PC Specs for Graphics, Video Editing, & 3d Rendering

[EarlZ]

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In graphics and multimedia

Youd better go with AXP 64 3500+ or higher

also you could consider a Geforce Quadro.

first of all its Athlon64 and Athlon XP dont mix it =)
secondly quadro is over rated.

[chocomai]

go for whatever matches your budget. squeeze out the maximum for ur money. trust me. you will replace your setup in 8-10 months time (if you are really in the business of video editing and rendering) atleast 8-10 months from now. the stuff you cant afford today will be much less cheaper by that time.

the setup i have now is athlon64 3000+ epox nf4 chipset , 1 gigabyte RAM, a crappy inno3d 6600 vcard, 3x200G SATA HD, a partialy busted DVD-RW (can write but not read dvd), crappy onboard sound, and envision 19 inch LCD.


.. just make sure ur board supports pcie vcards, a good amount of ram "slots", sata and ide ports, LARGE RAM, and a fast HD.

.. and after 8 months time maybe you can buy those l333t graphics cards, upgrade ur memory to maybe 4 Gigabytes. and split ur "system" HD from your "workspace" HD (which will most probably increase performance)

[EarlZ]

btw which l337 gfx cards are design for video editing anyway ? from what i know its only matrox's pahrellia (sp?) series

[tokidoki]

need i also point out a good back up system if something goes awry?

data in business costs more than any high-end pc on the market.

[EarlZ]

need i also point out a good back up system if something goes awry?

data in business costs more than any high-end pc on the market.

His just starting out so he wont be doing that much of a harddrive crunching.
But when his biz picks-up he will need those RAID arrays for faster and safer storage.

[Xazander]

hmm... 25-30K for upgrade? business use? well, go for good processor 2.8ghz++ pentium or 3200amd... most likely that would include a new mobo plus... at least 1gig of ram. ^_^

in this case, an amd would be better as long as you buy a upgrade for heatsink and fan with proper airflow of the case.

video card will vary depending on use depending on the programs you use... that's basically it ^_^

[toei]

mga bro.. here's my initial specs..

AMD 64 Athlon 3200+ s (939)
MSI mobo (dont know pa kng unsa nga model)
512mb Kingston PC400
160G Seagate SATA
GECube ATI Radeon 9250L 128mb 64bit
17" Samsung 793V
ASUS Combo DVD writer

kng naa mo'y ma suggest aron ma squeeze pa jud ang akong budget...

[djereza]

imong budget 20k-30k..cpu rana

[vipvip68]

How about considering a Pentium D 805 instead of A64 3200?.. its cheaper and itl do a faster job of exporting your videos.

Unsa imong gamit pag capture? Firewire or S-Video/Composite?... Pun-i sad imong ram since ur gna be dealing with huge files.

Just my 2 cents...

mga bro.. here's my initial specs..

AMD 64 Athlon 3200+ s (939)
MSI mobo (dont know pa kng unsa nga model)
512mb Kingston PC400
160G Seagate SATA
GECube ATI Radeon 9250L 128mb 64bit
17" Samsung 793V
ASUS Combo DVD writer

kng naa mo'y ma suggest aron ma squeeze pa jud ang akong budget...

[toei]

How about considering a Pentium D 805 instead of A64 3200?.. its cheaper and itl do a faster job of exporting your videos.

Unsa imong gamit pag capture? Firewire or S-Video/Composite?... Pun-i sad imong ram since ur gna be dealing with huge files.

Just my 2 cents...

im still planning pa to study Video Editing (pero dili ingon nga extensive kaayo) and 3D Max... pero i'll be using more Photoshop 7 (dili lang CS k basin nya bug-at) Illustrator CS, and HTML Integration using Dreamweaver..

para na sa whole PC ang akong budget.. dili lang ingon pra sa CPU..

thanks sa inyong mga comments & suggestions