🚀 go-pugleaf

Damir Smitlener wrote:
> 
> William Taylor wrote:
> >
> > In article <davis-0901961913020001@pppsb24.itg.ti.com> Tom L. Davis,
> > davis@adrs1.dseg.ti.com writes:
> > > Nobody argues that the PPC is faster in floating point. However for most
> > >    users, 99% of the time is spent in integer functions. Integer benchmarks
> > >    show that there is very little diffeence between the 2 processors (and
> > >    at least the x86 camp has a Pentium Pro to upgrade to today).
> > >
> >
> > Can you say "realtime 3D"? It is coming quickly, and Intel PC's are
> > going to be way behind the curve. A 604 is 1/6 the price of a P6/200
> > yet offers comparable FPU speed.
> > Pentium's are even farther behind.
> 
> Pshaw. This is meaningless for at least 2 reasons. First, 604 computers
> do not have any price advantage over Pentium Pro computers. Second,
> nobody in their right minds would do 3d without hardware acceleration,
> and the options for that will be fairly equal on both platforms with
> maybe a small price advantage on the PC side.
> 
> It's the accelerators that made SGI such a hot item, not "its" CPUs.
> 
> --
> 
> Damir Smitlener
> damir@mindspring.com

nobody in their right mind on the PECEE, 3d works on my stock mac
8500 just fine thanks.  and, over the years, accelerator companies 
have gone by the way due to faster chips. with speed doubling every 18 
months, 3d accelerators will have a very short life.