Best processor for Maya work?

[poorboy]

So the winner is...?

Duallie Athlon MP 2100+ if performance is the big issue.
Duallie 1GHz G4 Mac if usability is the big issue.

My call is this: If she uses Windows at her school, go for an Athlon based setup. If she uses Macs at school, go for a Mac. Yes the Mac benches slower, but there's no point making life too hard on her/yourself unnecessarily.

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[papasmurf]

Papa Smurf says: she sure as hell doesnt need 2 processors but its ok I understand that you were very excited with the prospect of building a system with money being no object, jk man ease up. Sure she could definatly use all the ram we threw at her but I dont think 2gb is warrented here 1gb sure maybe even 1.5gb but past that your just wasting money. also dual procs might be nice but for 500 dollars less a single proc system would be just fine. dual procs dont come close to actualy doubling the speed in fact I think the speed difference would be unnoticable. just think twice before you tell someone how to spend their money it is a very serious thing but if money realy is no object (but who says that and realy means it?) then kudos to you that system would kick some serious arse for those apps. and as for quake 3... it just sucks I would have to say that unreal kicks its ass.

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[Oracle]

Nah!
After that many years, I can forgive her that, given I'm left alone long enough to pass my frustration!


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[xxsk8er101xx]

she that good in bed eh? well thats a keeper! LOL!

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[juin]

a simple P4 2.26 with 512 ram of corsair cas 2 with a I845E a nice graphic card and that it if to slow add few ram after in 2 year when she will start using much bigger file chaneg to a P4 4.0 ghz.

Cheat solution and also very fast.

The day i meet a goth queen that tell me Intel suck.I turn in a lemming to fill is need in hardware.

 

[juin]

There a maya benchmark
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1615&p=10

P4 winning all test also when SSE2 is enable it even faster.




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[phsstpok]

Yup, SSE2 helps a lot in other apps but I thought we are talking about Maya. Dual processor would be better for Maya work.

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[juin]

Xeon gain more in smp that AXP mp and P4 under maya it allready faster.Dual mp is not a good choice.

The day i meet a goth queen that tell me Intel suck.I turn in a lemming to fill is need in hardware.

 

[MeldarthX]

you really haven't looked around have ya?

Falcon Northwest will put them together easy, and so will other companies......

I've watched them put several photo editing machines together....

A dual mac? they are ok, but they can't keep up with the AMD's dual or Intel's dual machines and cost more.

don't pull its more stable, because if the machine is properly put together it will be stable; that goes for macs and ibm pcs......

I would have her check out falcon's website, they put together duals all the time and compare prices.....

MeldarthX

 

[Oracle]

lol... Aren't we just a little off topic here!!!
Anyways, I managed to rebuilt my databases in about two days... with moral support (if you catch my drift!!).
The pictures and home movies are lost, but others will come along.
;-)


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