Quote - I am seriously considering a high-end PC for 3D graphics.  My primary use at present is DS, Reality and LUXRender, but I also have Poser Pro 2012 and will be using that too, in the future.  I know that for Reality/LUX, GPU rendering isn't working very well currently.  I know I want a high-end CPU, and the system I am contemplating will have an Intel i7 Six Core Enhanced processor overclocked to 4.5 Ghz.  I plan to start with 16GB memory, but can upgrade that now or later if needed.

My key question is, does it much matter what graphics card I install?  I want to stay with NVIDEA, but I am wondering if I should go with a Quadro 4000 (3GB) or am I better off going with something in the GeForce line, like the GTX 680?   Or maybe the new GTX 690, which apparently is a dual processor card.

Any thoughts form you experts out there?  Do I wnat to install more RAM or is 16GB enough?  What's the best graphics card for LUX?  For Poser?

Thanks for any help or insights you can give me.

  ~ Russ 

 

Agree on sticking with the Geforce over Quadro.  I have an AMD card now, HD 6950 2GB (equivalent to the GTX 560ti). AMD performance is much better than it used to be and is pretty much equal to Nvidia these days, so you might find the AMD equivalent a bit cheaper with rebates.