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- is Lightwaveshipping with this system? and how does it rate in pure
- rendering speed to an alpha 21164?
- On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Dana Decker wrote:
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- > Hello Scott,
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- > I am replying to your question about purchasing an Indy to use Lightwave.
- >
- > In early spring we will be coming out with an upgrade of Lightwave3D using
- > open GL. In Modeler you will be able to move your (shaded) models in real
- > time, work directly with (shaded) textured models in layout, with
- > instantaneous updates to lighting changes. We are working on plug ins such
- > as motion capture and particles.
- >
- > The Silicon Graphics Indy has tremendous system throughput!! The Indy has
- > a 267MB per second system bus & a 400MB per second memory bus making it one
- > of the fastest systems on the market. The Indy is designed for digital
- > media, as well as multitasking, which allows you to run several
- > applications at once, as well as being able to program (scripting) with out
- > losing your work. The new R5000 processor is roughly 80% faster than the
- > R4400SC. This translates into pure processing power for your lightwave
- > application. The Indy also comes bundled with digital media tools and
- > software which will enable you take you designs to the next level. With
- > the new graphics capabilities of the Silicon Graphics Indy, you can do
- > complex matting & high end composting not available on a PC platform.
- >
- > SGI is offering a special now on Indy Studio R5000. The bottom price is
- > 13,500 for 64MB RAM, 1GB hard disk. The Indy is bundled with Adobe
- > Photoshop 3.0, Adobe Illustrator 5.5, Metatools KPT 2.0.1, Alias Composer
- > LT, Insignia Solutions Soft Windows 2.0, SGI NGS, and IRIS Impressario.
- > Please contact our new Sales Representative, Adam O'Donnell at 415-487-7000
- > to discuss this opportunity further.
- >
- >
- > Thank You
- >
- >
- >
- > Dana Decker
- > Account Manager
- > Xaos Tools
- > Direct Line:415-487-7054
- > Fax:415-558-9886
- > dana@xaostools.com
- > http://www.xaostools.com
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