[Open-graphics] linuxfr comment (was: OGD1: Everything's ready for us to take pre-orders NOW!)

[Nicolas Boulay]

Someboby point a xillinx product :
http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-V5-ML506-UNI-G.htm

It use the brand new virtex5 50 DSP sub version for 1200$, this dsp is
bigger than the spartan choosed.

Nicolas

2008/5/21 Nicolas Boulay <nicolas.boulay at gmail.com>:

> The comments on linuxfr are mainly on the high price but they understand
> why it's so high. Some guy try to compare with less expensive Xillinx board
> but with a much smaller FPGA.
>
> There are also questions about why everything is not free related to the
> faq answer to the question "If I buy an OGD1 board and plug it into my PC,
> will it work as a graphic card?"
>
> Maybe i could give more explaination about hacking capabilites of the board
> (game engine in full hardware or ....) to make them dream a little :)
>
> If the board have numbers on them, i think some rich geek want have this
> first "limited edition" :)
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas
>
> 2008/5/21 Nicolas Boulay <nicolas.boulay at gmail.com>:
>
>> Done for http://linuxfr.org/ , second news.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nicolas Boulay
>>
>>
>
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