Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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graphics card upgrade
I want to upgrade my graphics card from ATI FireGL Z1 and here are my options:
EVGA GeForce 7800GS 256MB GDDR3 AGP
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ATI RADEON X1950 PRO 512MB
Computer stats:
_ACPI Multiprocessor PC
_Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz
_Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard
_4 GB of RAM
_500 Watt ATX Power supply
_Windows XP Pro, V2002
What would you recommend?
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I would go with Nvidia, never had a problem with them, but I have had probs with ATI's the 1650's and the 1300's (I think) wight maya.
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thank you all so much for your help
here's the next question:
When buying a video card primarily for maya and after effects use, which stats (video memory, core clock speed, memory clock speed, memory bandwidth) are more important?
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VisionTek Radeon X1950 Pro Xtreme Gamer Edition (AGP 8x, 256MB)Originally posted by mastone
I could be wrong but i have an ati radeon 1950 xtx and it's a pci-e card so unless they've made an agp version , my previous comment is a little less up the creek :p
https://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-car...1.html?tag=sub
gamer edition - plus or minus?
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