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The Performance Edge: Is There A Processor Upgrade Price War On? - Sonnet's Price Cuts And The New Price/Performance Equation

5/15/00

Sonnet has come out with a series of prices cuts ranging from $20 to $100 on 13 of its G3 & G4 upgrade cards - is there a price war on? 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 $599.95 New Price $499.95

Encore G4/400/1M
Old Price $649.95 New Price $549.95

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

Crescendo G4/PCI 450/1M
New Price $799.95 New Price $649.95

Crescendo G4/PCI 400/1M
Old Price $649.95 New Price $549.95

Crescendo G4PCI/ 350/1M
Old Price $499.95 New Price $399.95

Crescendo G3/PCI 500/1M
Old Price $599.95 New Price $499.95

Crescendo G3/PCI 400/1M
Old Price $399.95 New Price $349.95

Crescendo G3/PCI 350/1M
Old Price $299.95 New Price $279.95

Crescendo G3/PCI 333/512K
Old Price $249.95 New Price $199.95

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

Note: Sonnet's G4 cards only work in the following clones from Power Computing: PowerTower Pro and PowerWave machines

Crescendo G4/NuBus 360/1M
Old Price $599.95 New Price $499.95

Crescendo G3/NuBus 400/1M
Old Price $449.95 New Price $399.95

Crescendo G3/NuBus 266/512K
Old Price $299.95 New Price $269.95

Crescendo G3/NuBus 250/512K
Old Price $249.95 New Price $199.95

Power Mac 6100, 7100, 8100
Performa 611X
Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150
Radius 81/110
Power Computing Power 100, Power 120

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	Apple Small Dog
Get your store listed!		PowerMax (refurb)	PowerMax (used)

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