 | | | Re: better and improved computer for Graphics work - Feedback | Re: better and improved computer for Graphics work - Feedback 2004-07-06 - By jkyoutsey
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For what it's worth, here is what I use and it's QUITE Zippy!
Dell Dimensions XPS
Windows XP Pro (Which networks fine with Windows 98!)
3.2 GHz P4 (Supports multi-threading in Carrara!)
800 Mhz Bus
2GB RAM
128 MB ATI Radeon (Hey, I still play games now and then!)
120 GB HD
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (totaly useless for 3D animation ;) but
sounds like an angel! )
Firewire (2 ports!) & USB 2.0 (6 ports!)
And every other bell and whistle I could pack in the box.
However, I've heard that you are much better off if you can afford
to buy a dual Xeon processor machine. Imagine watching FOUR boxes
render at once instead of two! Ohhhhh! I get shivers!
Of course, mine is NOT a budget machine. But I highly recommend
buying as much RAM and processor as you can afford. Those will have
the most impact on your rendering and modeling speed.
And DON'T use Windows 98! Unstable and lousy memory management.
You need a more stable and powerful OS like 2000, XP Pro, or 2003
Server. XP Pro is sufficient for modeling.
--- In Carrara@(protected), "Michael Samuels" <msamuels@(protected)>
wrote:
> I am thinking of getting a new computer but i want some feedback
from other
> graphics creators as to what is good for faster and better graphic
work such
> as work on complex models, render of these and graphics scenes ?
>
> Note : the pc will windows 98 based due that it needs to
compatible with my
> dad's pc which is also Windows 98 based.
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