 | | | Re: Which Video Card to buy? | Re: Which Video Card to buy? 2005-12-07 - By Steve Taylor
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I'm not so sure about the Intel Dual cores, they've had a lot of
trouble with them and even withdrew them at one point. The AMD X2
series are considerably faster, cooler and more reliable from what I
hear.
--- In Carrara@(protected), "Nathan" <nathan@(protected)> wrote:
>
> I think I'll go ahead and get a Intel Pentium D 840
>
> It seems to be supported by the motherboard. (socket 775 and 90nm
arch)
>
> I'll also upgrade to 2GB of memory.
>
> That should get me to a few levels above where I am now.
>
> Best,
> Nathan.
> C:: 916-792-6915
> H:: 916-543-1316
> E:: nathan@(protected)
>
>
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On
Behalf Of
> Nathan
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:21 PM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: RE: [Carrara] Re: Which Video Card to buy?
>
> Looks like a 775 socket should support an Intel D 840. Sells at
Frys for
> about 549.99
>
> Sound like a plan?
>
> Also: do you think my installation of XP will FREAK out if I
change the CPU?
>
>
>
> Best,
> Nathan.
> C:: 916-792-6915
> H:: 916-543-1316
> E:: nathan@(protected)
>
>
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On
Behalf Of
> Steve Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: [Carrara] Re: Which Video Card to buy?
>
> The only thing upgrading your graphics card will speed up is
screen
> updates in OpenGL. When it comes to rendering the most important
> aspect is processing power, ie. the CPU. Carrara uses multiple
CPUs
> so you could maybe look at upgrading to a dual CPU machine, though
> that would likely cost more than $1200. What you could do is
upgrade
> to one of the X2 dual core AMD processors and the motherboard to
go
> with it. That should give you the most rendering bang for buck. As
> for memory, 2GB should be ample.
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Nathan" <nathan@(protected)> wrote:
> >
> > So my best money is spent on CPU, memory and disks? (like SATA
10K
> drives??)
> >
> > I already have a P4 3.2 which isn't the fastest out there, but
is
> pretty
> > fast, but I was thinking that a better than basic PCI Express
card
> would
> > help.
> >
> > SO ....
> >
> > What you're saying is spend money on LOTS of FAST ram. (like 4
GB?)
> > Is that my best bang for buck at this point?
> >
> > Wouldn't you suggest I buy a 7800 GTX OC 256 GDDR3 or something?
> > Right now I have the basic ATI PCI Express card.
> >
> >
> >
> > Will that speed things up considerably?
> >
> > Best,
> > Nathan.
> > C:: 916-792-6915
> > H:: 916-543-1316
> > E:: nathan@(protected)
> >
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)]
On
> Behalf Of
> > Steve Taylor
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:58 AM
> > To: Carrara@(protected)
> > Subject: [Carrara] Re: Which Video Card to buy?
> >
> > Graphics cards have no effect on rendering speed, thats all due
to
> > the processor. If you want to increase the speed look at
upgrading
> > the motherboard, memory and CPU.
> >
> > --- In Carrara@(protected), "Nathan" <nathan@(protected)> wrote:
> > >
> > > Who knows the best PCI EXPRESS card that money will buy - for
> > > rendering in Carrara 4/5?
> > >
> > > I would like to spend between $300 and $1200 on a way-bitchen
> card
> > > that will dramatically increase speed of rendering on this
> machine:
> > >
> > > MB: Fatal1ty (ABIT) FATAL1TY AA8XE
> > >
> > > 3.2 GHz P4
> > >
> > > 1GB RAM (I plan to get more ram)
> > >
> > > SATA 10K startup drive, others 7200 (300GB total) Plus External
> > >
> > > The motherboard has two 'PCIE' Slots about 1 inch long. What
are
> > > these for? (can I add more hardware for greater speed in
video?)
> > >
> > > Should I be looking to buy ATI, or NVIDIA?
> > >
> > > So far I have put my finger on a NVIDIA 6800 class card -- is
> this
> > > the best choice?
> > >
> > > Eovia support/sales say OPEN GL 2.0 support for the card is
> > > important, and that typical 'GAMING' Cards are not very fast
for
> > > Carrara.
> > >
> > >
> > > FAST RENDERING is what I am after.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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