vincebagna opened this issue on Mar 31, 2007 · 68 posts
svdl posted Tue, 24 July 2007 at 1:48 PM
Both nVidia 8500GT and nVidia 7600GS work fine in Windows XP, both 32 bit and 64 bit.
A 7600GS will be harder to find nowadays. I recommend a 8xxx series graphics card, not because they're faster or better, but because driver support will extend much longer. I expect that nVidia will stop making driver improvements for the 7xxx series within the coming year.
I can highly recommend Windows XP Pro 64 bit for the new system. Based on Windows Server 2003 64-bit, it's stable, fast, and all XP programs I have work flawlessly on XP 64 bit.
Poser 7 can use up to 4 GB on XP 64 bit, and Vue 6 Infinite 64 bit works like a dream - I have no problem rendering scenes with over 30 Poser characters with hires textures, plus lots of ecosystems (easily 5,000,000,000 polygons) with complex lighting.
The only problem with XP 64 bit is limited driver support. nVidia is no problem, however, they have good XP 64 bit drivers for their graphics chips and mainboard chipsets. Intel is no problem either.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter