Maya 4.5 to 5 on Older Hardware 2003-12-09 - By Julian Baum
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Yes, I did mean the new Hardware Renderer.
Thanks, and to Brian.....looks like Gloria will be leaving soon!
Julian.
on 9/12/03 1:04 AM, Dru Abrams wrote:
> I think you'll be ok. I've used both 4.5 and 5 on my old sgi 320 p3 500 and
> though its generally a useless 'puter at this point, speed wise the 2 versions
> are pretty close (and both run fine on that sys. from what I can tell).
>
> The vector renderer is software based...so it'll run on anything. You might
> be
> thinking of the hardware renderer...Not sure on that question.
>
> Dru
>
> Julian Baum wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We're thinking of upgrading our 4.5 Unlimited to 5, but the box it runs on
>> is a dual PIII 933Mhz with an ELSA Gloria II.
>>
>> 4.5 works OK on this box for us. Is 5 noticeably any slower than 4.5 on the
>> same box?
>>
>> With the Vector Renderer, I think the ELSA Gloria II is useless, because
>> it's just Quadro......is that right? If so, we could get a medium card that
>> would do for now, but in that case, what success is anyone getting with what
>> cards?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Julian.
>>
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