Forum: Carrara


Subject: Buying a new computer, what do you think

Kixum opened this issue on Nov 04, 2004 ยท 14 posts


Kixum posted Thu, 04 November 2004 at 9:32 AM

Ok, Here's the dilemma. I'm going to buy a new computer. These are the options that I'm debating. 1.) Single CPU 32 bit. 2.) Dual CPU 32 bit. 3.) Single 64 bit. A.) I know option 1 will work and that I'll get serious use out of it. B.) Option 2 can be used by Carrara. It will beat on two cpu's to render. I don't know how it will work/interface with network rendering. If I made a dual headed machine a render node, does that mean it would take up two nodal slots? I have no idea! C.) Windows doesn't have a 64 bit OS out yet. Carrara isn't 64 bit yet. If I'm going to upgrade 18 months from now again, will I be able to use the 64 bit technology on the next upgrade better than waste it now? Seems like 64 bit is cool but not really useful. It's just not mature yet. I'm really looking at this from a Carrara point of view so keep that in mind when I'm assessing these possibilities. Thanks, -Kix

-Kix