The playstation and X-Box are great examples of custom PC boards which use whizzy Open GL. However, these systems are designed with a certain amount of longevity - unlike the PC boards you buy off the shelf. Don't forget - these systems compete with current PC's - not bad when you consider that an X-Box is essentially a 733Mhz Celeron with a bit of extra cache and an custom Geforce 3 video chipset. The difference is that developers will code to use every ounce of power out of these things, in much the same way as developers used to in the Atari/ Amiga days (I was always an Amiga man - Atari's are for small girls.). Don't forget the Amiga, with it's custom graphics chipset, was the heart of the Video Toaster...Originally Posted by samsc
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