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** Mini-sv6 configurations have slightly lower performance because their second
master node doubles as a 3D render node using its 2D HP fx10 graphics card.
Given enough 3D pipelines, both acceleration and image quality can be
achieved. With 16 systems, the screen can be split into four screen
rectangles. Four workstations can be assigned for each quadrant to
produce four samples per pixel from full scenes jittered by sub-pixel
values. The digital compositor can both average these values into a
single value and recombine the four quadrants into a single image. The
possible configurations include:
Table 2-1 Hardware Configurations
Number of Display Channels
3D pipes
/channel
1 channel 2 channel 3 channel
3**
4 4 workstations
5 workstations NA
10 workstations NA
15 workstations
7 **
8 8 workstations
9 workstations NA
18 workstations NA
27 workstations
16 17 workstations 34 workstations 51 workstations
Table 2-2 Three or Four 3D Pipes Per Channel
Screen Rectangles Pixel Samples* Mode
1 4 Accumulate (fastest)
4 1 Accelerate (best image)
Table 2-3 Seven or Eight 3D Pipes Per Channel
Screen rectangles Pixel Samples* Mode
1 8 Accumulate (fastest)
2 4 Mixed
8 1 Accelerate (best image)