Re: Graphics Hardware
Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:23:26 -0700
Angus Dorbie wrote:
>
> SCOTT OFRIEL wrote:
> >
> > To all:
> > How can I know what kind of graphics hardware I have on my 150 Mhz R4400 Onyx2
> > RE2 Irix 6.2? How do I know whether I have texture memory/graphics? How much
> > texture memory do I need to have? (big question I'm sure). Our Performer
> > programs now use a textured terrain database that use three different
> > textures, that is pretty much the extent of our texture requirement.
> >
> > I did /usr/gfx/gfxinfo but it said nothing about texture graphics (hinv
> > reports nothing as well).
>
> Yes it does..
>
> Hinv says:
> 8 195 MHZ IP27 Processors
> CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.6
> FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
> Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes
> Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
> Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 4 Mbytes
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0
> CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 0
> Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
> Integral SCSI controller 10: Version Fibre Channel AIC-1160, revision 1
> Integral SCSI controller 2: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), differential
> Integral SCSI controller 3: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), differential
> Integral SCSI controller 4: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), differential
> Integral SCSI controller 5: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), differential
> Integral SCSI controller 11: Version Fibre Channel AIC-1160, revision 1
> IOC3 serial port: tty1
> IOC3 serial port: tty2
> IOC3 serial port: tty3
> IOC3 serial port: tty4
> IOC3 parallel port: plp1
> Graphics board: InfiniteReality2
> Graphics board: InfiniteReality2
> Graphics board: InfiniteReality2
> Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 7.0, number 1
> Origin BASEIO board, module 1 slot 1: Revision 3
> Origin FIBRE CHANNEL board, module 1 slot 9: Revision 3
> Origin MSCSI board, module 1 slot 5: Revision 3
> IOC3 external interrupts: 1
>
> ########^^ This part tells you Graphics architectures########
Well the part a few lines up does anyway.
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