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iv realised that there isnt much about graphic designing and how much performance that use from the pc,
once i rendered a small animation for 3 days id Love too see pc format to give advice on
Rendering Hardware

Leroyflow wrote:Love too see pc format to give advice on Rendering Hardware

Advcive on rendering hardware you say

Here you are:
Don't try to render graphics on the computer you bought on sale at Incredible Connection



Too bad Leigh left. Then joined. Then left again.
She was/is a **** hot 3D artist

jamin_za wrote:

Leroyflow wrote:Love too see pc format to give advice on Rendering Hardware

Advcive on rendering hardware you say

Here you are:
Don't try to render graphics on the computer you bought on sale at Incredible Connection



Too bad Leigh left. Then joined. Then left again.
She was/is a **** hot 3D artist

That was a pity. I enjoyed having her around. From what her sister tells me though, she seems to be doing quite well for herself.

Some people seemed to have a problem with her expressing her opinion. That was the impression I got....or did she not take kindly to criticism?

If you want to get hold of Leigh, you could try here.
She says that CGTalk is a good place to ask for help.

@Leroy: FOr a moment there, I thought you were wanting information on CIneBench.

So far as hardware goes, jamin is right about not buying an Incredible Connection [or probably any other "budget" special. Depending on how serious you are, you'd be looking at nVidia Quadro or AMD FireGL graphics hardware, a fair amount of RAM and fast hard drives. COnsider having a look at the recommended hardware specification for Cinema 4D. Also go and look at the specs. of the "graphics workstations" at evetech.co.za

Hope this helps.

I take it that you have a good reason for not using Blender?

i Think im happy with Cinema 4d, it has everything and the plugin with Vray makes it more realistic...
TNX guys for the advice, iv already baught the mother baord, but just confused on what processor to buy
and NO i can not afford the new i7 Extream ... i heard the older i7's perform Great when over clocked....but i dont whant
to run my processor overclocked 24/7.....................

i7s are terrific performers even when they are not overclocked -and provided the application you use benefit from multiple cores, you should see some gains from the 4+4 cores that the i7 offers.

Let's not forget that Intel processors now have a feature called Turbo Boost. No need to go crazy with liquid nitrogen or relocate to the Antarctic.

Is your interest in Cinema 4D that of a hobbyist? Are you a student planning to grow a career in the CG industry?

thanks for the advice, il look into gettting the Intel i7 960,

YES, i think its its both , i even got a part-time job with cinema 4d and create mini adverts with objects, but when I get home
i still work on cinema 4d (love it too much)...now im getting into car modeling and very soon architecture modeling..thats when my computer will cry

High end i7 is what you need.That is all.

lol...latest processor is R12000 more or lesss .........lol, Toooooo expensive for me

Should be fine with a Core i7 2600 or thereabouts for what you are doing at home. It is just going to take longer to render.

At least unless you begin to make millions.

lol...true...thanx for all the advice...once i get into big projects...im looking to get a Render Farm...