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Both of those are an issue for me, actually. I know I could use more ram and a better video card, but I didn't want to spend the money on that if I'm going to end up buying a whole new computer eventually anyway.Originally posted by NeoStrider
well what about it is slow? if it's the interface that's usually a graphics card problem... so knowing what your graphics card is would help. if it's rendering that's slow that's usually a ram issue before it's a processor issue.
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I don't need anything killer. My home computer doesn't need to top my work computer, what ever that may end up being.Originally posted by gster123
Not too sure what PC prices are like in the US but $500 for a maya set up will only get you something basic
edit: and yes, I'm impatient.
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Asus P5800 MB - $85 agp - not pcie or pcix
1024 Mb Elixir mem - $160
Celeron 2.66Ghz - $90
WD 80gb 8m cache Sata - $73
It would be nice if the cpu was faster, but they don't come any cheaper than this 'un.
Also, it's a pity I knew nothing about the current crop of 3d accelerated cards when I got the MB. Neither nvidia nor ati's current offering appear to be agp based. But again, it was only 85 bucks and its got 7.1 sound, 10/100 Lan, and intel 865 video, amongst others. Just for an entry-level cards from Ati or Nvidia you need about $250.
It's not uncommon for me to get up to 750Mb used during a render. When rendering the Ferrari remastered model and the Hippo model, the memory ran out and I was into swap-file space.
Also, with the way that memory is organised inside of computers these days, you'll get better performance from 2 x 512 Mb memory modules than you'll get from a single 1 gig module. It'll be cheaper too.
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