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From: andreess@mrlaxf.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
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Subject: Re: xengine performance on RS6000
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.194908.4537@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 19:49:08 GMT
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In article <1991Apr17.190136.17974@nrcnet0.nrc.ca> ng@cfd.di.nrc.ca writes:
>We have tried out the xengine on our RS6000 model 530 running 3003.
>The system is configured with 64meg of main memory and a 24-bit, 3D
>and Z-buffer graphics subsystem.
>
>The outcome, which ranges from 41 to 49, is extremely disappointing.
>We also have a Silicon Graphics 4D/25G and a SUN 3/60. Both perform
>about twice as good as the IBM.
>
>However somebody has claimed that on a 550, the xengine runs at 333.
>Has anybody tried it on their RS6000 ?

In my experience, straight X runs considerably faster on IBM's
NON-3D graphics subsystems.  I don't have any numbers to back this
up, but qualitatively, it's true.

Marc

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