Inquiring minds want to know….. So I have a quick question for the experienced minds out there…

 

I am preparing to do a rebuild on my quad-core system, basically with using it as a graphics workstation only in mind.

Right now, it’s my ‘main’ computer, used for everything from graphics to surfing the internet. I have Poser 8 installed on this machine, but it doesn’t really work reliably, or well. This isn’t any fault of Poser, it’s a fault of ME! I have a really, really bad habit of loading my ‘main’ computer up with – how to say it – a bunch of crap. You know, those little bits of software that look like they would be neat, then you use them once, and either uninstall them, or just let them sit there. The end result of course is a hard drive full of digital cooties that cause all kinds of issues.

Right now, I’m using my little HP laptop for my Poser work, but I’d like to take advantage of those quad cores on this machine. I’ll be getting another computer for ‘general purpose’ use, but this one will be for graphics only. I will be completely reformatting the C drive (320-gig), and will install Win7 64 bit.

 

But I digress…

 

My question is this:

 

What video card would you recommend / do you use for your Poser 8 or PP computer? I know the P8 or PP sysreqs recommend “OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon preferred)”. Right now, I have an NvideaGeForce 7600GT. I plan on purchasing a new card (this one has a few issues even with Photoshop 7), and was just curious as to what the forum members are using.

 

My System:

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.4GHZ, 3.25 Gig RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT video card, two 320-Gig HDs Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI Mobo. (socket 775). 4 gigs RAM (MB is capable of 32G).

 

Thanks!

Rod

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