best gpu for dg41rq,price does not matter and it is for media editing & 3d renderin

[vdr@truelover]

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Hi, I am Vijay and I am a media enthusiast, my specs are Intel dg41rq mobo,with E7500 core2duo processor, 2gb ddr2 ram 800mhz,320gb 7200rpm hdd, onboard graphics g41 chipset, I wish to upgrade my graphic card my psu is 750 watt and my room temperature between 35 to 40, my main use with my pc is rendering digital media and 3d modeling and rendering, can u guys suggest me any best performing gpu for this mother board ? thank you, i am still innocent in gpus, other than gpu my pc is very good for me:|

 

[Cerb]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133347

Now, really, what kind of budget do you have? If price genuinely didn't matter, your PC surely wouldn't have a C2D 7500 and only 2GB RAM.

Also, what specific programs are being used? Whether or not a better GPU even can help depends very much on the specific program.

 

[taltamir]

yea, if price doesn't matter you should be upgrading your CPU and ram and mobo too.

Actually if you are SERIOUS about 3d rendering the #1 thing to upgrade would be your RAM. 8GB at minimum.

 

[-Slacker-]

Somehow I don't think "money is no issue" in this case, or, at the very least, op didn't suspect that the best gpu for his mobo would cost him 4 grand.

Op, it would help a lot if you made an estimate on how much you're willing to spend (total).

 

[vdr@truelover]

I use this pc for next 2 years only then i will sold it, and i am using autodesk 3ds max, and adobe master collection cs5.5, recently i upgraded the ram and my hdd to ssd, so just i need is best performing gpu for this board,

 

[edplayer]

I think they are trying to tell you that your "upgrade" to 2GB of ram is insufficient. You should get more ram instead of thinking of a new videocard.

 

[Cerb]

I use this pc for next 2 years only then i will sold it, and i am using autodesk 3ds max, and adobe master collection cs5.5, recently i upgraded the ram (ed.) and my hdd to ssd, so just i need is best performing gpu for this board,

If you use a 32-bit OS, go with 4GB; if 64-bit, as much as 8GB.

For video, how is 3DS Max's D3D quality? I've read that it's still buggy some places, and others that it's great, but may lag a bit in complex scenes with lots of lighting, but I don't use it. If it's got issues (using Intel IGP, you'd know), a low-end FirePro or Quadro might be a good choice for video card, like a Quadro 600, for the tweaked-out OpenGL support, and possibility of official GPU rendering support, depending on the details of what you do. If the D3D support for what you need is good, a Geforce GT 220-240 or Radeon 5570, 5670, or 6570 would probably be good enough.

 

[-Slacker-]

I think they are trying to tell you that your "upgrade" to 2GB of ram is insufficient. You should get more ram instead of thinking of a new videocard.

I disagree, even if 2 gb is nowhere near enough, it's definitely his igp that's holding him back the most.

OP, you don't need the best video card if you're planning to keep it for 2 years - cgi design isn't like gaming; In gaming, if your card becomes slow and you get too small a frame rate, the game becomes unplayable, whereas with 3d modelling, unless you're on a tight schedule, you can wait it out until the render finalizes, while you do something else; The latter is only a minor inconvenience and, if you're not a professional to whom time is money, having the best and the fastest is really no issue.

 

[tweakboy]

Grab a 8800 or 9800 GT. Do openGL also do DX10

ty and always gg and gb,

 

[cboath]

Autodesk hasn't actively developed OGL on 3ds max in a long time. It's still supported, but all development has been done on directx since around max 4 or 5.

I run a quadro fx 4600 at work and a factory oc'd geforce 260 at the house. The 260 performs better. As the above says, anthing 8800 and up will get you a huge increase in your viewport performance.

If you're working on large files, you'll want more ram. But if you're working on large files, you'll want lots more RAM (6GB or more) AND 64bit. 32 is big bottleneck if you're working with large files. You will run into the memory limit on large files using 32bit.