 | | | Re: Typical hardware configurations | Re: Typical hardware configurations 2005-11-11 - By eric3ddd
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I have an iMac G4 800MHz (1Gb Ram) at home and it works well for modeling (as
long as
there aren't too many trees) but it's a little sluggish doe rendering. I had a
1.8MHz G5
(2Mb Ram) at work and couldn't complain. Of course faster is always better.
If you're on a budget, I'd recommend getting a previous generation 2GHz G5
(about $1500
refurb) and pack it full of Ram ($350 for 4Gb, $750 for 8Gb at www.Ramseeker
.com). The
memory chips the new systems use is still very expensive. The video card will
improve
interactive rendering (open GL) but not final render speed.
Eric
--- In Carrara@(protected), "gtfritzinger" <fritzinger@(protected)> wrote:
>
> Have there been threads in the past about typical hardware
> configurations on the Macintosh side? Even though I upgraded to a
> dual processor, I'm afraid my G4 (AGP Graphics) might need to be
> demoted to just a render station, and replaced with a new G5 Dual
> Core. The old G4 is at a dead end when it comes to new video cards. I
> was forced to put it a Radeon 9200.
> What are some of the Mac systems you folks are working with?
>
> Thnx_Geno
>
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