Amd and Intel future !

[multipasser]

Hello,

Im into 3D rendering. And i wanna buy a render engine to help me make my 3D movie. I'm aware that the AMD systems are way cheaper and faster than P4 systems. But what about the ability to upgrade?

The Amd 1.4 is top model now, running on a kt266A mobo. But how HIGH will Amd go with this kinda cpu? I mean same socket/mobo. Its not worth buying a athlon now and not able to do a major upgrade in a year. Because 1.4 --> 1.7 isnt an great upgrade imo.

The other possibility is buying a Intel P4. The new chips 478. They are from 1.5-2Ghz. And the 478 mobo's support .18/.13 micron technology.. Or am I wrong? So if u buy me a 478 mobo with a 478 1.5Ghz P4 chip.. im able to upgrade next year to a 2.4Ghz P4 when they are out and cheap. Now thats an upgrade imo.

What are ur comments.. plz help me make the right decision.
Is an 1.5Ghz p4 much slower than an 1.4 Athlon in true 3D rendering using Max, Maya or Lightwave?

thanx all.. cya

 

[DimZiE]

i don't know about the future ..so i guess we'll just have to wait and see

if you want to know which is faster..(this is my personal experience..results may vary in different system combos)

when i render an animation scene ..i could do it faster w/ my TBird 1,4Ghz and my o/c ed 1GHz@1,35GHz
compared to my 1,4 P4.. for example i could render one of my animations w/ my:
Tbird 1,4 (non o/c)=41 minutes
Tbird 1G@1,35 (o/c)=46 minutes
P4 1,4G =48 minutes

it's a scene w/ full effects =motion blur,raytraced materials,and so on...
FYI:i'm using MAX4
and all of the other peripherals are the same on all my systems (except for memory type and CPU/motherboard combo)

as for your question about upgrading... if u want to get an athlon system buy a DDR mobo
if u want to buy a P4 it's fast enough to render any scene you want to render,but it's a lot more expensive ... and it's a tad slower than my TBirds

oh yeah one more thing my Tbirds had a tiny weenie bug in Maya....(you'll find out if u get a TBird..it's harmless though..you won't even notice it)