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From: ra@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Christoph Ramshorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: New IBM Graphics Workstations
Message-ID: <1990Jul31.071712.5555@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
Date: 31 Jul 90 07:17:12 GMT
References: <9007261139.AA05802@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> <1990Jul29.165033.22289@portia.Stanford.EDU>
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dhinds@portia.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) writes:

>    The IBM RS6000's have several levels of graphics support.  The 8-bit
>color 3D graphics level is quoted as doing 90K 3D vectors/sec, and 10K 3D
>polygons/sec.


     This level of perfomance comes also with 24-bit color and 24-bit z-buffer.
It is based on SGI chips and runs under GL - comparable to a 4D20/25. It is

>    The 24-bit color 3D graphics system is quoted as doing
>990K 3D vectors/sec and 120K 3D polygons/sec.

     This is the graphics of the 730 model. It is IBM hardware and
does NOT run with GL.

Christoph Ramshorn, Geologisches Institut, Albertstr.23-B
D-7800 Freiburg i.Br., West Germany