Axel Sammet (axel++at++luca.hannover.sgi.com)
Fri, 23 May 1997 08:25:48 +0000
FYI: RM4s had 4MB, RM5s 16MB of TRAM. There was no 64MB option in the RE2.
You may mix RM4 and RM5 in a pipe, but the system will only make use of 4MB
TRAM.
Axel
On May 22, 10:31, Rémi Arnaud wrote:
> Subject: Re: Differences between RM4 & RM5 boards
> John Wintle wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have just taken delivery of an Onyx RE2 + MCO which has 2 RM5 boards
> > in it. Could someone tell me the differences between the RM4 and the
RM5
> > boards.
> >
>
> Lucky you, you now have plenty of Texture memory.
>
> > We also have two other Onyx RE2 + MCO machines that have 4 RM4's in
each
> > one. What performance differences would we notice between the RM4's and
> > RM5's.
> >
> > We will be using the MCO in each case with 3 x 960x680 ++at++60Hz windows.
> >
> > Can we use multisampling with these configurations, as initial
> > investigations have indicated that this will only work without MCO
> > enabled.
>
> Same performance, ony much more texture. If I am correct it is
> 64MB instead of 16MB ?
>
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Wintle,
> > Principal Visual Modeller,
> > Intersim Limited, Units 7-8, Thorgate Road, Littlehampton. Sussex. UK
> > Tel: +44 (0)1903 733428 Fax: +44 (0)1903 730246
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