lancec2c30 said:
I would go with one of the 1500 dollar models for now. I think think it would do you good.
What are the specs of the rest of your system for the graphic rendering currently?
Office Machine:
XP Pro SP2
HP xw8400 w/ the following specs:
3GHz Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processor 5100 CPU
nVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
Upgraded to 8GB of Corsair SDRAM DDR2 800
Updraded to 2 Cheetah 36.7 GB SCSI Internal Hard Drives
House machine:
Linux box running with Wine
Thunder K8QS Quad-Opteron Motherboard with 4 AMD Opteron 250 2.4GHz
4GB Tyan Thunder K8HM PC3200 Registered ECC DDR400 DIMM
3 300GB Barracuda drives
ATI X1900 512 Pro PCIe card (long story short: went through 5 different cards ranging from 8mb to this one {not in that order} kept getting BSoD for days on end...WHINEdows kept saying it was my video driver needed to manully decelerate it or update driver. I tried reformating re-zeroing out the HDD, partion majic and what not...ha...I installed Ubuntu Edgy Linux and had no issues with stability since.)
/\ When I upgrade the office card the Quadro will be coming home.
My DTR:
is a Hypersonic 1Aviator CX7 Duo With the following spec's (came straight off my order confirmation)
Integrated V.92 56K Fax/Data Modem - Qty: 1
2 Year Accidental Damage Protection (System and LCD) - Qty: 1
MS Windows XP Professional CD & Manual SP2 Pre-Installed & Configured - Qty: 1
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Qty: 1
17" WUXGA 1920x1200 VividView™ Display w/ Super Clear Glossy Surface - Qty: 1
2 Year Platinum Warranty with 24/7 Toll-Free Tech Support - Qty: 1
1024MB PC4200 DDR2-533 SODIMM - Qty: 1
2.0GHz Intel® Pentium-M 760 Processor w/ 2MB Cache (Sonoma) - Qty: 1
100GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Hard Drive with NCQ & 8MB Cache - Qty: 1
Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX PCI-Express 256MB GDDR3 - Qty: 1
Aviator CX7: High Performance 17" Centrino Gaming Notebook - Qty: 1
Intel® Alviso 915PM+ICH6-M Mobile Motherboard (CX7) - Qty: 1
Internal 802.11A/G 54Mbps Wireless Mini PCI for CX7 - Qty: 1
Aviator CX7 in Silver with Tinted Brushed Aluminum Cover - Qty: 1
Built-in High Definition 3D Sound System for CX7 - Qty: 1
8X DVD ± R/W Drive Dual Layer w/ DVD Recording Software - Qty: 1
Custom Hypersonic Disaster Recovery DVD (Recommended) - Qty: 1
The bench marks were pretty good, I could post them later if anyone is interested. *They were done by Hyersonic not me...I should probably do them myself too.