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i need to build a new machine to cope with the more intense 3d/video work i'm doing on a regular basis now... so a monster is needed!
so far i'm looking at:
XFX GeForce 7800GT
or
MSI NX7800GT-VT2D256E
Seasonic S12 PSU (or i may stick with my Nexus silent one)
2 gig RAM
AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ CPU
Asus A8N-SLI deluxe mobo
any further recommendations/advice?
so far i'm looking at:
XFX GeForce 7800GT
or
MSI NX7800GT-VT2D256E
Seasonic S12 PSU (or i may stick with my Nexus silent one)
2 gig RAM
AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ CPU
Asus A8N-SLI deluxe mobo
any further recommendations/advice?
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how's the ATI support these days?
i've mainly stuck with nVidia cards because of the driver issues ATI used to have, i imagine things are a lot better now?
plus, as i said, i WILL want a few games on there, for some reason something on my PC interferes with games and as a result, i've never been able to finish Far Cry or SW: battlefront.. be nice to polish them off.
it basically just needs to be as fast as i can afford, i do a lot of work which involves transferring large files to/from a portable hard drive and at present it simply takes too long. a fast USB/firewire connection and a swift CPU should go some way to resolving this as far as i believe, but if anyone has any other ideas, by all means sing out now.
i'll look into that ati card, thanks.
i've mainly stuck with nVidia cards because of the driver issues ATI used to have, i imagine things are a lot better now?
plus, as i said, i WILL want a few games on there, for some reason something on my PC interferes with games and as a result, i've never been able to finish Far Cry or SW: battlefront.. be nice to polish them off.
it basically just needs to be as fast as i can afford, i do a lot of work which involves transferring large files to/from a portable hard drive and at present it simply takes too long. a fast USB/firewire connection and a swift CPU should go some way to resolving this as far as i believe, but if anyone has any other ideas, by all means sing out now.
i'll look into that ati card, thanks.
Very_Metal wrote:
> Tyla wrote:
> If you want a Graphics beasty for 3D/Video/PS etc, I'd reccomend an
> ATI FireGL™ V7100 @ £656
>
> ouch, that's a little too high. £300 for the gfx card. maybe
> slightly more but not a lot. thanks though.
Admittedly that was a poor example as it's the top end card from ATI, the V3100 is probably more in your price range and still better performance for the kind of thing your looking for as opposed to a game orientated card.
> Tyla wrote:
> If you want a Graphics beasty for 3D/Video/PS etc, I'd reccomend an
> ATI FireGL™ V7100 @ £656
>
> ouch, that's a little too high. £300 for the gfx card. maybe
> slightly more but not a lot. thanks though.
Admittedly that was a poor example as it's the top end card from ATI, the V3100 is probably more in your price range and still better performance for the kind of thing your looking for as opposed to a game orientated card.
Tyla wrote:
> If you want a Graphics beasty for 3D/Video/PS etc, I'd reccomend an
> ATI FireGL™ V7100 @ £656
ouch, that's a little too high. £300 for the gfx card. maybe slightly more but not a lot. thanks though.
> If you want a Graphics beasty for 3D/Video/PS etc, I'd reccomend an
> ATI FireGL™ V7100 @ £656
ouch, that's a little too high. £300 for the gfx card. maybe slightly more but not a lot. thanks though.
i'm not getting an apple.
i work with windows based apps, and i'm not even sure 3ds MAX, etc have a mac version.
no, PC for me. it WILL be used for other stuff (coupla games etc) but mainly it'll be for graphics ad video work.
i work with windows based apps, and i'm not even sure 3ds MAX, etc have a mac version.
no, PC for me. it WILL be used for other stuff (coupla games etc) but mainly it'll be for graphics ad video work.
gerrid wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> Well if you've loads of cash to spend then consider an Apple.
>
> unless he wants to play games (and why else would he be getting a
> 7800GT)
Very_Metal wrote:
> i need to build a new machine to cope with the more intense 3d/video
> work i'm doing on a regular basis now...
> Hedfix wrote:
> Well if you've loads of cash to spend then consider an Apple.
>
> unless he wants to play games (and why else would he be getting a
> 7800GT)
Very_Metal wrote:
> i need to build a new machine to cope with the more intense 3d/video
> work i'm doing on a regular basis now...
If you want a Graphics beasty for 3D/Video/PS etc, I'd reccomend an ATI FireGL™ V7100 @ £656
Very_Metal wrote:
> i need to build a new machine to cope with the more intense 3d/video
> work i'm doing on a regular basis now... so a monster is needed!
A monster used for promoting Monsters eh VM? Anyway as Hedfix said, you can't really go wrong with an Apple if you're going to be using it exclusively for graphics work.
> i need to build a new machine to cope with the more intense 3d/video
> work i'm doing on a regular basis now... so a monster is needed!
A monster used for promoting Monsters eh VM? Anyway as Hedfix said, you can't really go wrong with an Apple if you're going to be using it exclusively for graphics work.
Hedfix wrote:
> Well if you've loads of cash to spend then consider an Apple.
unless he wants to play games (and why else would he be getting a 7800GT)
> Well if you've loads of cash to spend then consider an Apple.
unless he wants to play games (and why else would he be getting a 7800GT)
You need a hardware renderer, i thought about getting an old one as it would still be quicker than my current system spec.
whats your budget?
whats your budget?
Well if you've loads of cash to spend then consider an Apple.
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