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From: tak@tcela.COM (Michael Takayama)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: 4D/35 vs. 4D/3xx
Message-ID: <112@tcela.COM>
Date: 17 Jan 91 01:15:27 GMT
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Looking through the latest UNIX Review (Jan 91), I noted that the 4D/340VGX
is SPECmarked at 19.5 while the new 4D/35 is SPECmarked at 23 (pgs. 75 and
110, respectively).

OK, all you folks at SGI in ASD and ESD, given the price differential between
the 4D/35 and 4D/3xx workstations, what is the *REAL* difference in compute
performance (not graphics - it's pretty much a given that GTX and VGX 
performance far exceed TG performance) between these systems (esp. 4D/35S 
and 4D/310S)? 

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Michael Takayama                                     email:  tak@tce.com
Technical Support Manager
TDI America

"Well, which DOES weigh more - a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?"
                          - pre-law student in 1st year physics class
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