The Performance Edge: G3 Upgrade Cards Fall Below $200 - What PowerLogix's Upgrade Card Price Cuts Mean To You!
January 4, 2001
PowerLogix has reduced prices on 5 of their G3/G4 upgrade cards for both Zif and PCI based machines. They have also reduced the price to $139 on their RapidFire FireWire/USB combo PCI card which will work in most machines with a free PCI slot.
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 G4/450/225/1MB - New Price: $499
Powerlogix PowerForce G3/500/250/1MB New Price: $399
Powerlogix PowerForce G3/350/175/512K Old Price: $199 New Price: $179
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 New Price: $499
Powerlogix PowerForce Zif G3/500/250/1MB New Price: $399
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?......
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.
And how much do you pay per performance point ................
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