[glebe digital]

i currently have a
Pentium 4 2.80 GHz
2.81 GHz, 2.00 GB of Ram
with in mind that i have a limited budget should i just try to expand my current computer?

Can't see much point in that...........the Q6600 is the ecconomical route into four-cores, it's a no-brainer on your budget imho.

[frosty_ramen]

well i think that the Core 2 quad Q6600 looks good and has some good benchmarks. anyone have any suggestions about this computer?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 883107515R

[Frances]

well i think that the Core 2 quad Q6600 looks good and has some good benchmarks. anyone have any suggestions about this computer?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 883107515R

I'm not sure if Vista Premium Home Edition is what you want for an operating system. It doesn't say if it is the 64-bit version, maybe that's assumed? 3 GB of ram is a little wimpy, depending on the size of scenes you have to export and whether you use multi-light a lot.

Personally, I'd go for the 45 nm, lower wattage cpus. They run cooler, have larger L2 cache and use less power.

[kami]

or go for this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6883107657

it has 4GB RAM, a better graphics card (I think) and a 64bit Vista ...

[frosty_ramen]

i didnt notice the os part, i think that i would have to stay with xp 32bit

[glebe digital]

Yeah Frances is speaking sense [as usual ] and kami's crate is a better option maybe.

[Bubbaloo]

i didnt notice the os part, i think that i would have to stay with xp 32bit

Why???

[Eric Lagman]

http://computers.search.ebay.com/quad-c ... acatZ58058

[def4d]

A q6600 oc @ 3ghz, 4go DDR2, Win XP64 is the best choice for you i think.

[frosty_ramen]

i think that my boss will want to stay with xp 32, because of the other programs that i use, so then he would not have to update all of them as well.

[def4d]

ok but you won't be able to render high rez pics, or use ML as you'd like, or let other softs opened while rendering, etc...
I encountered no problem with x86 softs or drivers on XP64

[big K]

he would not have to update all of them as well

what software is this ?
because normally you can use the 32bit software on winXP64. or there is a 64bit version of it without the need to update.
(there are really only a few 32bit things that make problems under 64bit)

michael

[frosty_ramen]

well im sad to say excell '97
as far as i know thats it

[KurtS]

well im sad to say excell '97

good one!

[Bubbaloo]

You can't switch to 64 bits because of Excel? Dude...