workstation spec for 3d max 6

[aping]

trying to find out what are the fine spec for working with 3d max 6

 

my current pc is

Pentium III intel Xeon

Elsa Gloria II Pro 64 M

1 G RAM

73 G scasi HD 10000 rpm

 

since a lot of money would be spent on 3d max 6, I'll try to minimize hardware upgrading, but also want to make sure the work station can handle 3d max 6 well

anyone can help or is there any link/thread I can refer to?

thanks a lot

[graphix]

Sadly in order to upgrade from what you currently have you are looking at replacing the CPU's the motherboard, the ram, the hard drives, the graphics cards, and the power supply. at the least. Do you have a budget you need to work with?

 

 

graphix

[rivoli]

i've never heard of someone using a pIII xeon for 3d, but it's possibly just me. as long as i know it has a low frequency, like 900-700 mhz and 100 mhz fsb, but 2mb of cache. i don't know how it would work, but at the moment people generally go for different kind of workstations, that is dual cpu machines (xeon, opeteron, mp, it's up you). this wouldn't be an upgrade anyway, you should rather invest in a new workstation.

[aping]

currently I use 3dviz3, and encounter quite lots of unstability. that's way my office decide for upgrade, now what I'm worried about is whether my workstation can handle 3d max 6. I also suggesting to upgrade the hardware, since it's already left behind, but first of all I need to provide information about what kind of spec do I need at least to run 3d max well

since my off always go for branded workstation, the cost would be enermous, so maybe what I do is partial hardware upgrade

if what I need is major upgrade, maybe I should suggest them to upgrade to viz 4/5 and contribute the budget for the hardware?