Recent content by front243

No , it does not qualify for upgrades. Hmm, perhaps I should wait until that is released.

Yes, I just started and now I am hooked, so I thought I better invest in some decent hardware. I guess that workstation will work good for my gaming needs as well :) I don't have Photoshop CS yet, I use Photoshop 7.0, but I think I will upgrade soon.

Yeah, in fact I am not a student I am retired, when I was a student I was very poor like you probably were :) But I talked with the danish distributor of 3D Studio and I was allowed to purchase the student edition as the regular version was way beyond what my income allows.

Right my system looks like this now: Tyan Thunder K8WE (even allows SLI if I find it necessary :) ) 2xAMD Opteron 252 4096MB Registered/ECC PC3200 DDR Geforce 7800GTX DVD-Writer, probably NEC3520 I have good exp. with that Dell 2005FPW Lian Li v1200B Antec 550W EPS12V 4 X Seagate...

Take a look at this review: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2410&p=6 It certainly seems to me like X2 is the way to go for DivX encoding at least, Intel EE and FX-55 don't match even the X2 4200. You might get a few other suggestions if you take a look over at...

Hm, I am still a bit undecided for videocard vs. CPU. I guess a 7800GTX could be plenty for videocard, then I could use a Opteron instead. I have look at arstechnica.com's "God Box" and he suggest: Tyan Thunder K8WE 2xAMD Opteron 252 Note this is june edition of the guide, I think...

Hello, thanks for your suggestions. I have checked some of the prices in Denmark , and while Opteron 265 and Quadro 3400 sound tempting I am already breaking my budget with these two items (at least with Danish prices). I mixed your suggestions and ended with this: Quadro 3400 DFI Lan...

Hi, I am waiting to get my student license 3DS Max so I might as well plan my workstation. So I ask you: If you had $2500 and should buy a system for 3D Studio and a bit Photoshop what would you buy? Which processor ? Xeon, Opteron or would a plain A64 or Intel be better and spend more...