Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: What is the best processor architecture for Ray Tracing? Summary: Pricey Pricey Keywords: Processors, FPA, Ray Tracing Message-ID: <1730@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 14 Mar 89 20:23:24 GMT References: <110@avatar.UUCP> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 17 In article <110@avatar.UUCP>, kory@avatar.UUCP (Kory Hamzeh) writes: : The questions that I am trying to answer are: : : - Will spending a $1000 and getting a 20Mhz 80387 chip make : a significant difference? (this is probably the easiest : solution for me.) Are you talking about changing the motherboard to install the 387? Advertised prices for 20MHz 80387s are under $500 (I found two ads at $459 within 3 minutes after reading the above). Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu) BITNET: thos@ucsfcca (The I.G.) (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos) OS|2 -- an Operating System for puppets. #include