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looks great.. great colour.. how long did it take to render?

alright sure, i'll save my money for now but is there anything i can do to improve framerates in autocad? would that be more of a graphics card/driver issue or something else?

yeah i had a look at the q9550, it's the best processor my board can support. i can buy one brand new under 300 aud.

to be honest, at the moment sketchup seems to be running ok although i have been noticing some lower framerates in autocad. for the rest of the year i will be doing more work for my course on autocad and next year will be focused nearly entirely on autocad and revit rather than manual drawing. would it be smart to wait until the start of next year, would you guys recommend an upgrade of gfx card and/or cpu, or wait until i can afford to build a brand new machine. obviously i am trying to save wherever possible. thanks

Yeah, at the time i bought it, it was the best machine money could buy (for gaming).. originally had 4gb ram and a 7950gx2 card but upgraded those. Would it really be worth upgrading just the graphics card? I've only got a ga-p35-dq6 motherboard at the moment will that limit what graphics card i can use? and yes Autocad

thats a fair way off.. should i invest in something basic in the meantime?

pm sent.. thanks mate

professor green - alive til i'm dead

Hi guys I'm currently running an old computer (core 2 duo e6600, 6gb ram, gts250, win7 64bit). At the moment, my need for upgrading hasn't been that high as I'm still only just learning the basics of modeling, rendering etc. and for what I use it for at the moment (CAD, photoshop, sketchup mostly) it doesn't seem to have too much trouble. When will I notice my system slowing down a lot? When should I consider upgrading? Thanks Pierre

I was just wondering how i can show my name underneath my avatar? I must have selected not to show it when i signed up by accident. I've looked everywhere in 'edit profile' and haven't found where i can change it! Any help would be appreciated lol.. Pierre

Nice, I'm there aswell. Did you have Gaz Pemberton as a teacher? The courses offered at those colleges, can I go into them knowing next to nothing? Did you do a college course? Sorry for all the questions..

I kinda want to have both skills. What colleges in Sydney teach 3d and how much do they usually cost etc.? Did you get your Diploma at Wollongong TAFE? Cheers mate.

Hi guys, After some friendly advice... I'm currently doing a Diploma in Architectural Technology (technical drawing, CAD, Revit etc.) and the plan was to go to university afterwards to do a degree in Architectural Computing. However I've been contemplating doing a degree in Architecture instead as I can't call myself an architect without it. I have strong interests in rendering, modeling etc. but do I really need to go to university for 4 years to learn how to do that? Thanks! Pierre

stunning images, pixela. i am very impressed with every single one of those visualisations. the blue and brown wall looks fantastic.

congrats on the win mate, looks fantastic. hope i can get up to that level eventually!