Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
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# 1 29-08-2002 , 07:58 PM
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Videocard upgrade

Hi,

I´m a so called neewbie at Maya, and working with a GeForce2 card. What I heard and read and found out myself it is not the best card to work with in Maya, to put it mildly.

So, has anyone worked with a Geforce4, and did it preform well, or you know a good alternative.
I´m on a tight budget, so can´t aford a bigtime pro-card.

Chris.

# 2 29-08-2002 , 08:05 PM
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Hi chris and welcome to simply maya!

I have the same probs with my g-force 3... but i hear there is no prob with the more exspensive gf3 (titanium)

so i am interested in this subject aswell.. just what is the best card for a half decent cost..

the best I ever used was a matrox

# 3 29-08-2002 , 08:11 PM
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heh.. seam like everybody has this prob... (if you don't plz don't reply thread.. LOL jk)
i'm tryin' to save some cash to get a new and maybe pro one.. but it doesn't seam to add up.. lol

and.. welcome to SM m8.. :p

# 4 29-08-2002 , 08:17 PM
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The new Matrox card looks nice user added image

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# 5 29-08-2002 , 08:23 PM
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Thats what i was thinking Darkon...
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# 6 30-08-2002 , 12:28 AM
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GF4 ti4400 here....and no problems yet :banana: ....a nice card user added image

# 7 30-08-2002 , 10:42 AM
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I've got a GF4 ti 4200 and had no problems so far, except a slow startup of xfree86 under linux, but this is rather a configuration problem I think.
Well, and just to mention it this one is about 90 Euro cheaper than the 4400Series.
BTW when you buy a new Video Card and you have enough memory don't spend extra money to buy a card /w 128 MB ...
64MB are working fine in most cases and if the card needs more memory it will use your RAM anyway.

Bye
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# 8 30-08-2002 , 11:47 AM
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im using a 64mb Radeon 8500 at the moment and as long as you get the right drivers its fine.

But i saw in a magazine the other day that the ATI FireGL 8700 is retailing for around £200 but is optimized for 3d rather that gaming. so if you want a less expensive specialised card that might be a good choice. (althought i dont know how much better it is that a standard gaming card)

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