted that new prices will be reflected at retailers

Encore G3/ 500/1M
Old Price $699.95 New Price $599.95

Encore G4/400/1M
Old Price $799.95 New Price $649.95

 Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
All-In-One
Blue & White G3s

Crescendo G3/PCI 500/1M
Old Price $699.95 New Price $599.95

Crescendo G4/PCI 450/1M
New Price $799.95

Crescendo G4/PCI 400/1M
Old Price $799.95 New Price $649.95

Crescendo G4PCI/ 350/1M
Old Price $499.95 New Price $599.95

Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600
Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650
Power Computing PowerCenter*, PowerCenter Pro*, PowerCurve*, PowerTower*, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave
UMAX J700/S900
DayStar Genesis 360, 400, 528, 600, 720, 800, 900, 932
Mactell XB-Pro

(* Compatible with Crescendo G3/PCI cards only.)

Previous Sonnet Prices

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 Sonnet. Scores Marked in Blue indicate that this information was independently verified by MacSpeedZone.

* 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

And how much do you pay per performance point (price divided by performance score) ....

Previous Sonnet Price/Performance Numbers

For Great Prices On Upgrades Check The Vendors Below
Processor Upgrades Graphics Cards Hard Drives & Optical Drives
PowerMax PowerMax 4AllMemory PowerMax
Small Dog Small Dog Small Dog
SCSI, Firewire USB Cards RAM Closeout, Used & Refurbished Macs
MacConnection 4AllMemory AppleSmall Dog

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