HI,
Steve wrote:
> On 2006-02-22 15:12:17 +0000, Steve <stek1961NO@SPAMmac.com> said:
>
>> SB1K, one 750 proc, 1gb RAM, Expert3D (ie not lite).
>>
>> I find it not much faster than the U60 dual 360 I had before, bit
>> disappointed actually. Another proc might ramp it up but as it's
>> basically a desktop for me I don't think it will help that much.
>>
>> But the gfx are the real heartbreaker, the Expert is no better than
>> the Elite or the Creator I had before, PCI vs UPA admittedly but
>> still. All I want is snappier window movements not into games or 3D
>> stuff.
>>
>> So I bid on an XVR-500 on Ebay but decided against it in the end,
>> thinking this card isn't not much better than the Expert3D, any opinions?
>>
I can't compare really, I have one in a Blade 2500 works fine but still
I have nothing to compare with.
But i would suspect that XVR500 and XVR600 is no huge difference, I
think I asked about it here before I replaced the XVR100 with the XVR500.
Better resolution on XVR600!
>> Am I better looking at the XVR-1000? The 600's and 1200's are out of
>> my range! Or again, am I looking at a marginal improvement?
>>
Probably, maybe a second or faster CPU would do more to the Gnome stuff
in JDS3.
>> Also is there any real reason not to try the Expert3D in the bottom
>> 66meg slot? I know Sun say not to but is it just a support/untested
>> issue rather than a technical one? If I did would it offer any
>> improvement?
>>
>> Running Solaris 10/JDS3, patched up as allowed by Sun nowadays.
>> Additionally I'm wondering if installing Medialibs would help as Sun
>> Docs suggest. I have OpenGL installed and the demos perform quite
>> admirably but as I say, not into that, just a smooth desktop is all I
>> want!
>>
>> Steve
>
>
> I just fired up my old Octane (dual 195's) and it's great, much more
> responsive.....
>
> Dilemma!
>
W'll it's IRIX SGI Mips, it should not be slow in computation and
graphics
Dilemma is that SGI is in bad shape (:
What if you use CDE, Octane still ahead what graphics is it in it?
/michael