[rescue] Ultra 80 sluggish/Octane

[Kevin Loch]

Aaron Finley wrote:
> I'm running Solaris 9 on a single 450 Ultra 80 with Creator 3d Series 3. 
> I'm experiencing sluggish performance with firebird and GIMP and it's 
> just not fast enough in general. This machine is also running mysql, 
> bind, zeus, and some other stuff for a project I am working on. I had an 
> SGI Indigo2 Max before, and I miss it, would I be better off going to a 
> R14k 400 MXE/V6/V8 Octane for the same applications (plus better 
> graphics applications on the SGI) or better off upgrading the Ultra 80 
> to quad 450 and Expert3d?
> 

Upgrade to Solaris 7

KL