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- From: andrey@harry.ugcs.caltech.edu (Andre Yew)
- Subject: Re: Vivid 24 graphics card
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 05:31:06 GMT
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- dkennedy@nyx.cs.du.edu (Don Kennedy) writes:
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- [Vivid prices deleted]
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- >Comparison, the Silicon Graphics 4K/480 VGX is rated at 280 MIPS, 70
- >Mflops. The SGI system costs $194,000. An Amiga 3000, 040 processor, and
- >Vivid 24 (full blown) costs $12,325.
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- Of course, the whole comparison is completely
- bogus. There are about a zillion good reasons why you
- should spend $194,000 for the SGI system. I'm
- surprised DMI would stoop to such advertising lows.
- A question they'd be hard-pressed to answer would
- be, if the Vivid board is so fast, why specify an
- 040 card in your system?
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- Of course now that the Reality Engine (36-bit
- color!!!) is out, who wants a VGX?
-
- --Andre
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- --
- Andre Yew andrey@through.ugcs.caltech.edu (131.215.131.169)
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