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- From: jcmurphy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jeff Murphy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: SPARCstation 10 Graphics Options
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:41:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.012154.13827@newsroom.utas.edu.au> winter@sol.surv.utas.edu.au (Derek Winter) writes:
- >Hello All,
- >
- >these are outlined as shown below, BUT this does not mean a great deal to me.
- >Could some one please explain what the asterisked (*) terms mean, and what
- >practical significance they have? i.e. what real benefits are there from movin
- >from GX -> GXPlus -> GS -> GT?
-
- The asterisks appear to denote the differences in the next higher
- graphics chip. I.e. it shows you what extras you get by choosing the next
- higher model of the chip.
- The real benefits are speed. The higher model of chip you select,
- the more tasks it takes over from the cpu... such as the top of the line
- GT will support on-chip antialiasing, double buffering, solid shading, etc
- etc.. where as if you got the GX, the cpu would have to handle all of those
- tasks (which would seriously impede it's performance if you had many tasks
- attempting to do them).
- Hope this helps.
-
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