[geeks] XIO V10 card size question

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 03:27:50PM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:
> 
> > So, uhh, lets see.  $4500 for this, $3500 for the R14k, $500 for an
> > upgradable octane, $500 for a FC-AL card, and $1k for a PVO.  Thats, uh,
> > $9k.  Add another $2k for Maya, and $1k for 2 monitors, and we have a
> > $12k highend studio not quite in a box.  Of course, we could substitute
> > a $3500 DVO option, which would allow one to use firewire, but you would
> > have to get a bridge.  Well, things are falling, but still not cheap.
> > 
> 
> Don't forget that you need the Xbow 1.4 (backplane) to support V10 graphics,
> and the motherboard to take the R14k processor, as well as the proper power
> supply.  A regular R10k Octane won't have these, and chances are very good
> that an R12k Octane won't either.

Oh really.  I was under the impression that it would.  Oh well.  Not
like it was a realistic or serious plan anyway.  Anyone actually
intending to do it should look further.  I do wish I had an Octane
though.  Something like to run Houdini Apprentice on.  I want to do a
melting ice cube in it for their competition.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd