HI everyone im thinking of upgrading my computer or buying a new one can anyone tell me what parts work well with vue and witch don't , also what OS is the best i have ME at the moment , How about windows xp any problems

Thanks for any help

XP has solved some problems for me. Better memory manager. If u use Poser5, avoid AMD proc. It seems to have some trouble with it. More RAM is better !! Laurent

It's been documented that Windows XP manages upper memory better than Windows ME. Both of my XP machines (the Pro version is superior) are very stable.

I read in Maximum PC that a P4 2.8 ghz processor is 30% faster in rendering a Lightwave (think Vue) scene than the comparable Athlon XP 2600+.

Charles

Thanks for the comments my pc is a P2 350 mhz, 386mb of ram ,i also run on it poser 4 which has all sorts of problems but vue runs fine after turning of openGL views, if a litle slow

sittingblue; An Athlon XP 2600+ is not realy comparable with a P4 2.8Ghz...the XP 2600+ runs at only 2.13Ghz. Comparing makes of CPU, is really like comparing OS's, or 3D applications...you can't, there are too many variables introduced by the hardware manufacturers and software creators. Now, did I tell anyone about the time my dual Athlon 2000+ MP machine kicked a dual 2.2Ghz Xeons butt in a CineBench test ;o) Cheers

My advice : lots of DDR ram !!! Argentium Thri'ile

Cheers,

I'm a AMD fan myself, and I'm sorry that they have lost their lead. Maximum PC performed many, many tests on these two top of line processors with top of computers to boot. The P4 came out on top in the majority of the tests. :(

The P4 3 GHZ. is coming out soon. It will support hyper-threading which may work well with Vue. I'd like to hear your opinion on that, as you have multi-processor experience with Vue.

Charles

Myself I got AMD Athlon 2000+, 1GB DDRam 2100 and WinXP Home. To save money I bought a basic 3d card and I didn't buy soundcard or DVD. XP Home is haunted with problems so use XP Pro if you got the money. The latest processors are always far to expensive compared with what they can do. Lots of memory helps, especially when you save and load scenes, and when you delete objects in your scenes. Dual processors could be the thing, if you can live with all the fan noise. When you buy graphic card, there are differences between 3d gamecards and good "2d" cards.

I've not yet really delved into and investigated the Intel hyper-threading technology yet, Charles. One thing I would comment on is the way softwares are coded to use multi processors...especially when rendering. With Vue it looks a more brut force approach, with the power of both processors going into one scan line. I would love to know what type of speed increase you get over one processor, while using Vue. Contrary to belief, two CPU's don't give you twice the speed, usually (depending on program), it varies between 1.65 to 1.75 times faster...although I have read that the new version of EI Universe runs at 1.9 times faster! Cinema 4D on the other hand seems to use more finesse, with each processor in control of it's own scan line. In fact Cinema supports up to 8 render threads...some serious rendering power if you have the hardware to support it! As far as day-to-day use goes, I would recommend a Dual CPU machine to anyone...multi tasking runs so smoothly, and so much faster. Ohhh, and you read me like a book Charles...I'm also an AMD fan LOL! Cheers