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Blackheart1988
03-31-2010, 10:58 AM
Hello,

I'm in trouble with finding the right workstation (working and rendering with 3ds max).
It should not cost more than 2500€.

I was thinking of one fx 3800 (900€), 6x2gb DDR3 and two quad cpu.
Or maybe take two graphic cards and go with one cpu?

What shall I go for and which hardware would you use?
meleseDESIGN
03-31-2010, 06:05 PM
Here are the specs of the system I work with most of the time:

Asus Z8NA-D6 mainboard
2x Xeon X5570 TDP 95Watts processors.
48GB DDR3 ECC 1333MHz main memory
Asus MARS Dual GTX 285 4GB graphics card
750Watts Eco 80 PSU


Mainly in use for Photoshop, Cinema 4D and Efter Effects.
Rendertimes are pretty good.

BTW: The FX 3800 is a waste of money.
You can get the caunterpart Geforce GTX 260 for less then 1/4 of the price.
For 3DS Max there is no need for Dual GPUs yet.

Look at http://www.cbscores.com (http://www.cbscores.com/) for further comparism.

;)
cgbeige
03-31-2010, 08:50 PM
cinebench is a terrible benchmark for OpenGL testing. Aside from the crappy GL in Cinema 4D, it doesn't represent anything beyond how things will perform in Cinema 4D. Don't use that as a test of "how all cards perform with OpenGL" because you'll probably get the opposite behaviour with a Quadro in Maya, or a GTX 285 in 3Ds Max, etc.

There are no generic benchmarks to use for buying cards - spec is similarly skewed by drivers tailored for spec benchmarks (the Quadro being the best example). Find out from users what card is best with your OS/app from experience. Maya 2011's viewport 2 is going to change a lot, if you're a Maya user:

http://www.vimeo.com/10296801
meleseDESIGN
04-01-2010, 05:28 AM
User experiences with other apps outside C4D are pretty similar compared to the results in cinebench. Means, a Geforce GTX 285 will perform nearly the same as the Quadro FX 5800, the GTX 260 near the FX 3800. But the 260 wont perform better as a 285, in no app. There might be some performance differences with Ati cards, but therefor Nvidia cards are known as more stable.

Cinebench is a good tool out there (if not the best) to test current GPUs for it's performance in any application - including games. Your results with Maya 2011 don't conflict with the cinebench results @ cbscores.com, if you ask me.

;)
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