killkolor
10-28-2005, 02:05 PM
hi!
i have to get a new computer to work on maya. of course i want to run it on linux, since i don't intend to spend more money on hardware to run the same speed on a commercial OS ;-)
since i know that driver support for linux is a problem for some companies i just want to gather some experience to make a listing for a good and linux compatible 3d machine. my prefered linux is debian, so if u use this dist. please let me know your hardware specs and where u had problems. i already planed on a hardware config, so if u see some downfalls with performance or linux compatibility pls let me know.
my system plan so far:
- Gigabyte GA-K8NUltra, nForce4 Ultra chipset, Socket 939, nVidia, Serial ATA, Raid, iEEE1394, Giga-LAN
- 3500+ AMD Athlon 64, Socket 939, Box Version, Original AMD CPU-Cooler
- 2048MB Apacer/Infineon ( 4x 512MB )
- 400GB Western-Digital Serial ATA, 7200rpm/9ms/8MB Cache (2x 200GB) (is that fast enough?)
- DVD-ROM Lite On LT-16p9s 16x, Silver (2x Drive DVD-ROM + DVD Recorder)
- Graphiccard GigaByte NX6600DP, 256MB, 0.0DB, 550/300MHz,TV-Out,DVI, DDR3
also unfortunately i don't have the money to buy a real quadro or firegl card, but i heard there are some bios hacks to open pipelines on normal geforce 6000 and 9000 cards. any links to that?
thx for any advice,
gabriel
i have to get a new computer to work on maya. of course i want to run it on linux, since i don't intend to spend more money on hardware to run the same speed on a commercial OS ;-)
since i know that driver support for linux is a problem for some companies i just want to gather some experience to make a listing for a good and linux compatible 3d machine. my prefered linux is debian, so if u use this dist. please let me know your hardware specs and where u had problems. i already planed on a hardware config, so if u see some downfalls with performance or linux compatibility pls let me know.
my system plan so far:
- Gigabyte GA-K8NUltra, nForce4 Ultra chipset, Socket 939, nVidia, Serial ATA, Raid, iEEE1394, Giga-LAN
- 3500+ AMD Athlon 64, Socket 939, Box Version, Original AMD CPU-Cooler
- 2048MB Apacer/Infineon ( 4x 512MB )
- 400GB Western-Digital Serial ATA, 7200rpm/9ms/8MB Cache (2x 200GB) (is that fast enough?)
- DVD-ROM Lite On LT-16p9s 16x, Silver (2x Drive DVD-ROM + DVD Recorder)
- Graphiccard GigaByte NX6600DP, 256MB, 0.0DB, 550/300MHz,TV-Out,DVI, DDR3
also unfortunately i don't have the money to buy a real quadro or firegl card, but i heard there are some bios hacks to open pipelines on normal geforce 6000 and 9000 cards. any links to that?
thx for any advice,
gabriel