[geeks] What is the SSI graphics in a Octane.

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Sat, 11 May 2002, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> That's all well and good if you know what an SI is.

SI: Solid Impact refactored for XIO.  Decent geometry speed, hardware Z
    buffer, maximum resolution of 1280x1024 at TrueColor, requries one
    XIO slot.  Has no texture memory built-in, but has a slot for one TRAM
    module at 4 megabytes.
SSI:SI with twice as many geometry engines, and twice as much framebuffer.
    Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 at TrueColor.  Requires two XIO slots.
    Has no texture memory built-in, but has two slots for two TRAMs at
    4 megabytes each.  Both TRAMs must either be installed or missing.
MXI:SSI with TRAM.
SE: (also ESI) A newer, faster variant of SI.  The framebuffer and TRAM
    clocks are faster, so E-series TRAM and I-series TRAM are different.
SSE:(also ESSI) A newer, faster variant of SSI
MXE:(also EMXI) A newer, faster variant of MXI

--Jonathan