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Thanks all for your comments guys, I've certainly got some thinking to do. FYI the 'prospective client' has decided to go to a large marketing company instead due to the resolution, doh

Ok I appreciate it was a slightly vague question. I find it difficult to explain my rendering time as it is so varied. I would say an average render at approximately 4000x3000 pixels may take 1/2 -1 day. I did mean £ sterling yes. I feel if i could 1/2 or 1/3 my rendering times i would be over the moon and spending £1500 on upgrades would be more than worth it. I have considered a building a render farm as used PCs at slightly lower specs seem to drop considerably in price, i assume this is because everybody is constantly striving for the best of the best! Something else that i see has been discussed often is the GPU rendering ability for VfSU2.0. (Another vague question coming) I understand the more nodes = faster rendering however would using Vray 2.0 with an upgraded graphics card 'significantly' reduce the need for lots of nodes. I think my real problem is i'm finding it difficult to compare components performance with render time.

Hi all, First ever forum post so apologies if this is a stupid Q; Have been asked by a client to render an image at 300DPI to be printed 4m wide by 2.5m High. with my current computer spec I will be grey and old before this renders (im 28) Im using vray 1.49 for sketchup pro 8 computer spec as follows; -Gigabyte GA-B75-D3V Socket 1155 VGA DVI 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard -XFX HD 7850 Core Edition 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Dual DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card -Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 -Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor -HGST Deskstar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM (for storage and files) -SanDisk 128GB Pulse SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 490MB/s Write 380MB/s (for programs) -Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) Ddr3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Kit I need to severely upgrade my PC and am willing to pay 1k+ if it dramatically improves performance. Thanks in advance

Hi All, This is my first post…on any forum so apologies if I’m asking a question repeated over and over. I have recently (6months ago)bought a new computer and just don’t find it fast enough. I use Sketchup and Vray but am learning 3Ds too. Compuer spec is as follows; - 1 XFX HD 7850 Core Edition 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Dual DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - HGST Deskstar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache – OEM - SanDisk 128GB Pulse SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 490MB/s Write 380MB/s - Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) Ddr3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Kit - Gigabyte GA-B75-D3V Socket 1155 VGA DVI 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard I would like to spend around 1k on upgrades but am unsure if I should scrap components or add to them. Unfortunately speaking with tech specialists in shops has proved a total waste of time as they don’t know how the programs work. Thanks in advance