The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII in 1996
Ah yes, good ol' SGI, it always brings a smile to my face reading these old war stories.<p>I wish we could get some insight on the development of the first successful 3D game on PC, Quake by I'd software as there's a famous picture of John Carmack sitting in front of some SGI workstation with a monitor with a resolution ox 1920*1080( in 1995!)<p>Also, SGI powered most VFX Studios of that era, so many great movies went through those machines before ending up on the big screen.<p>It's insane how quickly 3dfx, Nvidia and Intel X86 consumer hardware made SGI workstations overpriced and completely obsolete within the span of just a few years. The '90's were a blast.<p>But still, I'm sad to see SGI go, as their funky shaped and brightly colored workstations and monitors had the best industrial design[1] in  an era of depressing beige, grey or black square boxes.<p>[1] <a href="https://preview.redd.it/tt3ziuwt98o31.jpg?auto=webp&s=e5cc6167be68994602a2be1f4153f81d5c3effa2" rel="nofollow">https://preview.redd.it/tt3ziuwt98o31.jpg?auto=webp&s=e5cc61...</a>