Except playing chess with realworld pieces on a realworld board, I am not a gamer.
I try to consider my desktop pc as a workstation and from 2007 on my configuration is an Intel Core 2 Quad (2.4 GHz) CPU, an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard, 8MB RAM and a nVidia Quad NVS 440 (256 MB memory) graphic card, one HDD for OS and programs, 2 HDD's in raid0 for data,
Vista 64-bit, never had a problem.
Pretty obsolete perhaps, but it works.
I am working with PhotoModeler software to make 3D images of e.g. buildings. That is why the NVS 440 with 3 or 4 monitors comes in very handy.
Now if I render textures from photo's of about 5000 X 3500 pixels, it takes my pc about 4 hours to give a result. Lowering the amount to about 1000 X 1000 pixels still leaves me with 20 minutes or more to catch up sleep, but than the result in e.g. Google Earth is not something to be proud of.
My new configuration is an Asus P8Z68 V Pro motherboard + Intel i7 2600K, OCZ Revo Drive 3 (OS, programs, and boot up only), one HDD for data. Windows 7 64-bit.
This will speed up things a bit no doubt. But I wonder if I have to replace my good old NVS 440 in favour of a HP nVidia Quadro 2000 ( 1 TB memory) to get even more rendering (!) speed.
Remember, the result on the screen is very static in PhotoModeler, it can be compared to a drawing in AutoCad in terms of dynamics. No need for Quick Sync as well.
Exploring questions and answers in many forums gives the impression that this world is populated mainly by gamers, and so is the nature of their problems.
My favourite hardware-shop does not even sell (workstation) quadro nVidia cards!
Benchmark reviews seem to be made for gamers only, and the favourite card is therefore nVidia GeForce GTX 580 or likewise. By no means a workstation card.
Also I wonder if Smart Response Technology ( say a 20 or 30 GB partition from the Revo) will
do a workstationer any good in terms of speed.
Having to start up and tweak in BIOS this new configuration mentioned above, leaves me some time before installing Windows.
2 questions: 1) NVS440 replacement and 2) SRT in workstation.
I try to consider my desktop pc as a workstation and from 2007 on my configuration is an Intel Core 2 Quad (2.4 GHz) CPU, an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard, 8MB RAM and a nVidia Quad NVS 440 (256 MB memory) graphic card, one HDD for OS and programs, 2 HDD's in raid0 for data,
Vista 64-bit, never had a problem.
Pretty obsolete perhaps, but it works.
I am working with PhotoModeler software to make 3D images of e.g. buildings. That is why the NVS 440 with 3 or 4 monitors comes in very handy.
Now if I render textures from photo's of about 5000 X 3500 pixels, it takes my pc about 4 hours to give a result. Lowering the amount to about 1000 X 1000 pixels still leaves me with 20 minutes or more to catch up sleep, but than the result in e.g. Google Earth is not something to be proud of.
My new configuration is an Asus P8Z68 V Pro motherboard + Intel i7 2600K, OCZ Revo Drive 3 (OS, programs, and boot up only), one HDD for data. Windows 7 64-bit.
This will speed up things a bit no doubt. But I wonder if I have to replace my good old NVS 440 in favour of a HP nVidia Quadro 2000 ( 1 TB memory) to get even more rendering (!) speed.
Remember, the result on the screen is very static in PhotoModeler, it can be compared to a drawing in AutoCad in terms of dynamics. No need for Quick Sync as well.
Exploring questions and answers in many forums gives the impression that this world is populated mainly by gamers, and so is the nature of their problems.
My favourite hardware-shop does not even sell (workstation) quadro nVidia cards!
Benchmark reviews seem to be made for gamers only, and the favourite card is therefore nVidia GeForce GTX 580 or likewise. By no means a workstation card.
Also I wonder if Smart Response Technology ( say a 20 or 30 GB partition from the Revo) will
do a workstationer any good in terms of speed.
Having to start up and tweak in BIOS this new configuration mentioned above, leaves me some time before installing Windows.
2 questions: 1) NVS440 replacement and 2) SRT in workstation.