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#3DS benchmark

    26-Sep-95 14:59:57
Sb: #192572-#3DS benchmark
Fm: Terry Miller 72400,3306
To: MARTIN G FOSTER 70303,456
With Mapping off: (All else on) Metal shading: 1024 X 768 2:20 640 x 480 1:09 That's on the P100. While we're on this subject Martin, I would like to know if you have any thoughts on this. I am trying to decide whether it will be best to get a second dual when Max ships. Do you think it would be better to throw another 10 grand at a second system, or throw that same money at more RAM and an accelerator card for the existing one. I guess the 10K is a bit large, seeing how I won't need most of the stuff I have on this one just for a render server. But, to go to from 128 to 512MB RAM, with an accelerator card, could get up there close to that. What would you do in this situation? Not having the experience most of you guys have in this business, I spend a lot of time "test" rendering. I have to trial and error a LOT. So the dead time spent waiting for renders is pretty severe for me. Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you have along these lines. Terry