To upgrade or not/ any advice is appreciated

[cuototo]

check my post (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=205714). I´m in the process of buinding my own system.

What you have to know is that MOBOs for Opterons don´t come with PCI-Express yet. So you´ll have to choose an AGP x8 graphics card.

Opterons are cheaper and seem to be faster due to the faster access to RAM.

As for the 64 bits, that´s all marketing bullshit at the moment. I´ve read that Intel has 80% of the market, so the 64 bits software will be available when that 80% upgrades processors. So... don´t buy any hardware thinking about the future. Ask yourself what you need now. You´ll be asking the same question in two years again.

If you have any advice, or questions just tell me.

Good luck,

-nic

[ktamiola]

check my post (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=205714). I´m in the process of buinding my own system.


As for the 64 bits, that´s all marketing bullshit at the moment.

-nic

:)

Hey Laddie !

I am wondering what was the biggest scene you have ever rendered ...? 2M polygons 3M?

Do not say AMD 64 bit tech. is a shit if you have never used it before!

I've got experience with this tech - I use soft for 3d, but not fot typical CG but for science visualisation (it runs under 64-bit red hat enterprise 3) and fact is : it is the only hardware platform that allows You to achieve resonable performance for realy high quality models : over 4M polygons (single model). We mainly use them in analysis of NMR analysis and related.

This thechnology was avalible previously in MIPS, SPARC processors for enormous price. Now You can go to every single PC store and buy 64-bit machine. The real bullshit is fact that software developers do not want to prepare 64-bit versions of their software, because the market (as You have mentioned previously) is saturated with x86 PCs!

That is the fact!
You do not have to accept it...

PS

I am still working at SGI Octane 2 station in my lab. I wish You could see the Vieports performance while opening or rotating models (in really old version of Softimage) that I prepare for example in Zbrush 2. You would probably admitt that there is a great benefit from 64 bit technology and adressing. (Although SGI Octane 2 is rubbish in comparison with PC I normally use at home 2xOpteron 250 + 4GB RAM + GeForce6800 Ultra (PNY)@ Quadro FX 4000).

Best wishes...

[cuototo]

Hey! Hold on and read eagain... I said marketing bullsit not that the hardware was shit :eek: .

The problem is that there´s no software.

In fact, if you check my post, you´ll find that I´m building 2 dual opterons. Maybe because I need them for my little scenes.

As for your viewport speed... isn´t that related to the video card?
Best regards.

[CGTalk Moderation]

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.