[rescue] O2 graphics compared to entry-level Octane graphics?

Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez lefa at cats.ucsc.edu
Thu Apr 25 03:14:52 CDT 2002


On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> How do "onboard" O2 graphics compare to I2/Extreme and 
> entry-level Octane (SI?) graphics?

It should be slower for solids than the Extreme and SI, simply because the
O2 has no Geometry Engine, it uses the R5K for geometry transforms.

It kicks ass for texturing though... since neither Extreme nor SI support
texture.



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