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# 1 24-07-2003 , 10:54 AM

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New Computer - What

Hi all!

I am going to get myself a new computer (winXP). What is the best / do i need for nice maya-ing ?

ram?
graphic?
processor?

As graphic card i heard about the "NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL" - is it good? how expensive is it?

Thank you!
Ulrich

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# 2 24-07-2003 , 11:39 AM

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You will have to work the streets with my Avtar to make that kind of money :-) Kidding

Ram- 1GB+
VGA- If you have no money get a GForceTi4800 128Mb card. Or beg.
Otherwise Quadro 750 is good as well. Offcource you could get the 980 as well if you work for me :-) Or the new Quadro FX something.
CPU get dual AMD or Intel 3GHZ with hyperthreading.....

Damit go Nvidia web site and do some research. What is budget? Are you a beginner or a MASTER like me :-)

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# 3 24-07-2003 , 12:36 PM

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hmm hmm ... budget is infinite user added image

lol not really ... i am a maya-beginner but a 3D-Master ... lol no not really ...
the nvidia card - how much is it ? more than a 1000 ? in couldn´t find it at any reseller here anyway ... so ..

so, i gotta look ... cause i really want a dual-monitor thing and so on ... hopefully i can get something not-to-expensive user added image

Thank you!

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# 4 24-07-2003 , 01:02 PM

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The card I told you the GeForce 4800 128Mb does dual display without any problems. I am slightly above beginner stage....approaching intermediate in 10 years....no soon :-)
This card meets my needs so far. It is VERY cheap due tu ultra/fx all those cards coming out. When you have more money after working for me you can always upgrade.

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# 5 24-07-2003 , 01:18 PM

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I updated my computer to:
1024MB RAM
Radeon 9600+
Athlon 3000+

And the mainboard, I had to pay almost 800 Dollars, so... user added image

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# 6 25-07-2003 , 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by Bryce
I updated my computer to:
1024MB RAM
Radeon 9600+
Athlon 3000+

And the mainboard, I had to pay almost 800 Dollars, so...

Originally Posted by

why stop there?
up the ram to 3Gb
An you should have bought a radeon 9800ProAllinWonder. Or even better a quadro FX5900 Ultra
Oh, yeah, the motherboard a Nvidia Nforce3 with double AMD 3000 Opteron (you know, having a 64 bits processor instead of 32 is cool even if no program can still take advantage of it).
Dont foget to mod the case into a piramid and adding watercooling so you can overclock it even more...
and if wou have space in your mansion spare a room for a Beowulf cluster to send the renders....

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# 7 25-07-2003 , 12:43 PM

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uh no, now i think it watercooling is too primitive, yesterday i saw a freezer case... just like the one on your kitchen! but with big pc tower shape! (thats being a fanatic overclocking engineer)

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# 8 25-07-2003 , 12:56 PM

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dont waste you money on something you dont need right need, get a mid of the range pc untill you are enough advanced to apreciate the extra vroom.

other wise you will spend a fortune and not use you pc to its full advantage

get something like an

amd 1.8
512 ddr ram
40 gig hd
and spend NO more then £100 on a vid card: geforce mx type maybe.

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# 9 26-07-2003 , 07:11 PM

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i agree with kevin - wow, never thought i wud say that user added image

theres absolutely no point in spending so much money on a highend machine if ur new to graphics/3d
you wont be able to fully appreciate the hardware, especially the vid card i.e. quadroFX + maya 5 = very nice realtime hardware rendering

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# 10 26-07-2003 , 11:33 PM

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well i agree with kevin about the mid range pc

BUT if i had to buy a hi spec pc then i would get:

dual AMD athlon 2600+
2 gig of RAM
2 80 GB hard drives set up with raid
Matrox Parhelia (not heard of but is good)

and the rest sound etc..

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# 11 27-07-2003 , 09:24 AM

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Matrox Parhelia > that is a low end mate not high end :-)

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# 12 27-07-2003 , 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by slickrenderer
Matrox Parhelia > that is a low end mate not high end :-)

Originally Posted by

Parhelia 256MB DDR AGP, at around £424 GBP ($685 USD) id say it was pretty high end.

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# 13 27-07-2003 , 09:06 PM

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I would say it's waste of money for a card that is not too good for 3d:-) Compared to ATI or Nvidia.

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# 14 27-07-2003 , 09:38 PM

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if you have the money buy some card directX9 compilant... Not Soundblaster GefFX5200 tough!

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# 15 28-07-2003 , 10:12 AM

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so, now i found a cheap one:

it is:
CPU - 2,6 P4 with HyperThreating

nVidia GeForce FX-5600
1280 MB Ram (1 x 256 + 2 x 512)

120 GB HDD

DVD - Burner ... all together ~1000 EUR ... (1100 USD)

you think that´s ok ?

Thanx for your help ... i really haven´t got the time to do extensive research myself ... gotta work all day...

Ulrich

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