The Performance Edge: If You
Have Got The Right Machine You Can Take $150 Off Your Next Upgrade
Card! - The Price/Performance Equation For PowerLogix's Upgrade
Card Price Cuts
April 18, 2001
PowerLogix
has reduced prices on 4 of their processor upgrade cards.
One is a G4 card for PCI based Macs, one is a G4 ZIF upgrade
for Apple's more modern Beige & Blue & White G3s,
and two are for the WallStreet line of PowerBooks. The PowerBook
upgrades have the steepest price reduction (up to $150), and
PowerLogix has cut the price $50 on each of the G4s.
Below we explore what performance
gain you will see with these cards installed in the machines
they are made for.
New Prices and the Machines The Cards Are
Intended For
Powerlogix PowerForce
G4/450/225/1MB - Old Price: $499 New Price: $449
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 and PowerBase
UMAX J700 and S900
**Currently the G4 processor upgrades will not work
in the PowerTower, PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro or PowerCurve
machines from PowerComputing.
Powerlogix PowerForce
Zif G4/450/225/1MB Old Price: $499 ... New Price:
$449
Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
All-In-One
Blue & White G3s
Powerlogix Blue
Chip G3/500/250/1MB - Old Price: $699 ...New Price:
$599
Powerlogix Blue ChipG3/466/233/1MB - Old Price: $599
...New Price: $449
Powerbook G3 Series 233 (no cache)
Powerbook G3 Series 233 (233/117/512K)
PowerBook G3 Series 250 (250/125/1Mb)
Powerbook G3 Series 266 (266/133/1Mb)
Powerbook G3 Series 292 (292/146/1Mb)
Powerbook G3 Series 300 (300/150/1Mb)
What kind of performance gain are you getting for the money
you'll be shelling out for the various cards?......
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 1.4 -
4 times speed improvement over a similarly clocked G3 processor.
Check our full reviews
of these upgrades for more information
The ZoneBench
Processor Score is based on a mix of general processing
tasks and tasks that take special advantage of the G4 processor.
For results of specific tests check out the individual processor
card reviews
Mac Upgrade Prices Continue to Drop at PowerLogix AUSTIN, Texas,
--04/17/01-- PowerLogix announces reduced prices on popular
processor upgrades for Apple [Nasdaq: APPL] computers. PowerPC
G4 upgrades for desktops and PowerPC G3 upgrades for PowerBooks
now have new lower prices. The PowerLogix BlueChip G3 466/233/1MB
has dropped $150 from $599 to $449. The BlueChip G3 500/250/1MB
dropped from $699 to $599. BlueChip upgrades the Apple PowerBook
G3 series (know as wallstreet). The BlueChip G3 upgrade has
been popular among those who want to edit video in their PowerBook
but have found the processor demands of this software overwhelming
their stock processor. Once the BlueChip is installed it puts
higher-end more desktop-level tasks within reach. Other computing
challenges that are met by the BlueChip G3 upgrade include digital
audio development and editing, QuickTime editing and graphics
editing. The PowerLogix PowerForce G4 450/225/1MB (for Power
Macs 7300-9600 and compatible clones) has dropped $50 from $499
to $449. The PowerForce G4 ZIF 450/225/1MB (for beige and blue
& white Power Mac G3s) also dropped from $499 to $449. Customers
can now save $50 on both of these high-end G4 processor upgrades.
The high-end PowerForce G4 upgrade for desktop Power Macs allows
the creation and editing of files using the most demanding software.
PowerForce G4 customers are tackling animation and 3D rendering,
large Photoshop file editing as well as taking full advantage
of the growing list of AltiVec-aware applications, including
Mac OS X. 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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