From: Kenneth Pimentel <kp@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: INFO: Sense8's WTK on SGI Indy



> On a similar vein, has anyone at Sense8 got specs for the SGI version
> of WTK running on an Indy? How does it compare with a 486/66VL with 2
> SPEA Fire boards? Which system would be a better buy (ignoring crumby
> PC architecture, etc.)?

Since the SGi Indy is really no different than an R4000 Indigo (in
terms of 3D graphics performance), you can expect similar numbers
(about 10k shaded polys/sec and 1200 textured polys/sec). If you want
to work with textures, then it is no contest - the SPEA Fire board can
deliver 7k textured polys/sec at 24 bits. A 486-66 w/Fire board should
cost you about $4.5k. If you can live with a DOS environment and need
real-time texture-mapping the choice is clear. If you want a
mult-window Unix development environment then go with the Indy.

Kenneth Pimentel
Product Manager
Sense8 Corp.
sense8!kpiment@well.sf.ca.us