Re: [OT] graphics card

["Stefan Andersson" <sanders3d(at)gmail.com>]

damn you Joe.... you just couldn't stop yourself could you...

*mumble* *mumble* *mumble*



On 11/10/06, Eric Lampi <ericlampi(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Cue licensing on a per core basis in 3...2...1...
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Joe Laffey <joe(at)laffey.tv>
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:24:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [OT] graphics card
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>
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Morten Bartholdy wrote:
>
> > Regarding the Quad Core Xeons - I just tested a box fresh in from my hardware
> > pusher - it was 4,8 times faster at pure raytracing than my dual Xeon 3,4 GHz
> > i bought a year ago!
> >
> > I am waiting for the pricetag, but it makes sense to get one of those to
> > replace yor renderboxes instead of forking out for more MR licenses.
>
> Yet another reason the render node pricing is ridiculous. People end up
> buying more hardware, and not giving any more money to SoftImage. Price
> render nodes reasonably and it might be the other way around.
>
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