Video card for using MAYA

DunnoeWhattaDoo · 06-19-04, 03:33 PM

what would be a good video card for using maya, and a fairly tight budget. I'm looking at the Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro. would it be adequate with an amd64 3000+ system with 512 MB of ram?

Mr.Radar · 06-19-04, 05:01 PM

If you can get a 9700, or 9800 and flash it into a FireGL (that's ATI's pro card). See here for instructions on flashing it. The flash will work with the 9600's but it'll be MUCH slower than a 9700, or 9800. The flash will also work with the 9500 but you'll only have half the pipelines of a 9700/9800, though the 9500 will still be faster than the 9600.

JigPu · 06-19-04, 05:02 PM

Yes, it should be more than adequate for just Maya. Unless you plan on playing games, video card does not make that much of a difference in most applications. ATI's cards are reputed to have slightly higher IQ than nVidia, though I think in 2D they're about equal currently. Also, the 9600Pro still holds it's own fairly well in current games, so you won't be stuck with a slow card should you wish to fire up a round or two of something.

JigPu

galois427 · 06-19-04, 07:01 PM

yep the best way is to get either a 9600/9700/9800 and flash it to a firegl. which of the 3 ati card you should get depends on how much you plan to game. 3d is mostly cpu-intensive so you won't really notice a difference in 3d apps between a 9600 vs 9800.

06-19-04, 03:33 PM	Thread Starter #1
DunnoeWhattaDoo Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: Naples, FL	Video card for using MAYA what would be a good video card for using maya, and a fairly tight budget. I'm looking at the Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro. would it be adequate with an amd64 3000+ system with 512 MB of ram?
	QUOTE Thanks

06-19-04, 05:01 PM	#2
Mr.Radar Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Currently on a silent vacation from overclocking.	If you can get a 9700, or 9800 and flash it into a FireGL (that's ATI's pro card). See here for instructions on flashing it. The flash will work with the 9600's but it'll be MUCH slower than a 9700, or 9800. The flash will also work with the 9500 but you'll only have half the pipelines of a 9700/9800, though the 9500 will still be faster than the 9600.
	QUOTE Thanks

06-19-04, 05:02 PM	#3
JigPu Inactive Pokémon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, WA	Yes, it should be more than adequate for just Maya. Unless you plan on playing games, video card does not make that much of a difference in most applications. ATI's cards are reputed to have slightly higher IQ than nVidia, though I think in 2D they're about equal currently. Also, the 9600Pro still holds it's own fairly well in current games, so you won't be stuck with a slow card should you wish to fire up a round or two of something. JigPu __________________ .... ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 .... Intel Core i5 2500 ........................ 4 thread ...... 3300 MHz ......... -0.125 V 2x ASUS GTX 560 Ti ............................... 1 GiB ....... 830 MHz ...... 2004 MHz .... G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage ............. 8 GiB ..... 1600 MHz ............ 1.25 V .... OCZ Vertex 3 ................................. 120 GB ............. nilfs2 ..... Arch Linux .... Kingwin LZP-550 .............................. 550 W ........ 94% Eff. ....... 80+ Plat .... Nocuta NH-D14 ................................ 20 dB ..... 0.35 C°/W ................ 7 V "In order to combat power supply concerns, Nvidia has declared that G80 will be the first graphics card in the world to run entirely off of the souls of dead babies. This will make running the G80 much cheaper for the average end user." "GeForce 8 Series." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 7 Aug 2006, 20:59 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 8 Aug 2006.
	QUOTE Thanks

06-19-04, 07:01 PM	#4
galois427 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: California	yep the best way is to get either a 9600/9700/9800 and flash it to a firegl. which of the 3 ati card you should get depends on how much you plan to game. 3d is mostly cpu-intensive so you won't really notice a difference in 3d apps between a 9600 vs 9800.
	QUOTE Thanks

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Video card for using MAYA

Internet Services

Website Development

Tech Hardware