Michal Sawicki Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 So since Jan 2007 i have a decent work station and im upgraading it since then. For now i have the folowing configuration : Assus P5W DH Deluxe Intel Core Quad 2.4 GHz ( not overcoloced ) 8 GB RAM ( 4 x 2GB Corsair Twin2X DDR2 800MHz CL5-5-5-18 ) Geforce 7950GT 2x250 GB Western Digital WD2500JS 7200 RPM HDD ---------------------------------------------------- SAMSUNG SYNCAMSTER 20" 205BW WIDE SCREEN Logitech Cordless Wave Desktop ( KEYBOARD + MOUSE ) -------------------------------------------------------- Win XP x64 ------------ So the main question is while using only 3ds Max 9 + vray + Photoshop CS4 for mainly architectural visualizations mainly stills Should i consider uprgading for example my gfx card i was thinking something about Quadro FX 570 or geforce 9800 GT When usiing Max and have about 2 mln polygons in my scene my FPS goes to 0.43 and its driving me crazy if i upgrade to one of the above gfx cards will my fresh rate will be faster or not ???? Should i overcloc my processor to get more from this quad but i dont want to damage it you know )) thx for any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinger Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 GPU upgrade would probably be a good idea and you can get quality cards for less than $100 now. I recommend eVGA as they have life-time warranties. As for the CPU, overclocking would be a good thing, IF, you know what your doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jucaro Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 go dual 9800gt. cheaper than buying 1 quadro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 But there is one small problem i have only 450W PSU is it going to handle this configuration new gfx cards are power hungry and i already have configuration that takes a lot of power ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 go dual 9800gt. cheaper than buying 1 quadro 2 9800gt + a SLI motherboard = still cheaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 I just bought assus 9800gt + crosair 550W +12v 41A PSU problems solved )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdravko Barisic Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I just bought assus 9800gt + crosair 550W +12v 41A PSU problems solved )) So, 9800 7950, how do you think? Was it good upgrade? I still have a 7900GTO, and was thinking about the same upgrade, maybe 4850, Im not shore. How it works with huge scenes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 So, 9800 7950, how do you think? Was it good upgrade? I still have a 7900GTO, and was thinking about the same upgrade, maybe 4850, Im not shore. How it works with huge scenes? To be honest im impressed with the viewport performance with that card. with 7950 with a secene with something around 2-3 mln polygons fps was 0.4 with Open GL and it was driving me crazy . Now i've opened the same scene clone the objects 1-2 times the polygons count is about 10 mln and the vieport is smoth (smoth w higihlihts + edged faceded and adaptive degradation turned off ) but on Direct3d im realy happy that i have changed the card the difrrence is realy huge it was worth it for sure. I should have done it months ago..... cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdravko Barisic Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 A lot of that would be due to D3D in Max being faster than OpenGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Exactly i was stunned when i saw that Open Gl is much more slower than D3D but as long as the fsp is smooth witth large scenes i dont care abut the driver performance and comfortable working in max are moste important for me now i can focus on polishing my visualizations to the highest level )) thx for all responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanyuli Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 mishu, can i know which vray version u r using? and is it stable? also, is that vray will work with auto cad & sketch-up too? if yes which version? sorry to many questions coz im very new to this. thank u. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 mishu, can i know which vray version u r using? and is it stable? also, is that vray will work with auto cad & sketch-up too? if yes which version? sorry to many questions coz im very new to this. thank u. I'm using max 9 x64 + vray 1.50 sp1 and it works fine but the stability depands mostly regarding what king of hardware you have ( ammount of RAM ... i have 8 GB and CPu i have Intel Q6600 ) is its decent configuration. As far as im concerned Vray warks only with Max and Cinema 4d. You can import files form autocad or solid geometry or cad lines and model it in max. With sketch up i dont know coz i dont use it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanyuli Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm using max 9 x64 + vray 1.50 sp1 and it works fine but the stability depands mostly regarding what king of hardware you have ( ammount of RAM ... i have 8 GB and CPu i have Intel Q6600 ) is its decent configuration. My hardware is lacking at the moment. I'm thinking to buy a new pc. Actually decide to have 8gb & intel Q9550. Will this be good? I have no idea what i should get for my video/graphics card. Do you have any suggestion? Yours is xp right? Will this 3dmax and v-ray works if i use vista instead of xp? As i saw the requirement is xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanyuli Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Oh yah, is the 3ds max 9 for 64 bit different program with the 32 bit one? How can i know this as im using xp 32 bit at the moment. Will other 64 bit programs such auto cad and photoshop be different as well? I don't get whats the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 If you will use win xp and planning of buying 8GB ram you have to have xp x64 coz win xp x32 will anly see 3gb of RAM. x64 architecture is a bit faster and more advance. Programs like max, photoshop will benefit from it and will give you better performance etc. And with the question of choosing an operating system i just feel more comfortable using xp but that is just my preference, new vista OSs are more advanced but im fine with Xp and i dont see changing that. As far as i know you cant run max 9 x64 on vista but i could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanyuli Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 x64 architecture is a bit faster and more advance. As far as i know you cant run max 9 x64 on vista but i could be wrong. thanks for the tips . x64 architecture? what is that? ohhhhh now i'm confuse what to buy. i'm planning to get a new pc from dell but they only have vista now. any suggestion for the video/graphic card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Sawicki Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 If you bing new pc try to buy good one that way it could serve you at least 1-2 years before ubgrade etc q9.... 6-8gb ram geforce 9800gt vista x64 good mother board and than max 2009 x64 vray 1.50 R3 autocad 2009 and you are ready to go ))) marry xmas ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanyuli Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Thank you Mishu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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