mg@ztivax.UUCP (Michael Geiger) (12/11/90)
Hello out there! For the work in my new project I have to do a little research in 3D graphics programming and application. In the first place I have to install PEX on a Workstation. Unfortunately I haven't got lots of experiences in buying 3D Workstations. To choose the right one I need some informations about 3D Workstations like Benchmarks (vectors/s polygons/s ...) Prices and that stuff. Who will be so kind as to give me some information about where I can find this for different Workstations or (better) send me some Benchmark test results by email or post a reply in this newsgroup. I have nearly $60000 to spend including software. Thanks in advance Christian Kleegrewe ========================================================================= Christian Kleegrewe email: klee%olymp%ztivax@unido
joe@etac632 (Joe Fulson-Woytek) (12/12/90)
In article <2976@ztivax.UUCP> klee%olymp%ztivax@unido or mg@ztivax.UUCP (Michael Geiger) writes: >To choose the right one I need some informations about 3D Workstations >like > Benchmarks (vectors/s polygons/s ...) Along the lines of benchmarks, I recently saw an article abolut workstations that included numbers for a Graphstone benchmark. Does anyone have or know where to get information on this benchmark? You can email responses to joe@etac632.gsfc.nasa.gov and I'll summarize any responses for the net. Thanks. Joe Fulson-Woytek
tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Hanson) (12/13/90)
> Along the lines of benchmarks, I recently saw an article about workstations > that included numbers for a Graphstone benchmark. Does anyone have or know > where to get information on this benchmark? Grafstone is a proprietary benchmark from Workstation Labs. It seems to be essentially x11perf organized into categories; i.e. it test the ability to draw primitives. You can use x11perf to do this for X graphics or make simple programs to draw primitives in anyones graphics language. BUT, this just is not enough. YOU (the person wanting information from the benchmark) have to analyze your applications to see what primitives they are using. A better benchmark is the Picture Level Benchmark (PLB) in which you provide data in the form of polygons, vectors, text, etc. from your applications in a special file format and the vendor runs your data through PLB and produces a report given detailed information on performance. This benchmark is NOT ready yet. The January 1991 issue of the Anderson Report will contain preliminary numbers from several workstation vendors. If you want more information on PLB, contact the administrator, National Computer Graphics Association, 2722 Merrilee Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, Virginia 20031. The contact person is Dianne Dean at (703) 698-9600 x318. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / Jeff Hanson \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / * ViSC: Better * tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov * * * * * * / \ / \ Science / \ / \ NASA Lewis Research Center / \ / \ Through / \ / \ * * * * * * * Cleveland, Ohio 44135 * * * Pictures * * \ / \ / \ / \ Telephone - (216) 433-2284 Fax - (216) 433-2182 \ / \ / \ / *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*