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#Graphics boards

    19-May-95 00:51:43
Sb: #12267-#Graphics boards
Fm: Alan Ridgeway 74347,2501
To: ken lee 72333,1704
Hi, I just heard that there is a newer board with some texturing real time redering. It also has faster 3d performance. It will be out this summer. If I were you , I will wait for it. But will the software support the texture mapping? I already have a Matrox Impression plus. It makes the pipes screen saven in NT jam, but until truespace 2.0 come out it won't do me much good. Also TS 2.0 only renders real time on solid modeling and not texture. So I don't see how the new board will help. But you are right about new boards. With new chips like GLint and REAL3D coming out real time rendering with texture maps will be here soon. It will make things difficult for those who try to justify the price of an SGI. (althought SGI will always have some new gimick upp their sleve) Alan