The Performance Edge: Pretty
Soon They'll Be Giving Them Away! Sonnet Price Cuts And The
New Price/Performance Equation
Sonnet
has come out with a series of prices cuts ranging from $50 to
$100 on 12 of its G3 upgrade cards - just in time for chirstmas.
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
Note: It may be some days after this is posted
that new prices will be reflected at retailers
Encore G3 500/1M
Old Price $799.95 New Price $699.95
Power Mac G3 desktops
G3 Towers
G3 Servers
All-In-One
Blue & White G3s
Crescendo G3/PCI 266/512K
Old Price $249.95 New Price $199.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 300/512K
Old Price $299.95 New Price $249.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 300/1M
Old Price $349.95 New Price$299.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 400/1M
Old Price $499.95 New Price $399.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 466/1M
Old Price $649.95 New Price $599.95
Crescendo G3/PCI 500/1M
Old Price $799.95 New Price $699.95
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
Mactell XB-Pro
Crescendo G3/NuBus 300/1M
Old Price $399.95 New Price
$349.95
Crescendo G3/NuBus 400/1M
Old Price $599.95 New Price $499.95
Power Mac 6100, 7100, 8100
Performa 611X
Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150
Radius 81/110
Power Computing Power 100, Power 120
Crescendo G3 250/512
for PCI/L2 Macs
Old Price $249.95 New Price $199.95
Crescendo G3 300/512K for PCI/L2 Macs
Old Price $299.95 New Price $249.95
Crescendo G3 300/1M for PCI/L2 Macs
Old Price $349.95 New Price $299.95
Power Mac 4400, 5400, 5500*, 6400, 6500*,
7220
Performa 5400, 5410, 5420, 5430, 5440, 6360, 6400, 6410,
6420
20th Anniversary Mac*
Power Computing PowerBase Desktop
Motorola StarMax 3000, 4000
* The Crescendo G3/L2 400/1M will support only Mac
models that have a 50 MHz bus speed as indicated with
asterisk.
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) ....
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