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Has anyone looked at the new Dell XPS Range?

Tim Messer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:21:15 GMT

I was looking and the new range that dell have brought out, just wondered what people thought or heard of the range. Yeh or Neh

Hardware Spec's

Tim Messer — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:40:27 GMT

What would you use to run all this 3D software (3D max / Anark etc etc) ??

It must be Dell (Company Standards /chris!!).

1. What Processor and how many ?

2. RAM Requirements ?

3. ROM Requirements ?

4. Graphics Cards ?

5. Windows Platform (64bit i think) ?

6. Any other things ?

I am basically looking for the "daddy" of computers.

Make your cheapo Geforce into an Expensive Quadro FREE!

Tom — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:27:01 GMT

[url]http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=539[/url]

It's a well known 'secret' that the uber-expensive Quadro cards made by Nvidia are exactly the same as the consumer or Gaming glass cards that sell for a fraction of the price. Now somebody's gone and made a way to allow you to install Quadro drivers for your Geforce and reap the benefits in MAX, Maya and CAD.

Nvidia can't be happy about this :D

New Xeons Processors

Christopher Leone — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:58:14 GMT

Whats the deal with these processors???...I'm so confused lately with all the different Intel processors....going by price I know which one is better, but is it really? Can anyone explain the difference in these??? Besides the obvious.

WS DUAL XEON E5320 1.86GHz, 8MB cache, 1.066 MHz FSB
WS DUAL XEON 5160 3.0GHz, 4MB cache, 1.33GHz FSB
WS DUAL XEON E5345 2.33GHz, 8MB cache, 1.333 MHz FSB
WS DUAL XEON X5355 2.66GHz, 8MB cache, 1.333 MHz FSB

Tom? Mark?

Best Laptops...

Jerlin — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:54:51 GMT

A laptop for CG...!! What spec & model is the best one in the market?

Desktop Workstation Standards for DV

Glen Loyd — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:15:04 GMT

We have an upcoming meeting with global IT and we have an opportunity to get their ear for a short time. I would like to present to them something of a more formal wish list of what we would like to see as the new Design Visualization workstation standard. If we have an overwhelming response to one particular brand, we may be able to justify breaking traditional brand constraints.

Worth a try, don't you think?

Nvidia's 128-core Graphics Card

Christopher Leone — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:30:23 GMT

[url]http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/nvidia-ships-128core-graphics-cards-for-highend-film-editors-graphics-pros-apple-excited-241478.php[/url]

oooowwww.....shiny....

Affordable 3D Printer

Christopher Leone — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:13:47 GMT

[url]http://www.modelin3d.com/overview.shtml[/url]

Compact, Fast, Affordable
Price: US $9,900
Weight: 100 pounds
Modeler size: 25 X 26 X 27 inches
Build size: 7 by 9 inches and nearly 8 inches tall
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty

Technical and maintenance assistance at all times

Render Farm OS

Glen Loyd — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:22:58 GMT

This subject is really Mark Kauffman's area of expertise, but I'll at least get the thread started. I've had a lot of questions from various people (PB and non PB) regarding render farm nodes (servers) and what OS to use. I think it's the description of "server" that throws people off. Really, the render node workstation only needs to have Windows XP (Pro) installed since it's only taking on one task at a time from the Render Manager. The only workstation that needs Server is whatever the frames are being rendered to since it requires more than ten outside accesses. Hopefully that clears up the OS issue a little bit.