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Subject: Re: ScreamerNet Questions
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Mark Thompson writes:
>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.
Which just begs the question:
How much memory will the Raptor need to be equivalent, and what
is the cost of that RAM?
Does the Raptor use industry standard (clone) RAM boards, or
proprietary stuff?
Inquiring minds NEED to know!
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