For a second you had me thinking I made this stuff up. Here's an Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...re&n=507846 And here's the news straight from Double Fine: http://www.doublefine.com/news2005summer.htm#23June2005
there was a thread about this not too long ago, i found the problem on the wacom forums http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=231068&an=0&page=1#Post231068
The build they're selling is a good deal, and even buying the parts in bulk their profit margin probably isn't that large. Here's a breakdown of component prices for the prebuilt (not exact, but should be close enough): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/23Lz4C
Cheap, are'nt you on a 233 mmx system? of course it's going to be slow. Zbrush is 200 bucks, and does all of this in realtime, and using the applink plugin you can edit the flat maps in PS extremely fast back and forth yada yada.
I 'member giggling like a schoolgirl when Pior or BoBo or Haz or Gav commented on my stuff back in the day and that was awesome, and its a shame that wont happen as often nowadays. (pior you are still here and a fucking legend <3 ) Increased numbers mean that its harder to gain the rep that those guys held in the community…