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Graphics card upgrade query
Quick question I desperately need to upgrade my 5 year old PC. I was going to buy a computer just before xmas but decided i cant quite afford it just yet. So I need to wait till later in the year. So Ive been looking at just upgrading my Graphics card in the mean time to boost my machine a bit. Spending no more than £100.… -
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if you're having an am2+ mainboard you can ceep it when using a phenom II CPU -
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Thanks guys for the info. CrazyButcher: its a PCI Express 7600GT. But yeah power consuption could be an issue. Striff: My CPU is AMD athlon dual core 2.2GHz and 3 Gig RAM. (XP). So that needs upgrading badly as well. The reason I'm just desperate to upgrade is because ZBrush starts getting a bit slow around 6mil polys per… -
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Good call on waiting. It'll be worth it in the end. -
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I think the guys who made C4D have a bench test for that, If I find a link I will post it here. Here are some you can try: 3D Mark Vantage Heaven Cinebench (C4D) (made for rendering) -
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Yeah CrazyButcher makes some good points which I completely forgot about! I have heard one or two stories of compatibility issues here and there with some of the GTX4 series, also the 5 series, but I'm not sure how much of an issue it is. I've personally been using a GTX260 which has not only been incredible, but I haven't… -
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Thanks man. Great reply. I find shopping for GPU's and such very confusing, especially with NVidia's crazy naming conventions. I chose a 9series because I thought a more recent card might have compatibility issues. Anyhoo.I'm gonna wait till I can afford a full rig. Thanks again -
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Something to take into account is that zbrush uses software rendering, so its completely dependent on the CPU, gpu doesn't matter. The Intel 2600k and 2500k ("sandy bridge") processors should be getting officially launched in a few days, and in Q3 the octa-core (for LGA2011 socket) chips will be coming out. This also means… -
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What is your CPU/RAM setup now? For Zbrush, your CPU is going to be more important. -
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are you sure you can upgrade at all, a geforce7 could be AGP still, all graphics card these days are PCI-Express, meaning you need to get a new motherboard + processor... another thing is power consumption, typically you will need extra power for graphics. it looks like you should save a bit more money, to afford more…
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