I did surf the internet once , and I found out that the i7-3930k is best cpu for my needs.
concerning the gpu, i'm a bit lost on whether I get a quadro 4000 or GTX 580 3GB SLI. I heard once that a...

Thanks Gen,
I need to configure a workstation online. budget is 4500$

Thanks Daniel

I also wanted to ask, can I render mental ray projects on my GT630 2gb ddr3 vga ?

thanks stwert for the explenation :)

where should i post my hardware questions ? i did a search as you said, but i didn't find what i need...

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i'm a beginner in the CGI world. Let us assume that i want to make a 20 sec sci-fi adventurous battle...i know that this kind of work is weary and may take years to be accomplished , and needs...

Hi

i'm a beginner in the CGI world. Let us assume that i want to make a 20 sec sci-fi adventurous battle...i know that this kind of work is weary and may take years to be accomplished , and needs...

thanks for your post Jake - actually, i did check the Taj Mahal once , and it seemed very amazing- but very simple though.I would like to see Gothic and Baroque architechture (from the inside out)...

i'm an amateur, i haven't read all the thread -hopefully, i would like to see these tutorials from SimplyMaya (it might be tough though) :

PS: i don't use Autodesk vocab (remember i'm an amateur)...

but why paint it in photoshop? does PS colors have better quality than the hypershade ? i know i can't paint from HS but i can assign colors to selected materials.

e.g. add lambert >> set color >>...

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i am a beginner in maya -i have some questions on the hunted house texturing tutorials .

1)why do we use uv editor technique and then plugin to Photoshop to color the hunted house - instead...