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To: lightwave-l@netcom.com
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Subject: Re: ScreamerNet Questions
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 17 Jun 94 01:51:47 -0700. <199406170851.BAA12903@jobe.shell.portal.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 10:11:52 EDT
From: Mark Thompson <mark@westford.ccur.com>
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Allen Hastings writes:
> > Is the Raptor worth the money? Would it be more cost effective to
> >get a few Pentiums or high end 486(100MHz) machines instead
> I believe the CPUs in the Raptor run at 150 MHz
> and there are two of them, so a Raptor ought to be worth about
> seven and a half 486/66s.
And when doing your cost comparisons, keep in mind that you will need a
butt-load of memory on each of those PCs (32-64MB if you have a fair amount
of scene complexity) and WinNT is going to eat about 12MB. With 32MB and a
basic 486/66 times seven and a half, you have about $19K.
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