I just finished building my new computer a couple weeks ago. Thought I'd post the specs for the heck of it:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
Nvidia 680i SLI LT Motherboard
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb Graphics Card
6gigs of RAM 8)
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit edition
All packed within a Thermaltake Armor Case
CPU is liquid cooled. I've got a waterblock for the GPU in the mail. My graphics card was getting up to 75C :o with the stock heat sink.
Logitek G9 wireless mouse
Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard
Crystalfontz 20x2 lcd screen on the front of the case.
5.1 surround sound
And an obnoxiously large mousepad :D
This was all a really nice X-mas present for myself. ;D
my hardware specs are similar....except I have core 2 duo and 4 GB of RAM!....and a 40" monitor ;)
820 GB of HDD
Thermaltake Tsunami Case
Thermaltake Water Cooling System
Thermaltake PSU
my RAM is running at 800 MHz....
Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard
Logitech VX Revolution Mouse
how fast is your RAM???......
I have silicon envy.
>:( :-[ ;D
I have holes in my pockets.
Shit. ::)
Someone hand me a Shot Gun so i can shoot my PC now. :'( ;D
I'm pretty much running on the same, except no water cooling (wasn't necessary), 8GB of RAM and a 320MB GTS instead of 640 - but most of the benchmarks are nearly identical between the two, surprisingly. I also built my machine for about $1500. ;D
- Oshyan
Mine's similar to dhval, except I got dual LCD 21 inches, and not a 40inch (40 inch?! nice), and im running vista 32 bit, with a single 1TB hard-drive. Oh, and a 8800 GTX, and Creative X-Fi.
That's a seriously sweet setup there Orange and oshyan!
@dh - did you make yours or did you buy it? If you bought it, where?
I render on my Ti-89 Titanium :P
Quote from: dhavalmistry on December 19, 2007, 10:51:49 PM
how fast is your RAM???......
800 Mhz
Although I think I can overclock it a little, I've been having some problems overclocking the cpu too.
I've got a 19"wide and 19"standard setup with a monitor arm system.
Quote from: Will on December 20, 2007, 08:45:06 AM
I render on my Ti-89 Titanium :P
Bah! your calculator is better than mine! ;)
good old TI-83+ ;D
Quote from: calico on December 20, 2007, 08:27:21 AM
@dh - did you make yours or did you buy it? If you bought it, where?
no I built it over the years...upgraded part by part....and still I think its not enough!
My little laptop looks more and more pathetic. Wohoo for a good old TI-89! saves my butt in calc thats for sure.
Quote from: calico on December 19, 2007, 11:11:00 PM
I have holes in my pockets.
Shit. ::)
hey ! we have exactly the same pockets dude !!!
I also have a quad @ 2.4 GHz with 4GB DDR2-800 RAM, 1 TB storage and a 8600GTS 512MB (don't bother videocards, never play games, only watch HD-content).
Today I've done my first test-render with this system using 4 instances of TG2 to render one of my strata-images else on the forum.
On my old machine (AMD 2,2 GHz, 2GB DDR-400) it took 15 hours and on this new one only 1h15m!! Serious! :D ;D :P
Quote from: dhavalmistry on December 19, 2007, 10:51:49 PM
...and a 40" monitor ;)
Wholly schmolly! What the hell? What model is it? What resolution? Thats BAD ASS! 8)
I just bought a 28" 1920x1200 monitor, but considering upping to the 30" Gateway XHD3000. Not sure yet though.
Quote from: Tangled-Universe on December 20, 2007, 01:39:17 PM
I also have a quad @ 2.4 GHz with 4GB DDR2-800 RAM, 1 TB storage and a 8600GTS 512MB (don't bother videocards, never play games, only watch HD-content).
Today I've done my first test-render with this system using 4 instances of TG2 to render one of my strata-images else on the forum.
On my old machine (AMD 2,2 GHz, 2GB DDR-400) it took 15 hours and on this new one only 1h15m!! Serious! :D ;D :P
Sweet! Glad you are all geared up now.
Careful with the GI banding when rendering with different instances. They still haven't got this dialed in just yet. I've had to use a 12% overlap on my images, and even then there can be some remnant banding.
Quote from: moodflow on December 20, 2007, 03:53:23 PM
Quote from: dhavalmistry on December 19, 2007, 10:51:49 PM
...and a 40" monitor ;)
Wholly schmolly! What the hell? What model is it? What resolution? Thats BAD ASS! 8)
I just bought a 28" 1920x1200 monitor, but considering upping to the 30" Gateway XHD3000. Not sure yet though.
Relax...its a samsung LCD TV.....and the resolution is 1360 x 768...its know the resolution is crap...but I can connect my computer via HDMI and play games at 1920 x 1080 and also connect PS3 on it....:D
Wow you guys :o. My dual-core laptop that I was feeling wicked fast with ever since I upgraded from my old G4 feels kind of lame right now :P.
Samsung is a well rounded brand. There HD TVs are very good looking. I want one very much so. :'(
from my experience....dont use a HDTV and your monitor (if you are going to use TG2 or Photoshop)...you will run into problems such as backlight of the LCD being too bright, hence everything on your screen will be bright and sharp and crisp....that could lead to incorrect lighting/color in TG2 or photoshop or any other similar softwares......I have ran into same problem and many of my TG2 renders look have turned out to be way off when checked on different monitors......
when you plugin a HDTV via VGA input of the tv...you dont get much options to calibrate (atleast on my samsung) except contrast/brightness and backlight setting....and no color/tint option...