Does the SGI Octane 2 have 36-bit DACs? Otherwise it'll end up taking that 36-bit data and squeezing it out to common 24-bit DACS losing all the extended color info. The Sun XVR-1000 has 30-bit DACS directly out to the display...
Sun Blade 2000 outperforms even the Octane2 series in compute performance by up to 50% and now with the XVR-1000, can compete against the IR in many areas. SGI Fuel is a single CPU system with only 4GB of RAM support and doesnt even compare against the Sun Blade 1000 in CPU performance - and the Sun Blade 1000 can be had for under $6K!
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Does the SGI Octane 2 have 36-bit DACs? Otherwise it'll end up taking that 36-bit data and squeezing it out to common 24-bit DACS losing all the extended color info. The Sun XVR-1000 has 30-bit DACS directly out to the display...
Sun Blade 2000 outperforms even the Octane2 series in compute performance by up to 50% and now with the XVR-1000, can compete against the IR in many areas. SGI Fuel is a single CPU system with only 4GB of RAM support and doesnt even compare against the Sun Blade 1000 in CPU performance - and the Sun Blade 1000 can be had for under $6K!