BOXXLABS Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 you're running dual core Xeon 5110's. Nice for their day, but those are getting pretty old. Depending on your motherboard/chipset, you may be able to put in dual 5300 (quadcore) Xeons - probably cost you about $700 - $1000 (if you can find them) Id' suggest a new system. A new single socket I7 based system with a i940 CPU (quadcore) would be about twice as fast as your current system for rendering. You would probably spend about $1000. Maybe less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXXLABS Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 you're running dual core Xeon 5110's. Nice for their day, but those are getting pretty old. Depending on your motherboard/chipset, you may be able to put in dual 5300 (quadcore) Xeons - probably cost you about $700 - $1000 (if you can find them) Id' suggest a new system. A new single socket I7 based system with a i940 CPU (quadcore) would be about twice as fast as your current system for rendering. You would probably spend about $1000. Maybe less. (that would be for a build-you-own, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moris7 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Ok...Thanks for your suggestions, since i'm pretty serious on starting as a freelancer here, i guess i should consider a new machine.. I really thought that i could upgrade mine but maybe i'll keep it for other stuff..But since you're telling me that it would probably cost that much..A new machine is probably the best option Thanks alot again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXXLABS Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 upgrading your current machine is probably an option for you if you don't have the funds for a new system. If you can put 8 gigs of RAM in that machine and load up XP64, you will probably get rid of your memory errors and should be able to work without crashing...it won't be much "faster" than it is now, but at least you will be able to do your work... Cheers, Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moris7 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks Adam.. I'm checking this one... Dell Studio XPS 435 Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit Intel® Core™i7-920 processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz) 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs 1TB Performance RAID 0 (2x500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs) Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 1024MB Also this one... Dell Precision T5400 Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5450 (3.00GHz,2X6M L2,1333) Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade 512MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX1700, Dual Monitor DVI Capable 4GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 667MHz, ECC (4 DIMMS) C1 All SATA drives, Non-RAID, 1 drive total configuration 160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst Cache™ Any thoughts on those ones? Thanks alot my friend, i really appreciate your comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXXLABS Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The XPS is a nice little machine - If you are considering spending the extra dough on a dual CPU Xeon system, you should wait a couple of weeks. The new "Nahalem" based Xeons will ship on April 1st. Don't buy a Xeon 54xx system now. It will be instantly obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
own1221 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm seeing alot of reviews on the Dell Studio XPS 435 with the Intel Core™i7-920, saying its quite loud? - i gues you could replace fan with a better one but that would ruin the warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moris7 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The XPS is a nice little machine - If you are considering spending the extra dough on a dual CPU Xeon system, you should wait a couple of weeks. The new "Nahalem" based Xeons will ship on April 1st. Don't buy a Xeon 54xx system now. It will be instantly obsolete. OK...sounds good..Do you think those new Nahalem would be better than the xps serie? I'm willing to wait a bit and upgrade my ram and os, keep this machine for renderings or to use at home..and buy a new one in a couple of weeks... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aligrafix Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I prefer and suggest to use xp64-bit. I have tried vista 64. Although it has DX10 but it also conflicts with DX applications such as max etc. If you want to run your project smooth and dont want to lose your work and stuck, just believe on xp-64. Vista 64 is only for kids not for professional. It is more than a bug for professionals. and it will make you what u want to be so hate vista and go for XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I prefer and suggest to use xp64-bit. I have tried vista 64. Although it has DX10 but it also conflicts with DX applications such as max etc. If you want to run your project smooth and dont want to lose your work and stuck, just believe on xp-64. Vista 64 is only for kids not for professional. It is more than a bug for professionals. and it will make you what u want to be so hate vista and go for XP Im sorry to hear that the hardware you use isnt professional enough to use Vista. Im running a 8 core mac pro with Vista64, and it runs dreamy. No issues, no crashes, no hiccups, no dramas. Or maybe Im magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAcky Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Im sorry to hear that the hardware you use isnt professional enough to use Vista. Im running a 8 core mac pro with Vista64, and it runs dreamy. No issues, no crashes, no hiccups, no dramas. Or maybe Im magic? I think its because we're australian, meaing we're awesome becaus my Vista Ultimate 64 setup runs silky smooth. V Few crashes and once you fiddle with the "services" vista comes with its a dream. Oh and dont forget to make sure you've got the windows98 style running XD love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXXLABS Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) i'll agree with the blokes (mates?) from Oz - Vista64 runs great as long as you've got relatively new hardware and have taken a few minutes to "tune" the system. Edited March 18, 2009 by BOXXLABS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmccoy Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Any suggestions on how to "tune" Vista 64? We will be upgrading our machines later on today and tomorrow. I have never really used Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXXLABS Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Any suggestions on how to "tune" Vista 64? We will be upgrading our machines later on today and tomorrow. I have never really used Vista. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tuning+vista+64&btnG=Search&cts=1237395560511 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ADJUSTING+vista+uac&btnG=Search&cts=1237395584365 boom! i love Google. **Oh, and I don't recommend spend any money on the Windows "Optimizer" utilities that are out there. All the changes you need to make can be done easily by hand. Edited March 18, 2009 by BOXXLABS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAcky Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 turn off the user account control to stop those stupid popup boxes every time you do anything. Change your windows style to windows classic. Turn off all the windows aero stuff Turn off that fetcher service which eats up all your ram within about 2 mins of startup... Thats pretty much all i did plus defrag your system every so often. Thanks for those links Adam! Will definately have a look through some blogs this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I have a completely fresh install, with nothing added or removed. Runs perfectly fine. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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