i HAV A 3GHZ 800FSB P4 WITH 2GIG off DDR RAM & WAS WONDERING IF WHAT IS DETAILED BELOW WOULD GREATLY SPEAD UP MY PC IN TERMS TO RENDER TIMES,ANIMATION RENDERS ECT..I WOULD OF COURSE INVEST IN WINDOWS 64 BIT - I HAVE AN ATI RADEON 9600 - I ALSO USE POSER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS - DOES DUAL CORE MEAN I WOULD NEEB 2 CPU - NOT THAT I THINK IT DOES. WOULD I NEED TO LOOK AT ANY SORT OF CASE THAT WOULD BE BEST ALSO?? CHEERS AMD CPU Part Number: ADA4400CDBOX Athlon 64 4400+ DUAL CORE Processor Socket Size 939 2200MHz Core Speed 2000MHz System Bus 128 Kb Level 1 Cache 1MB Level 2 Cache 90 Nanometer Cool and Quiet Technology AMD Enhanced Virus Protection MOTHERBOARD Features for this ECS KN1 SLI A939 - ECS KN1 SLI A939-AMD Motherboard - Socket Size A939 - PCI-Express - USB Port/Header 4/6 - FSB 2000 (MT/S) - LAN 10/100 - 8 Channel Audio - Raid 0.1 Specification for this ECS KN1 SLI A939 S-ATA Support No IEEE Controller No USB Ports 4

Dual core means there are already 2 cpus

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Hi Bushy If you're looking to upgrade - you'll need a new Caps Lock button too - your current one seems to be stuck (j/k) >9o) Have a look at the attached Cornucopia3D link where Frederic Louguet has compiled a list of performance stats for different specs PCs, which might help you. That a very good spec system - but bear in mind you will probably get good performance from connecting up to 5 RenderCows (first free licenses already included in V5I), which is probably the best way to speed up renders/animations. Also Vue 5 won't take advantage of Windows 64 (or Vista til it comes out in Jan/Feb '07) - the same goes for going above 2Gb currently. We'll have to wait for Vue 6 for this. Kind regards

If you look deeper into the forum you'll find lots of answers.