dontgvadamn
02-24-2008, 01:43 AM
I am fairly new to graphics and new to this forum. I am wanting to build a decent graphics system. I want a system that I can easily upgrade that will last me a few years. But through my searching I am getting more and more confused on which direction I hould go with it.
As far as application I will be running on the machine I will mainly be using the following apps.
Microsoft word business edition, business plan pro, photoshop cs3 master collection, autodesk maya, poser, poser figure artist, zbrush, corel draw, quark express, in design, autodesk inventor, autodesk alias, rhinoceros 4.0, softimage xsi, avid liquid...the list goes on I have a ton of programs. I am just learning some of the programs just for the heck of it. But some I use quite often. And I generally multi task quite a bit.
Now where I am stuck is I do not know if it would be better to go with a multi processor mobo or simply a quad core single processor. Again I want to be able to gradually upgrade the PC as time goes on.
Graphics card wise I want to go with the nvidia quadro series cards. I like nvidia and have had good luck with them.
So I was thinking I could go with the evga 780i mobo with a core 2 quad core and 800 ddr2 ram and SLI link 3 older series quadro cards.
Or I can go with a multi processor MOBO liek the tyan thunder 4 socket mobo and just stick one opteron quad core in it for now....then upgrade to more processors as tiem goes on.
I want a good fast PC mainly for the stuff I listed above. I dont game really at all. I might play games a totall of 2 weeks out of the year. So gaming isnt really of concern just a good PC for graphics. Any advice on what would be the best solution for me?
As far as application I will be running on the machine I will mainly be using the following apps.
Microsoft word business edition, business plan pro, photoshop cs3 master collection, autodesk maya, poser, poser figure artist, zbrush, corel draw, quark express, in design, autodesk inventor, autodesk alias, rhinoceros 4.0, softimage xsi, avid liquid...the list goes on I have a ton of programs. I am just learning some of the programs just for the heck of it. But some I use quite often. And I generally multi task quite a bit.
Now where I am stuck is I do not know if it would be better to go with a multi processor mobo or simply a quad core single processor. Again I want to be able to gradually upgrade the PC as time goes on.
Graphics card wise I want to go with the nvidia quadro series cards. I like nvidia and have had good luck with them.
So I was thinking I could go with the evga 780i mobo with a core 2 quad core and 800 ddr2 ram and SLI link 3 older series quadro cards.
Or I can go with a multi processor MOBO liek the tyan thunder 4 socket mobo and just stick one opteron quad core in it for now....then upgrade to more processors as tiem goes on.
I want a good fast PC mainly for the stuff I listed above. I dont game really at all. I might play games a totall of 2 weeks out of the year. So gaming isnt really of concern just a good PC for graphics. Any advice on what would be the best solution for me?