The Performance Edge: What
Sonnet's May G3 Upgrade Card Price Cuts Mean To You - The New
Price/Performance Equation
5/4/00
Sonnet
has come out with a series of prices cuts ranging from $20
to $100 on 4 of its G3 upgrade cards for PCI based Macs and
2, G3 cache slot upgrades. 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
Crescendo G3/PCI 350/1M
Old Price $349.95 New Price $299.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 333/512K
Old Price $299.95 New Price $249.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 300/512K
Old Price $199.95 New Price $249.95
Crescendo G3PCI/ 266/512K
Old Price $199.95 New Price $179.95
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.)
Crescendo G3 500/1M for PCI/L2 Macs
Old Price $699.95 New Price $599.95
Crescendo G3 400/1M for PCI/L2 Macs
Old Price $499.95 New Price $399.95
Power Mac 4400, 5400, 5500*, 6400, 6500*,
7220
Performa 5400, 5410, 5420, 5430, 5440, 6360, 6400, 6410,
6420
20th Anniversary Mac*
Power Computing PowerBase Desktop
Motorola StarMax 3000, 4000
* The Crescendo G3/L2 500/1M will support only Mac
models that have a 50 MHz bus speed as indicated with
asterisk.
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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