[rescue] SGI tidbits

[vraptor at employees.org]

SGI tidbit:

I had lunch with the SGI QA guy who handles ILM the other day,
he told me a couple of interesting things...

1) If you are doing non-graphic work with your SGI, don't bother
going over 192MB of memory.

2) If you are working with Maya and texture maps, the O2 and
the Onyx (memory is hazy on the 2nd--I remember the O2 because
I have one) are the only ones that will handle in excess of 1GB
texture maps.

I learned this when asking about how much I should boost the
O2's memory, since it only has 160MB.  Apparently the OS loads
itself up and pretty much stays there.  I guess they took a
dim view of swapping with IRIX.

=Nadine=

On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

>http://www.sgi.com/products/recertified/clearance/
>
>Onyx2s, starting at $13,800.  Wow.  I bet that will have a nice effect
>on the used market.
>
>--
>Joshua D. Boyd
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