SGI: Hardware

Infinite Reality vs. Infinite Performance - Page 2

guardian452
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Wrote the following at Jan. 23, 2013, 6:05 p.m...

3dchris wrote:

I guess the real question is this: If I want the most powerful graphics performance in a single rack system (think of it like the ultimate SGI workstation) to run off the shelf software - Maya, Alias, etc...

A wintel box such as mac pro or hp z800 :oops:

Time to decide whether you want super speed or a cool vintage silicongraphics workstation... And if you will be running it for significant amounts of time (40hours a week etc) I would lean strongly to the former. I've had to pay ontario hydro bills with sgi's before, it was not a pleasant surprise :shock:

Oh hell just get an onyx (1/2/3/4) IR and be happy :twisted:

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(DavidVilla) A1186 (Xavi)
A1370 (Messi) dp43tf (Puyol) A1387 (Abidal) A1408 (Guardiola)

"InfiniteReality Graphics - Power Through Complexity"

guardian452
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Wrote the following at Jan. 23, 2013, 6:10 p.m...

hammie hit the nail on the head...

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A1370 (Messi) dp43tf (Puyol) A1387 (Abidal) A1408 (Guardiola)

"InfiniteReality Graphics - Power Through Complexity"

foetz
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Wrote the following at Feb. 5, 2013, 1:29 p.m...

there's also the "comfort" aspect. any IR module comes with a giant fan and is loud as hell. not to mention the serious power needs.
V12 on the other hand is a quite compact solution with nice performance however if you wanna go for something big like the rm4 then you have no choice anyway.

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