Re: Insuficient computer power

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Ralph Seguin (seguin++at++vr2.engin.umich.edu)
Tue, 06 Feb 1996 12:54:52 -0500

> I'm currently working on an Indy with a Risc4400 at 175Mhz, 32Mb Ram.
> It just isn't enough to simulate a 3d environment with texture-mapped
> objects.

The base Indy gfx system is a dumb frame buffer and has no hardware
acceleration, and certainly no hardware textures.
To get hardware textures, you need a higher end graphics system
like: RealityEngine, Impact, ... None of which are available for
the Indy [yet??].

> The question is: Why is a 486i with 4mb RAM enough to run the full
> textured environment of Doom and the complex textured samples of

The short of it is that Doom "cheats" a little bit. There is a vast
difference between a fixed game-type application and general 3D.

> Renderware? THIS COMPUTER COSTS 20 TIMES LESS!

Can you really buy a 486 system for $250? :) If so, I'll order 50
immediately. :)

-Ralph

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