Right, i built a system with a q6600 quad core, 8 gigs of dd2, and a pretty standard($120) 8800. This is a mad fast system, and it can easily handle 32 million polys in mudbox2. Total cost of the system was around $1100. 2 280's is just..... crazy overkill, a decent 8800/9800 will give you all the performance you actually…
i7 is a quadcore with hyperthreading cpu... so basically it shows up as an 8 core cpu. You can skip the dual 9800GTs and go for a single GTX 280 or 295 card... I think that's a whole lot more power than 2 9800s... the new line of NVIDIA cards are dual core GPUs, meaning they have 2 video processors on 1 card. I have a 1 gb…
ok so based on the comments here are the specs as of now. Intel® Core i7-920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English) Service Pack 1 64-bit (i'm hoping my XSI and zbrush will run under 64bit system) MEMORY 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ (3x2GB DIMM) VIDEO CARD SLi, Dual nVidia GeForce GTX280…
Eye opening to say the least from all yalls advise. I think every one of you very much for your help, generiousity in lending advise. I'm abit on the fence related to buying through dell now but there are the revised computer specs i've decided to go with now. Any furuther advise is greatly apreciated. PROCESSOR Intel®…