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Gus Mumme (gusm@dmp.csiro.au) wrote:



: Thanks to the people who gave responses via both email
: and followons.  

: There seems to be a general agreement on the following :-

: Indigo 2,
: 48-64 Meg RAM,
: "extreme" graphics,
: I Gig or larger hard-disk.

: This was quoted as being around the US$15,000 to US$28,000 mark.  
: As we have software on a separate budget, this looks OK.

: However, a quote from Silicon Graphics in Australia follows :-

: INDIGO2 Extreme Graphics, 150/75 MHz, 32MB Memory
: 1Gb System Disk, 19" Monitor

: List Price       ~A$81,000     
: Ex-Tax           ~A$65,000  
: 12 Month Support ~A$9,000 

: INDIGO2 Extreme Graphics, 150/75 MHz, 64MB Memory
: 2Gb System Disk, 19" Monitor

: List Price       ~A$90,000
: Ex-Tax           ~A$72,000
: 12 Month Support ~A$9,000

: -----------------------

: I'm afraid we are PC based here and are used to 
: near top of the range PCs for around the $5,000
: with 2 to 5 year warranties.

: US$15,000 - US$28,000 sounds a reasonable price for 
: the graphical power we are buying.  However, A$60,000 
: to A$90,000 does not seem reasonable.  

: (A$1 =  US$0.75)

: Thanks to everyone for the help so far.

: Gus.

: PS : Is it feasable to get one from the US? :-)


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You might consider to go with the XZ graphics. Its 3D graphics performance is
lower than the Extreme graphics, but not by a factor of two, more like
20% or so.

Also, there is a Indy 4600SC with "XZ" graphics announcement, with a 
graphics performance in between the Indigo2 XZ and Extreme. The price
is certainly lower than that of the Indigo2 XZ, and the CPU power is
almost the same as the Indigo2.

Just my 2 Pfennige ...
Kay


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