The Performance Edge: Save 50$ On Your Next G4 Upgrade - What Sonnets Price Cuts Mean To You
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Sonnet has come out with a series of prices cuts of $50 on 2 of its G4 upgrade cards for PCI based Macs and 1, G4 cards for Zif Macs. 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 G4/400/1M Old Price $549.95 New Price $499.95
Power Mac G3 desktops G3 Towers G3 Servers All-In-One Blue & White G3s
Crescendo G4/PCI 450/1M Old Price $649.95 New Price $599.95
Crescendo G4/PCI 400/1M Old Price $549.95 New Price $499.95
Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600 Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650 Power Computing PowerTower Pro, PowerWave UMAX J700/S900 DayStar Genesis 360, 400, 528, 600, 720, 800, 900, 932 Mactell XB-Pro
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.
And how much do you pay per performance point (price divided by performance score) ....
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