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- From: Mike Schnabel <schnabel@crow.ewd.dreo.dnd.ca>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: NewTek SHIPS Lightwave 4.0/Amiga!
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:38:19 -0800
- Organization: Defense Research Establishment Ottawa
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- > What does it have to do with anything? My single processor, bargain
- > basement P100 will render 10x faster than an A4000/040, for less
- > money, and includes TRUE 24 bit output and a CD ROM as well (not to
- > mention gobs more storage space). NOBODY serious about 3D renders on
- > an Amiga anymore. Sure, I keep my A3000 because of all the great 3D
- > tools which simply aren't available on any other platform, but I sure
- > as heck don't render on it.
-
- First off, acording to the benchmarks I have seen, about 5-6 times faster
- would be more accurate. I could be wrong and am just picking nits I know,
- but your point is well taken.
-
- However, development boards are being shipped that will upgrade any Amiga
- to PPC. This is about a 4 fold increase over pentium speeds. I realize at
- the moment it is vaporware, but Phase 5(makers of the accelerator)
- normally doesn't start and advertise something that isent going to end up
- existing. The main reason for AMIGA lagging as be the lack of new
- machines being produced. Even at the moment 50MHz 060 A4000 are available
- in limited numbers. These easily match the pentium in speed. They are a
- bit more expensive, but do not require all the expensive ad ons that a
- pentium requires.
-
- I Agree things looked bad for Amiga a year ago, but things are starting
- to look up. I for one will hang in there for awhile longer with my 33MHz
- 040 A3000, with true 24bit at hi res (752x480) at 30fps that I use to
- make video renderings for the local cable station.
-