[geeks] cassablanca 68060

Andrew Weiss ajwdsp at cloud9.net
Wed Feb 13 16:42:22 CST 2002


On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:

> *Render accelerated system takes approximately 25 seconds to render a one
> second 2D effect. 3D effect rendering varies based on video quality
> settings, and starts at 180 seconds per one second effect. **Rendering
> times are doubled for a 2D effect and take 3-4times longer for a 3D effect.
> There is no difference in picture quality between the two systems.
> _______________________________________________

And then we remember the keynote where Steve Jobs tells us how the
Power Macintosh G4 renders one second of video in one second using
Altivec.  Times have surely changed.

Andrew J. Weiss
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