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I am not sure which SGI machine they have – but I do know a game company that dropped 3DS for SGI + ALIAS. ALthough I did hear that ALias Crashed a lot. They were doing some renderings for CES and I was told that some mesh ( I think it was an army on horseback) took 4 1/2 hours where they knew it would have taken over night on 3DS – and no they don't know that for a fact – but they believe it to be true. I think the SGI they have is INDIGO From my own point of view – I would imagine rendering speed to be improved by max memory on a P100. My own thoughts are that inanimate object and certain animate objects can be made to look equally good on ALias and 3DS. I suspect that Alias may do a better job with hair and fur – or maybe that still needs to be done with the 2D art to look good. Personally I have seen some 2D Fantasy art which I don't think can be equaled in the 3D world. I am specifically referring to the art which is done for TSR. Judy