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Jzeff

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Greetings all,

1) I just wanna ask which of these components (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PCI-E) are more important towards a fast computer, which will mostly be used for 3d graphic work (mostly with 3ds max).

2) Also, what disadvantage does XP Home has compared to XP Pro?

Thanks all, need the info for a new com
 
Jzeff said:
Greetings all,

1) I just wanna ask which of these components (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PCI-E) are more important towards a fast computer, which will mostly be used for 3d graphic work (mostly with 3ds max).

2) Also, what disadvantage does XP Home has compared to XP Pro?

Thanks all, need the info for a new com
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well ram will help out alot,and well as long as you go dual core with your CPU and if you want intel or amd, with intel i would go with a core 2 duo with amd im not sure.
 
Jzeff said:
Greetings all,

1) I just wanna ask which of these components (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PCI-E) are more important towards a fast computer, which will mostly be used for 3d graphic work (mostly with 3ds max).

2) Also, what disadvantage does XP Home has compared to XP Pro?

Thanks all, need the info for a new com
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It depends on what sort of level you are at, if 3D modeling is your job, then DONT buy a gaming card, one of nVidias Qaudro FX line will be absolutely stunningly brilliant for this kind of work. but equally it wont be that great for gaming. Gaming cards, like the 7950 and the 8800 range are made for gaming and wont fair well in a 3D modeling environment.

It's also to say that cards like the quadro come with a hefty price tag as well.

CPU, i would suggest one of the higher range Core2Duo's, perhaps the X6800 if you can stretch your budget that far...

RAM, again it depends on the level of what you're doing but in a 3D work environment I wouldn't be wanting to see much less than 4Gb

Oh and in terms of what you're doing, there is no viable difference between XP home and pro... It's mainly just advanced networking features and other related stuff that changes, nothing to do with how it works or how well it could process 3D models

What is you're budget out of interest...?

dragon2309
 
dragon2309 said:
It depends on what sort of level you are at, if 3D modeling is your job, then DONT buy a gaming card, one of nVidias Qaudro FX line will be absolutely stunningly brilliant for this kind of work. but equally it wont be that great for gaming. Gaming cards, like the 7950 and the 8800 range are made for gaming and wont fair well in a 3D modeling environment.

It's also to say that cards like the quadro come with a hefty price tag as well.

CPU, i would suggest one of the higher range Core2Duo's, perhaps the X6800 if you can stretch your budget that far...

RAM, again it depends on the level of what you're doing but in a 3D work environment I wouldn't be wanting to see much less than 4Gb

Oh and in terms of what you're doing, there is no viable difference between XP home and pro... It's mainly just advanced networking features and other related stuff that changes, nothing to do with how it works or how well it could process 3D models

What is you're budget out of interest...?

dragon2309
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i dont know if im wrong or not, but cant you only use 4 gigs of ram on XP PRO
 
Jzeff said:
Greetings all,

1) I just wanna ask which of these components (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PCI-E) are more important towards a fast computer, which will mostly be used for 3d graphic work (mostly with 3ds max).

2) Also, what disadvantage does XP Home has compared to XP Pro?

Thanks all, need the info for a new com
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The disadvantage of XP Home AND XP Pro is that they are not Vista
 
if you have a 64bit dual core processor you want vista, it can take full advantage of what the processor has to offer.
 
midian said:
i dont know if im wrong or not, but cant you only use 4 gigs of ram on XP PRO
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No, not strictly true, i didnt state whether i was talking about 32 or 64 bit.... Win XP Pro x64 has a limit of 128Gb, and seeing as i recommended a 64bit CPU as well... i would have gathered XP x64 would be a better option

dragon
 
I just wanna ask which of these components (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PCI-E) are more important towards a fast computer, which will mostly be used for 3d graphic work (mostly with 3ds max).
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  • If you're looking at a new config, go for the 64bit chip (not an issue now as all production chips with exception of whatever Yonahs are in production) are 64bit.
  • Get multicore! The more cores you can throw at it, the better. Quadcore definitely enjoys a sizeable advantage over dualcore in Max (as will be the case with multithreaded optimized applications as such)
  • RAM, the immediate instinct is to get zillions and zillions of GB of RAM but do note that, depending on the proejetcs you're doing in Max, sometimes, obscene amounts of RAM simply isnt enough. But regardless, you should be concerned with the quantity of RAM in the system as opposed to how fast it might be
  • Harddrive. Yer going to run out of RAM and need to play in virtual memory land. Having HDD space is nice (how important this is depends on the setup)
  • Videocard. Depending on the scope of what eyr doing, this may play a major part: grab a serious work card like a FireGL or Quadro or Oxygen/Wildcat etc

All in all, the three biggest performance factors are CPU, GPU and RAM

The disadvantage of XP Home AND XP Pro is that they are not Vista
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Thats an advantage.

if you have a 64bit dual core processor you want vista, it can take full advantage of what the processor has to offer.
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Pray tell, what are the vista specific functions in the CPU?

i would have gathered XP x64 would be a better option
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It is.

even vista 32 bit will run your dual core processor better then XP
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1. Who said anything about dual core
2. FYI, cuz im a nice guy, an OS that uses more system resources is generally worse :)
 
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