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The Performance Edge: Newer Joins The 500Mhz Club And Drops Prices On Other Cards - The New Price/Performance Equation

NewerTech has dropped the prices up to $100 on their processor upgrade cards. In addition they have discontinued several cards and added two 500Mhz cards to their line-up So we run the numbers again for you.

Below we explore what performance gain you will see with these cards installed in the machines they are intended 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

MAXpowr G3/500/1MB/250 Price $949 MAXpowr G3/400/1MB/200 OldPrice $649 New Price $549 MAXpowr G3/300/1MB/200 OldPrice $449 New Price $399	Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600 Power Computing PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave, PowerCurve UMAX J700/S900
MAXpowr G3-PDS/300/1MB/200 (8100 & 7100) OldPrice $549 New Price $449 MAXpowr G3-PDS/266/512K/133 (8100 & 7100) - OldPrice $399 New Price Discontinued MAXpowr G3-PDS/266/512K/133 (6100 Only) OldPrice $349 New Price $299	Power Macintosh 6100/60, 6100/60AV, 6100/66, 6100/66AV , 6100/66 DOS Compatible*, 7100/66, 7100/66AV, 7100/80, 7100/80AV, 8100/80, 8100/80AV, 8100/100, 8100/100AV, 8100/110, 8100/110AV, 8115/110AV Power Macintosh Performa 6110, 6112 , 6115, 6116, 6117, 6118 *DOS card must be removed prior to MAXpowr G3 PDS installation.
MAXpowr G3-L2/400/1MB/200 OldPrice $779 New Price Discontinued MAXpowr G3-L2/300/1MB/200 OldPrice $459 New Price $399 MAXpowr G3-L2/300/512K/200 OldPrice $399 New Price $349	Power Mac 4400, 5400, 5500, 6400, 6500, 7220 Performa 5400, 5410, 5420, 5430, 5440, 6360, 6400, 6410, 6420 Power Computing PowerBase Motorola StarMax 3000, 4000, 5000 UMAX SuperMac C500, C600 APS M*Power Series (all)
MAXpowr G3-G3/500/1MB/250 Price $899 MAXpowr G3-G3/400/1MB/200 - OldPrice $599 New Price $499	Power Mac G3 desktops G3 Towers G3 Servers All-In-One Blue & White G3s

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) ....

Previous Price/Performance Comparison For Newer Cards

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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