Advice for graphics card?

#1

Hello,

me and my father are trying to turn my old acer pc into something more suitable for 3D modelling.

At my school we use Maya, ,Photoshop, Zbrush, , Mudbox, Houdini, and every once in a while we might use Vegas, After effects and Audacity.
I’m currently using a asus K53s laptop, but I’d like to have a backup PC for when things go wrong.

Right now we plan to use the following hardware:

Motherboard: Asus P8H77-V LE,s1155
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, s1155
Ram: Corsair ValueSelect DDR3,1600-16GB KIT
Power supply: Corsair TX 650WATT

This is the PC’s current graphics card:

nVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS (G86)

Neither of us have any clue on what video card would be best suited for me.
We’ve collected a small list of graphics cards that fit within our budget:

MSI N650Ti-1GD5V1
Club 3D GeForce GT 640
Club 3D Radeon HD 7750

Could anyone tell us if any of these would suffice?

Thanks!

#2

hey,

what is your primary 3d software going to be? And is this also the one that you will want the best performance in?

If it’s maya I would check out the maya forum here on cgtalk and check if somebody has opened a similar thread.

Other than that. I think you can always just get as much gpu and ram for what your budget is and you have to decide between amd and nvidia. And thats it pretty much…

#3

I would choose the MSI N650Ti-1GD5V1 graphics card. The other two will not be very powerful for any GPU-related tasks, such as viewports. They’re kinda low-end, but the 650Ti is a great card and plenty powerful.

#4

I guess I will mostly be using maya, we get lessons in modelling (poly/nurbs), rendering, animation and texturing that have to be handed in as maya files/renders. The other programs are still used often though. And it won’t be untill the 3th year before we can choose to drop courses.

It’s good to know the other 2 cards are not that powerfull.
We chose to go with the 650Ti.
Anyway, thanks for the advice!

#5

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