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From: "Holman, Dimitri" <dholman@wb.com>
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Subject: Raptor Zealots RE: IRIX on RAPTOR/w mips
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Some RAPTOR zealot wrote:
>>We could build systems like SGI, but why? Our systems are 2x the performance
>>at half the price!
Not even a fraction of the REAL-TIME performance.
I'm still amazed at how few people actually understand what SGI speed is all
about. Yes the Alpha processor is one of the fastest on the planet. And that
has a direct correlation to the speed of RAY TRACING renderers like LightWave.
And fast floating performance helps. Silicon Graphis hardware is designed for
the REAL-TIME manipulation of Textures and Geometry (i.e. truly interactive
modeling). *NOT* Ray traced rendering. Use a machine for what it's good for.
SGI for Real time viz, simulators, etc. Yes, buy the Raptor, send Bill Gates
some more money, and Render LW images. It's a better price / performance
