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Hi John.
I've been investigating the Glint Chip for 3D Design Magazine, and what I've
discovered is very interesting. First off, there aren't that many 3D graphics
boards shipping at the moment. Matrox has the Millenia, which has it's own 3D
chip on it. STB, Omnicomp, and Elsa also have boards that are based on the
Glint Chip (along with Fujitsu), but from what I learned today, the Glint Chip
is in a second revision, which has many of these board manufacturers holding
back on actually shipping boards. Accelgraphics has a board that is designed to
accelerate AutoCAD Designer, AutoCAD, and Pro/E and it is based on
Accelgraphics (previously Kubota Graphics) OpenGL technology. That board is
shipping right now.
The most interesting piece of news about the Glint chip is that there are no
drivers to accelerate 3D Studio just yet. And, according to one of the vendors,
those drivers won't be available until the end of the year. Rather grim news
for the 3DS crowd. But once they hit, it will be great.
Kelly Dove
Hi Kelly,
try looking into the Rockwell \ Martin 3Dchip
it is almost 3 times faster than the glint chip, have been used in US Military
Simulators for years, including stealth f117 planes,
is now used in $60,000+ Sega game arcade \ virtual reality games
does 800,000+ polygons a sec.
I saw a demo of one at Aircraft testing facility a it was Mind bending
Al the big boys like Boeing\ Rockwell, Lockeed use it.
it is here already in arcades, comming later this year to graphhics board
and computers near you
best,
Cameron
CYberImage
Cameron,
Thanks for the tip. I've heard some rumbling of this chip and that something is
going on with it at the desktop level, but have yet to hear anything else.
Let me know if you hear anything else.
Take care.
Kelly
>> Thanks for the tip. I've heard some rumbling of this chip and that
something is going on with it at the desktop level, but have yet to hear
anything else.
Let me know if you hear anything else. <<
As an ex-member of the Lockheed Martin Visual/Information Systems Group and
SEGA Model 2 developer, I would also recommend that you investigate their
chipset. Check it out on http://jefferson.vf.mmc.com/real3d/R3D_PRO.html.
The boards spec'ed on this page aren't currently in any Sega arcade boards,
as Cameron said. The Sega arcade board, the Model 2, was designed by Martin,
but it is now old (but good) technology. The Real 3D product line is spec'ed
at 750k+ polys/sec. It's excellent!
– Dan / n-Space, Inc.
Dan,
Thanks for the Internet site info. I'll check it out.
Take care.
kelly