From: Wendy Lewis Subject: PROD: 3D Graphics Accelerator Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:46:44 -0700 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970827174644.006c8ca4@popd.ix.netcom.com> Your posting about graphics accceleration did not note your price range. I work for a PR agency that represents Hitachi America and wanted to fill you in on a graphics subsystem they manufacture. SPHERIX, a 3D graphics subsystem, greatly exceeds the capability of single-card accelerators. It is a free-standing unit, linked to a host computer via a dedicated PCI interface card. SPHERIX enables Intel Pentium and Digital Alpha computers on Windows NT networks to deliver real-time, hardware-accelerated geometry and rendering performance. It is available in a range of configurations including up to four geometry processors and up to four rendering managers. With the maximum configuration, the subsystem enables PCs to generate up to three million polygons per second with a texture fill rate up to 320 million pixels per second. As you might expect, it's very expensive compared to single-card accelerator boards, but I thought people out there might still be interested in learning about it. SENSE8 is the first authorized reseller of SPHERIX, and the subsystem is bundled with a single copy of either WorldToolKit or World Up software. For more information, the marketing/sales V.P. at Sense8 is John McCrea. Ph: 415/331-6318, E-mail: john@sense8.com ------------------------ Wendy Lewis FS Communications 888 Villa St., Ste. 410 Mountain View, CA 94041 tel: 650-691-1488 fax: 650-960-0541 email: wendy@fscomm.com [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.]