Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: Looking for video card guidance

3DSublimeProtege opened this issue on May 16, 2022 ยท 20 posts


nakamuram posted Wed, 18 May 2022 at 1:37 PM

I hope 3DSublime is happy with his/her choice.

I purchased an iBuyPower machine back in December 2021, when my machine died.  I normally build my own systems, but I was pressed for time and I wanted to upgrade my graphics card.  As you recall graphics cards were quite unavailable at the end of 2021. The system I purchased was very close to what I would build component-wise, plus it came with a 3-year warranty.  My system is liquid cooled and has 4 case fans.  Dollar-wise, the price was about the same as purchasing the components separately.  I was so happy with my system that I bought another "JR" version of it for my grandson a couple of months later.  

I evaluated the Dell Alienware system before making both purchases, but chose the iBuypower because of the better price and warranty.  The Alienware that I recommended on this forum thread is liquid cooled, though it is a bit light on case fans.  However, Dell claims that the case design and layout has been optimized for cooling.