Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!woolstar
From: woolstar@nntp-server.caltech.edu (John D. Woolverton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: What's the difference (4D35S vs 4D310S)
Summary: A R3000 at 33MHz, what's in a cabnet
Keywords: Fast cpu versus cabnet
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.170523.8043@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 90 17:05:23 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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   Now that the 4D35 has been announced, I've been looking
at the periodic chart of the Iris and I'm wondering what's
the difference between a 4D35 server and a 4D310 server.
(Besides price, since one is $14,000 w/ 16Meg and the other
 is $25,000)

   How do the cache, memory bandwidth, expansion capabilities,
I/O handling, etc all compare.  Is the 4D35 as balanced as
the 4D310?  Is the price difference only that the 4D310 can have
a VGX engine added for another $30,000?

   It's just amazing how much cabnets cost, the CPU is usually
quite cheap in comparison.  Not that I'm complaining, Silicon
Graphics makes neet cabinets.  :-)

	John D. Woolverton, video Engineer
	woolstar@cobalt.caltech.edu