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From: jeffs@soul.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: xengine performance on RS6000
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.173044.18666@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 18 Apr 91 17:30:44 GMT
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In <1991Apr17.190136.17974@nrcnet0.nrc.ca> ng@cfd.di.nrc.ca (Kai Ng) 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 ?

My bet is the 550 has the 2d card which has much better X performance,
and the 550 cpu *definitely* does crank.

BTW, my 4D/25G averages 177rpm running alpha IRIX 4.0 (which will
ship later this year).

jeffs@sgi.com