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- From: cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris Brown)
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- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 20:35:20 -0000
- Organization: Advanced RISC Machines Limited
- Message-ID: <4j1na8$du1@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk>
- References: <4ipnjl$2jm@sinsen.sn.no> <1757.6654T1228T2747@gramercy.ios.com>
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- In article <1757.6654T1228T2747@gramercy.ios.com>,
- Pacarana <larrymb@gramercy.ios.com> wrote:
-
- [snip]
-
- >>Get real. Why do you think AT could produce something better
- >>than what's being produced by companies specialized in
- >>making GFX-Cards ?
- >
- > Well considering that they bought the computer that started all that one should
- >hope so.
-
- I find it really funny that there seem to be so many people who think
- AT can wave their magic wand, and out pops a low cost, incredibly fast
- and powerful graphics chipset that's overflowing with features. It
- takes a *very* long time to design something like that, and costs a
- *huge* amount of money. In 1985 the Amiga chipset was unique, and
- allowed things that no other chipset at the time could even dream
- of. This was still largely true in 1992. Now it's 1996, and powerful
- SVGA chipsets are two a penny. We don't need to go with the expensive
- proprietry soloition to get our draggable screens et al any more. SVGA
- chips are now powerful enough. Just look at anything using CyberGraphX
- for proof. Why on Earth should AT bother ploughing time and money into
- re-inventing the wheel?
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