rec.autos.simulators

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> Could someone from Intergraph please comment on the claims Canopus Corp=
> is making about their Rendition based card. I found these claims at
> http://www.canopuscorp.com  Specifically I would like to know how they
> can claim that their card is 20-30% faster than other rendition based
> cards, and does 1024x768 true color. I thought all these cards were the=
> same.
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> Here's an excerpt from their press release:
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> Killer Graphics Accelerator
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> The Rendition=AE V=E9rit=E9=99-based TOTAL3D=99 graphics accelerator cr=
eates a new
> quality and technology
> standard for other 3D, Direct3D, and SVGA computer game focused graphic=
s
> card makers to aim for, offering
> performance 20%-30% higher than other V=E9rit=E9=99-based graphics card=
s. [
> The TOTAL3D=99 V=E9rit=E9=99 card is
> a 4MB PCI accelerator that does 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 true
> color, and 1152x864 and
> 1240x1024 high color at non-interlaced, flicker free resolutions. ]
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> "The Rendition V=E9rit=E9 has been recognized since its release earlier=
 this
> year as the best 3D graphics processor
> available to the high end consumer," explained Roger Hounshell, Vice
> President of Canopus Corporation. "Its
> programmable RISC architecture for the front end, 30 million
> texture-mapped, bilinear filtered pixels per second
> throughput, and full function 3D will keep it a winner for some time to=
> come."
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> "But lately its been getting an undeserved reputation for slow 2D,"
> Hounshell continued. "We knew V=E9rit=E9 had
> more in it than others were getting out of it; so we built Total3D to
> show what V=E9rit=E9 is capable of. Producing
> over 30 Winmarks at 1024x768x8 bit in 75Hz non-interlaced modes on
> Pentium=99166MHz computers,
> TOTAL3D more than meets the industry's expectations for 2D Windows
> acceleration. We didn't even need to
> use a GDI hook to get this performance."
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> "We are very pleased with the introduction of the Total3D graphics card=
> from Canopus,' Jay Eisenlohr,
> Rendition's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, said.=
> "They have chosen to take further
> advantage of some of the additional features of the Rendition V=E9rit=E9=
> architecture that I'm sure will electrify
> gamers and mainstream users alike."
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> "The gamers we have let see this early, running side by side with our
> competition, are calling Total3D a 'killer
> graphics accelerator,'" said Jim Terzian, Director of Marketing at
> Canopus. "I think Total3D will give the
> competition a new definition for what 'killer' really means."