Computers

[rayjohn01]

I do not know where to post this ---So I am posting it here -- please forgive me if I am wrong
---- My interest is in Graphics --- not Gaming ---- my machine is about a thousand years old and I wish to upgrade --- recently I tried a 3D program Rhino ---- a simple rendering took 1.5 hrs my sons machine took 1.5 minutes .
My question concerns which line is better for this purpose Intel or AMD
(at about the same cost ) .
Yours Ray .

[MystikShadows]

Hi Ray,

To me anyways, for the same price chances are AMD will give you just a bit more processing power and the main reason is because they are not inter so to break their share in the market they will throw in a few extras to boost so to speak.

If your current PC is that old though I would consider getting a new tower because the older power supply probably wouldn't work with newer motherboards.

Also as far as rhino 3D rendering goes you'd just need a graphics accelerator card which is a video card that has Open G.L. and/or Direct X acceleration built in, just that would help with the rendering alot. Along with a decent chunk of RAM (512 Mb of RAM would be what I recommend more if you can if you'll be going into 3D alot).

[Dr_Davenstein]

Good advice. I've never had any real problems with either family. They're close enough to where most people wouldn't even notice the difference... including me.

About the gfx stuff... Lightwave(Newtek.com) just added a bunch of OpenGL functionality... You can see most of the visual fx in realtime, with high quality, as you're editing your scene. This is what the 3D animation scene has been waiting for... tweak on the fly. :bounce:

[rayjohn01]

for your answers ---My son also favors AMD , but where are the benchmarks ?????
Ray.

[MystikShadows]

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Prod...14,00.html compares a few.

and a very detailed list here at CPU Chart
http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/index.html


And here: http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Article...ison.shtml

click on the different CPUs on the left to get even more details :-)

Hope this helps

[ShadowWolf]

i wouldn't bother with a bench marking your not going to notic much of a differents between the two brands although AMD seems to give you more bang for your buck.

what really importan now days isn't the CPU it is the motherboards bus speed,ram access speed (also if you have decent cooling you can overclock your hardware). there the big choke points. for the most part CPU's sit around doing nothing waiting for new instructions since everything can't really keep up with the CPU.

but for rendering gfxs that really the job the vedio card with hardware accelaration.

[red_Marvin]

Nvidia is said to have a little better OGL support too.

[na_th_an]

AMD is cheaper.

For intensive graphics get an AMD64 with lots of RAM and a good mobo.

[rayjohn01]

Thank you Guys
for all replies
Yours Ray .