I auiditioned the Quadra 700 and even gave it a 8.1 booting 700MB Quantum Trailblazer and a System 6.0.4/6.0.8/7.1 IIci (7.1 only used for the few things I can't get System 6 to do like AppleTalk routing) crushed it because of this little thing called...System 6! If you want System 6, you have to pay for it (as I did.) But you can get the equivalent of an Apple Display Card 8*24 using the Quadra with fully expanded VRAM, it's not equivalent to the GC because they say it is not accelerated, but has the same VRAM when maxed out (2MB according to my research.)
Then again, you pay for that convenience with only 68MB max system memory, thus meaning the Quadra 700 is as limited in that capacity as the lonesome loser IIvx! I mention this for feature completeness, not disparagement.
System 6, 128MB RAM, and 3 plus 1 (instead of 1 and 2 halves) expansion slots sold me on the IIci-and it quickly got recapped @ that. Although you DO have to pay the DayStar Turbo040 toll with the IIci vs. the Quadra 700 if you want Quadra-level performance (a Radius Rocket would do other tasks, but the main system would b held to 25MHz 68030.)
Then again, you pay for that convenience with only 68MB max system memory, thus meaning the Quadra 700 is as limited in that capacity as the lonesome loser IIvx! I mention this for feature completeness, not disparagement.
System 6, 128MB RAM, and 3 plus 1 (instead of 1 and 2 halves) expansion slots sold me on the IIci-and it quickly got recapped @ that. Although you DO have to pay the DayStar Turbo040 toll with the IIci vs. the Quadra 700 if you want Quadra-level performance (a Radius Rocket would do other tasks, but the main system would b held to 25MHz 68030.)