LIghtwave 3d, what is the best video card for it?

[VitoVonAntwon]

Hello,

I'm a 3d animator at digitaltreats.com

I would like to know what graphics card do you think would be the best for running Lightwave from newtek. A 3d program that uses open gl.

I am considering a ati 9500pro, a ti4200 128mb, a 9700 non pro.

Can't afford the 9700pro for 300$ or any of those new high end fx boards from nvidia.

My budget is about 150$ - 200$ I'm hoping to get the maximum open gl price/performance.

Thanks.

VitoVonAntwon

 

[Viper96720]

ti-4200 and try out the rivatuner quadro soft mod. Plus I think Nvidia cards do better at open gl. But a faster computer will render lightwave stuff quicker.

 

[onza]

ati fire??

i cant remember.. there is 2 specific names that handle opengl very well

 

[VitoVonAntwon]

rivatuner? So then the machine thinks its a quadro, cool. I never understood the difference between quadro and
a normal nvidia card. They never made sense to me, They cost like 5 to 10 times what you would pay for say a ti4200,
and in about 6 months, the next revision of nvidia, has better benchmarks then that quaddro. I guess if you really really need
the power, ya have to pay for it. But a 9800fx will kill the older quaddro's and is still half the price of what they used to go for.

Anyone else? I saw a ti4600 128mb for 146$ shipped at geek. I think I'll be getting that. Wish it was direct x9 though.

Does anybody know if lightwave 8 will be direct 9 complient?

Vito

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: VitoVonAntwon
rivatuner? So then the machine thinks its a quadro, cool. I never understood the difference between quadro and
a normal nvidia card. They never made sense to me, They cost like 5 to 10 times what you would pay for say a ti4200,
and in about 6 months, the next revision of nvidia, has better benchmarks then that quaddro. I guess if you really really need
the power, ya have to pay for it. But a 9800fx will kill the older quaddro's and is still half the price of what they used to go for.

Anyone else? I saw a ti4600 128mb for 146$ shipped at geek. I think I'll be getting that. Wish it was direct x9 though.

Does anybody know if lightwave 8 will be direct 9 complient?

Vito

the quadro cards do get beat in games by game cards but for real opengl apps like 3ds max, inventor, pro/e there is no beating a real highend card, even with softquadro.

JB