[rescue] Mmmmm SGI

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 09:31:10PM -0700, Eric Ozrelic wrote:
> > If Apple would only stop fooling themselves with that GeForce stuff.
> 
> The GeForce cards are THE best in the world at what they do, and that is
> excellent 2D, and excellent 3D for acceleration of games. I think a lot of
> higher end 3D graphics manufactures should take a hint from Nvidia.

The Wildcat is better at 2D (I wish it were better still, but that is 
something else).  In particular, it accelerates OpenGL imaging, including
hardware convolutions (usefull for many of the operations that programs
like photoshop do, from filters to the magic wand).  But, for $2k, you have
to be doing something more than photoshop to make it worthwhile.

BTW, on OS X, do they have all the proper calibration tools for the GeForce
line like they used to provide for the older machines?
 
> For what most people buy Apples for, and for what Apple's target market is,
> a GForce card is an excellent choice in my opinion.

Apple makes Final Cut Pro.  Apple recently purchased Nothing Real, which makes
Shake and Tremor.  Apple is pushing for their platform to be used for Maya
and Combustion.  All of these programs benefit to some extent from a card
like the wildcat, especially at HD resolutions.  I'm not saying they should
ship Wildcats to everyone.  Just that they should make it an option for this
target market of theirs.  If they included the Wildcat 5000 in addition to 
the newer line (3DLabs still sells the 5000s, BTW), it wouldn't be too much 
of a stretch for professionals to  afford (5110s are about $1.5k).  Obviously not the right card for schools and home users, but App


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Joshua D. Boyd