[geeks] XIO V10 card size question

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 03:09:30PM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:
> 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11223&item=2300130715
> > 
> > V10 graphics.  Is it just me, or does that card look like it will eat
> > all 4 XIO slots?
> > 
> 
> It's deceiving, since it's mounted on a XIO carrier.  It will only take up 2
> XIO slots.

Cool.

So, uhh, lets see.  $4500 for this, $3500 for the R14k, $500 for an
upgradable octane, $500 for a FC-AL card, and $1k for a PVO.  Thats, uh,
$9k.  Add another $2k for Maya, and $1k for 2 monitors, and we have a
$12k highend studio not quite in a box.  Of course, we could substitute
a $3500 DVO option, which would allow one to use firewire, but you would
have to get a bridge.  Well, things are falling, but still not cheap.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd