[KillMeNow]

hehe i got my new computer
it is fast even lightwave now renders at speed mowwwwahhahaha aaaaaaaaahahhaha even with volumetrics  on

[an0n]

Specs?

[wEvil]

Its the dual XP2100, innit?

Nice one!

[Redfang]

Heh, you're saying that you have a new computer, but don't tell specs.
 
And everyone (well, not actually) seems to be a mad renderer here, and has dual processors.

[Ryx]

Cool.


It's not quite buying time for me. I'll wait and see what the verdict is on the KT400 (VIA). Don't know when that's coming around, though. Still, this Abit mobo looks good.

[wEvil]

I'm saving (student saving..gmpheeheehee!!) for a clawhammer-based system for next year.

This one will become a renderslave/net server for my house.

Here's to getting a job over the summer!

[Redfang]

I'm waiting for the R300. But if it doesn't come quite soon, I will not.

 
Edit: I guess some of you will have 8 processor sledgehammer systems next year.

[wEvil]

R300?

[Redfang]

Originally posted by wEvil
R300?

 
Not a processor. But a core of next generation Radeons (9500 or 10000, I think). Of course if NV30 (next core for Geforce cards, if those will be called Geforces) comes first, I will buy a card based on it (and if it isn't too expensive).

[wEvil]

Im waiting for the new 3Dlabs processor.

Or failing that i'd plump for a wildcat 6210.

Either way...extra-mad render bunnies like me need accuracy, something Nvidia is notorious for not providing in any way, shape or form

Not that i'd buy one of their cards if they did.

[Styxx]

I have better stuff to spend my money in, like beer, barbecue and skydiving.

[KillMeNow]

sorry figured after all my boasting everyone knew what spec my machine was while there are people planning faster machine its pretty quite and you got no idea how well jedi knight  2 plays at i think i got the res up at 1280 X 786 or something like that will have to try it higher cause not even teh slightlest slow down and thats with volumrtric shadows on every graphics option turned to the highest settin anyway the specs are

dual athlon 1800+
tyan tiger mother board
1024 mb DDR ram
geforce 4 ti 4600
60 gb (7200) hard disk
sounb blaster live 5.1 (wanted to save abit and my ears aren't up to telling the differnce between it and the audigy)

anyway its a fast machine hehe and i love it

[an0n]

Originally posted by KillMeNow
you got no idea how well jedi knight  2 plays at i think i got the res up at 1280 X 786 or something like that

You want resolution? Screw resolution, size is more important. There's nothing like hijacking a physics lab projector and playing Q3A through it. 6x4 feet of pure carnage.

[Executor]

Originally posted by wEvil
Im waiting for the new 3Dlabs processor.

Or failing that i'd plump for a wildcat 6210.

How well do those cards work for games? Do they allow all the latest options, like 4X AA?

[KillMeNow]

as i understand it a wildcat is no use for games at all its a professional graphics card cost a fortune too about the cheapest i seen it is £1250

[CP5670]

They're pretty useless at games; I tried running some games on a computer with an Oxygen-based card at my dad's work and the games ran quite slowly. The prices are also sometimes as high as entire systems, but they're meant more for graphics professionals than gamers.

I am pretty much waiting for the next generation of processors to be released, at which point I will probably go for a new machine. (I basically need something that can run games well but can also run through floating-point calculations quickly, as mathematica really needs good FPU performance to make implicit 3D graphs)