From: Axeman <axeman@bah.net>
To: 3DSMAX@engram.net <3DSMAX@engram.net>
Subject: Re[2]: (OXYGEN VX1) Vs. (FireGL1000pro)
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:44 PM

This is something that I never really understood.  What's the use of
having so much texture memory?  When working on large scenes I usually
just turn the object color on because the viewports never accurately
depict what the textures are going to look like rendered.  Of course
there are times you need textures enabled to test gizmo placement,
unwrap results, etc, but not enough to warrant 256 megs of system
memory solely for textures.  I'm sure most people doing high end
animations could get along fine with a fast 32MB card.

-BT

MD> I just bought the GVX 210, and I'm really happy with it so far.
MD> One thing these specs don't seem to take into account is texture memory.
MD> When you are working on a real life scene with tons of textures, I think the
MD> GVX210 would shine
MD> because of the virtual textures (using up to 256 megs of your system memory)

MD> Just trying to feel good about my purchase :)


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