[rescue] SGI Fuel

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:55:44AM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> >So, wadda ya think? :-)
> >It looks nice to me, but I miss XIO...
> >
> >http://www.sgi.com/workstations/fuel/
> >
> 
> Not bad.  Any idea on pricing for this thing? How do the graphics 
> connect to the system?  Are the graphics interchangeable?  This seems 
> to me more like an O2 replacement than an Octane replacement. I 
> wonder what this will do to the used sgi market?  Will octane CPU 
> modules/ram/cards come down in price?

I think it is supposed to sit in between the O2 and Octane.  It should be 
about as good at video processing as the O2, but there are other things than
video that 1 gig of textures are usefull for where texture streaming would
be so good.  For instance, volumetrics.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd