New machine!

# 1 11-07-2005 , 06:12 AM

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Looking to buy a good computer, what would be best for maya within a 2,000 dollar price range
gfx card
ram
processor
...etc.

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# 2 11-07-2005 , 03:15 PM

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i think with 2000 dollars you can buy almost the best machine on the market(i you dont want to change all your computer).
i depend on what you do with your computer, i depend what you already have on your computer.you should not change all your computer because you surely have a hard disk, you computer box, screen...whatever

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# 3 11-07-2005 , 07:50 PM

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I believe you can get the best machine there is too user added image

well if i where you i'd do some research on various websites on the net. I haven't been up to date latley but i'll give you some points, but again, plz do some research maybe you'll find better things user added image

If i understood right, you wanna buy a complete new computer

Here are some specs:

Processor : Pentium 4 HT 3GHz or more
RAM : go for 1GB
Graphics card: I'm not really aware of the market now, but i'd go with a 256 nVidia card.
screen:17" or more
Hard Disk: 80Gb or more

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# 4 12-07-2005 , 10:18 AM

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man, thats alot!, heres my spec i spent £600 on it,

pentium 4 3ghz
1 gig ddr ram
120gig hdd
19'' monitor
ati radeon 9800xt 256mb

sound network card extra fan cd rw +a dvd rom.

with your extra £500 you could get a might lot! thats twice my pc nearly!!! (this is if you build it yourself, i built mine on my own) if you buy one froma shop you most likely be ripped off and probably get one not as good as mine. if i were you id build it yourself or ask a friend or something. www.ebuyer.com are ok but sometimes unreliable. there are lots of sites out there that sell pc parts, if u want a list of sites just ask.

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# 5 12-07-2005 , 10:53 AM

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Just be aware, that Maya doesnt like some ATI cards.. 90% of the functions work no problems, but certain things just wouldnt display correctly on my 9600 card. I would stick with an Nvidea card to play it safe

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# 6 12-07-2005 , 11:46 AM

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ive never had a problem with my 9800 user added image

but i had a geforce before this card, im sure there are maya recomended cards suited for maya. just get the latest geforce or something :p you can afford anything basically :p

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# 7 12-07-2005 , 12:06 PM

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i just bought i laptop with i nice graphics.

Acer aspire 1694

intel Pentium M Centrino 2.0 Ghz ( ~ 3.4 pentium 4)
1024 Mb ram
100Gb 5400 rpm hdd
Radeon X700 128 Mb graphic (PCI Express)
Dvd-rw dual
15.4 widescreen screen (crystalclearview)

Score in 3dmark03: about 7000
Score in 3dmark01: about 18000

price: 16000 sek, about 2000$

works very nice in maya. even if i have the oldest driver installed for the computer.

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# 8 12-07-2005 , 01:25 PM

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id go for a pc personally, $2000 laptop aint as good as a $2000 pc but you can move em about easier ;/ depends if ur gona move it about lol.

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# 9 14-07-2005 , 03:43 PM

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thanks alot guys
im needing it for maya, should i stick with pc or go to mac
if i stick with a pc
i should get intel not amd
and nvidea not ATI
correct?

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