graphics board recommendation

Date : Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:51:53 +1000
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "James Dc \(Gmail\)" <james.decolling(at)gmail.com>
Subject : graphics board recommendation

Howdy list, im just about to get a new card and wondering what people are finding good these days.

 

Choices are –

 

Nvidia 7800 / 7900GT / GTX

QuadroFX 3450 / 3500

FireGL 7100 / 7350

 

Normally I don’t look at ati, but right now their prices are pretty good.

 

So I guess the questions is – does XSI make use of the Quadro series as much as say Max / Maya do? I know back in the ol soft3d days a pro was the only way to go, games cards were just too slow.

 

Also, should I bother with SLI at all? (I run dual monitors, so I think I cant, it’d just end up being 1 card per screen right?)

 

Lastly…is there a XSI benchmarking test somewhere? Specbench have tests for Max / Maya + numerous cad apps..but not sure which score relates to xsi performance in anyway.

 

Cheers

 

James,


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