Malcolm, here is a huge list of benchmarks: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html ATI 7870 is in the price and performance range of an Nvidia 480, 570, and 660/660ti
http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/416/the_game_industry_salary_survey_.php?page=3 for United States afaik, not exactly rates but you could come up with those on "money you think you should earn / time you want to spend / amount of projects"
Hey Polycounters, Here is my latest game asset created in Maya , Photoshop and Xnormal. Floor was entirely done in Photoshop. Comment and critique most welcome. Polycount: Helipad(1486 Tris)
No, it's not. But if anyone modelled or posed a character like this, they'd be told it looked wrong If the image doesn't show, here is the URL: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4686/1648/1600/HandballWhiteSmack2.0.jpg
edit: Sorry my bad, thought the address for physical donations has changed. Another edit: the $4.6 million from Chase to NYPD was in August, where I was mistaken and thought it was more recent. I closed my Chase and moved to a credit union.
http://download.autodesk.com/us/3dsmax/2012help/index.html?url=files/GUID-9596F6EF-3569-44F2-8D6C-6EB58C30BED-480.htm,topicNumber=d28e99920 Procedures, step 2: use the Select By Name dialog (default hotkey H) to choose the Biped bones.
I finally finished the in game blockouts. It took a lot more time then anticipated to get the composition and lighting I wanted. These are done in Unity 4.6 with Marmoset Skyshop.