mondex Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Dear friends, I would like to switch to a 64bit system with windows 7 (which OS would be best?) - I work with 3DS max 2009 and Vray 1.5. Here's my humble configuration; Windows Vista 32bit family premium service pack 1Intel Core Duo E8500 @3.06GHz 3.17GHz4GB RAMATI Radeon HD 3850 I have a small budget of about 1000$, so where should a put the priority on, in order to have a faster rendering time, and an easier, smoother work flow in my viewports? Many thanks for your valuable advice. Best regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Matthews Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Are you saying you want to upgrade the existing system you mentioned? What motherboard do you have? Can it take an i7 processor? If not then just switch to windows 7 64-bit and buy some additional RAM. This step won't decrease your render times but you won't have to worry about any RAM issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 The motherboard will not take I7. Im assuming its a 775 socket, the Q series quad cores will go in there I think. This will give you 4 threads instead of 2 for rendering. You could also stick some ram in there. Thats much less than $1000. You may be able to buy a low end or second hand Q series based machine for around $400. Want to blow your whole load? buy another machine and use it as a render slave. You'll maybe get an I7 setup (8 render threads in Vray using hyperthreading) plus your own machine, you'll have a grand total of 10 threads, but the main bonus is you can work whilst you render... I really dont understand why people want one great machine over two mediocre ones. Having your rendering power remote from your workstation is a must for me. However, I have no idea what performance specs the graphics card is (ATI Radeon HD 3850). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondex Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Many thanks for your advice! It's a great idea to have a second setup for rendering - will do that when the time allows me. Right now for me the best would be to switch to a 64bits system and adding some RAM. I will see if the rest of my budget, added to what will be left of my software one, can help in purchasing extra stuff (I'd love to get some training materials from 3DATS), or an extra monitor... Difficult choices! Anyway, thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Smith Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Mark, You might want to check this out. http://www.3datstech.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondex Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Wow Brian, that's super! Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaker3057 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I just picked up an i7 rig from the dell outlet for 1099. Specs: i7-920 6 gb ram 1 tb 7200rpm hd ati 5870 1gb IT was a scratch and dent computer. I couldn't build the computer for less than 1400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinger Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I love there scratch and dent returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondex Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Wow! and Dell machines are very good! Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I wouldn't go so far as to say "very". Or "good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaker3057 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 haha, thanks. My family has had pretty good luck with Dell, actually. I am very excited about it. I also went ahead and ordered a 2nd 22" led monitor with it as well. My current setup is a quad core hp laptop with one 22" monitor. My mother in law felt sorry for me because my render times were still ridiculous, so she bought me this new setup Once I get 10 posts, I will post what I was rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondex Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Cool! I hope you have as much fun as I do! 2x22" rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondex Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 So I've switched to windows 7 x64, and what a difference! Vista should be illegal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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