Recent content by Gortnicktu

More RAM, there I said it too. Scratch/temp/swap files are virtual memory, and much much slower than RAM. You don't want to write-to-disc (create s/t/s files) unless you have to. Translation, if you have enough installed memory to accomodate the open file, you won't need to write-to-disc...

My understanding, and I may well be mistaken, is that the faster the system bus and memory (data transfer rates in general) the better because the file sizes are so big that bottlenecks pose the bigger problem. That's one reason I was interested in the new intel chipsets, and the AMD 64s too...

Thanks, money is _always_ a factor.

A couple of humble questions from a newbie, who has already gone through the guides, etc. I plan to build my own soon (first). I work mostly with 2D imaging, and with larger dimensions/file sizes (150-1500mb). I do some 3D rendering as well, so I want to add some processor power with 3D in...