The Performance Edge: G3 Upgrade
Cards May Be Down But They're Not Out - PowerLogix's Price Cuts
And The Price/Performance Equation
Monday,
June 11, 2001
PowerLogix
has knocked $50 off three of their G3 upgrade cards.
Two of them are for pre G3, PCI based Power Macs and Clones
and one of them is for ZIF based, G3 Power Macs (see below
for compatible machines). These card run at speeds of 500
or 400 MHz.
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
Powerlogix PowerForce G3/500/250/1MB - Old Price:
$399 New Price: $349
Powerlogix PowerForce G3/400/200/1MB Old Price: $299
New Price: $249
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 PowerLogix. Scores Marked in Blue indicate that this information
was independently verified by MacSpeedZone. Also 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 2 - 5 times speed improvement over a similarly clocked
G3 processor
Important Note: The PowerForce G3/350 card and score above
is inaccurate. The backside cache on this card is really 512K
and the real score is approximately 1010.
New Summer Pricing from PowerLogix AUSTIN, Texas, --06/06/01--
PowerLogix customers can now save $50 on G3 upgrades for upgradeble
Apple Power Macs. The popularity of Power Mac upgrades remains
strong as customers remain faithful to these Power Mac workhorse
computers. PowerForce G3 400MHz upgrade is $50 lower - $249
PowerForce G3 500MHz upgrade is $50 lower - $349 PowerForce
G3 ZIF 500MHz upgrade is $50 lower - $349 The 400MHz and 500MHz
PowerForce G3 upgrade is designed for Apple Power Macintosh
7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500, 9600; Power Computing PowerBase,
PowerWave, PowerCurve, PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower,
PowerTower Pro, all case designs including low profile desktops;
UMAX/SuperMac S900, J700. The PowerForce G3 ZIF is designed
for the Power Mac G3 beige minitowers and full-size cases, blue
& white as well as the "all-in-one" education model Power Mac
G3 systems. PowerLogix Complete Price List BlueChip G3 (PowerBook
G3 Wallstreet and Lombard) 466MHz G3 with 1MB of cache on a
233MHz bus $449 500MHz G3 with 1MB of cache on a 250MHz bus
$599 iForce G3 (rev A-D iMacs) 400MHz G3 with 512K cache on
a 200MHz bus $299 500MHz G3 with 1MB cache on a 200MHz bus $499
PowerForce G4 (Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500,
9600; Power Computing PowerBase, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave all
case designs including low profile desktops; UMAX/SuperMac S900,
J700) 450MHz G4 with 1MB cache on a 225MHz bus $449 PowerForce
G4 ZIF (The PowerForce G3 ZIF is designed for the beige minitowers
and full-size cases, blue & white as well as "all-in-one" education
model Power Mac G3 systems) 450MHz G4 with 1MB cache on a 225MHz
bus $449 PowerForce G3 (Power Macintosh 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500,
8600, 9500, 9600; Power Computing PowerBase, PowerWave, PowerCurve,
PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, all
case designs including low profile desktops; UMAX/SuperMac S900,
J700) 350MHz G3 with 512K cache on a 175MHz bus $179 400MHz
G3 with 1MB cache on a 200MHz bus $249 500MHz G3 with 1MB cache
on a 250MHz bus $349 PowerForce G3 ZIF (The PowerForce G3 ZIF
is designed for the beige minitowers and full-size cases, blue
& white as well as the "all-in-one" education model Power Mac
G3 systems) 500MHz G3 with 1MB cache on a 250MHz bus $349 PowerLogix
R&D, Inc. manufactures innovative products like the PowerForce,
iForce and BlueChip processor upgrades for maximum performance
from second generation and newer Apple Power Macs and clones.
For more information, contact PowerLogix R&D, Inc, 3921 Steck
Avenue, A-105, Austin, Texas 78759, 877-849-2504, Fax: 512-795-2981,
info@powerlogix.com, http://www.powerlogix.com.
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Monday,
June 11, 2001 
For Great Prices On Upgrades