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The Performance Edge: Three Fast Cards At Lower Prices - Sonnet's G3 Upgrades And The Price/Performance Equation
Sonnet has reduced the price on several of it's G3 processor upgrade cards again. These include a card for PCI Macs a card for G3 PowerMacs and a card for Quadra and Centris machines. 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
Crescendo G3 300/150/512K for PCI Power Mac $299.95 

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

Encore G3 466/233/1MB for Power Mac G3s $799.95

Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
All-in-one
Blue & White G3s
Presto PPC 601/100 for Macintosh Quadra and Centris $299.95 Quadra 610, 650, 700, 800, 900, 950
Centris 610, 650

What kind of performance gain are you getting for the money you'll be shelling out for the various cards?......

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

 

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

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PowerMax (refurb) PowerMax (used)

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