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3DArtZ
08-27-2008, 05:02 PM
Hey guys, one thing that I'm certain I dont know enough about it,
how important is the video card one is using to EI?

I just upgraded my card and am still testing stuff out on the system
over-all....

I notice a great perfomance boost in the video games I have (only 2)
and Silo seems to be very much improved as well....


any info would be educational for me!

thanks
Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com (http://www.3dartz.com)
arketype
08-27-2008, 09:16 PM
I have for comparison a 2008 Mac Pro with the stock ATI 2600 card and a 2008 Mac Pro with the nVidia 8800. The 8800 is noticeably faster in EIAS. Especially when you have hundreds of copies of textured objects (maybe a million or so total polys), and all textures visible in the camera window.

Worth a few hundred bucks for sure.
3DArtZ
08-27-2008, 09:42 PM
Hmmm, okay, well, the nvidia... does it have more memory?


I picked up a SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card primarily for the machine I play a few games on...
but I'm trying it out with my 3d software.
Have not had a chance to run EI on it yet, but Silo's topology paint tools work
noticebly faster....

I will give EI a run tonight with it.

thanks for the comparison...

Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com (http://www.3dartz.com)
arketype
08-28-2008, 10:20 AM
There is a comparison of the two cards here.
From what I can tell the 3850 is some where in between the two cards I mentioned.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/amd_radeon_hd_3850
3DArtZ
08-28-2008, 01:49 PM
Hey a good review page, thanks for posting!

the only difference I can see is that the card I have comes with 512mb memory opposed
to 256mb in the article...

as far as the gaming aspect.... It blows away my old nvidia quadro fx1100 that it replaced....

Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com (http://www.3dartz.com)
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