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Need a little help upgrading my rig

Lord TherosLord Theros Posts: 64
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hello everybody!

Just started with Daz, and I know my rig can´t handle it very well, so i would like some tips if the upgrade im planing gonna help.

What I got:

- Win7 ultimate 32bits
- Athlon II x4 645 3.1Ghz
- 4 Gb Ram DDR3 1333
- EVGA Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 1 Gb

Im going to go for :

- WIn7 ultimate 64bits
- 8 Gb Ram DDR 1333
- EVGA Nvidia GeForce 650 GTX Overclocked 2Gb DDR5

Any help is appreciated, and Thanks in advance!

Comments

  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    a Windows 64Bit Version is suggested - I think Windows 7 Professional (or Home) is enough (you can use the extra Money for other things)
    since the total crash of my old Windows 7 Pro I use Windows 8.1

    8Gb Ram is suggested, too... more are better

    I don`t know about the Geforce 650 GTX... I use a NVIDIA GTX 880M wich is enough for me.

  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914
    edited December 1969

    With the move to Iray in 4.8, the video card could play a more important roll. As of right now, if you do all your rendering with 3Delight, it's all CPU.
    With Iray you can render with CPU, GPU or CPU+GPU

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    edited December 1969

    The more RAM the better -- if you can only get 8GB now, make sure the mobo can support more, and if you can get the RAM in large sticks so you can add more without tossing out what you have (for example, if the mobo has 4 slots and you have 2x4GB, you can add 2 more 4GB sticks later, but if it has 4x2GB then you have to remove some sticks to add more).

    If you want to use Iray, 4GB of dedicated GPU memory is recommended, otherwise you won't be able to fit much into a scene before you need to render with CPU only.

  • Lord TherosLord Theros Posts: 64
    edited March 2015

    Since my Board got 4 slots, and right now I got 2x2Gb I was going to just double it with more 2x2Gb, And in the long run seems like a good video board is worth the investment?

    btw my motherboard is a ASUS M4A77TD

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  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384
    edited December 1969

    You may already know this, but if you have a valid licence for Win7 Ultimate, you can legally change from the 32-bit version to the 64-bit version using the same licence key. I know some OEM copies of Windows only came with either 32-bit or 64-bit installation disks (if they had them at all), but legitimate Windows 7 ISO files (images of the installation disks) are available for download, allowing you to create an installation disk if you need one. Since it is Ultimate it may be a retail copy and would have both 32 and 63 bit installation options on the disk. You may need to go through the reactivation rigamarole, but since you are not changing the motherboard, perhaps not. Again, the situation that you described should not require purchasing a new copy of Windows. If that is what you were anticipating, then you can afford to spend that money on an extra 8 Gigs of ram.

  • Lord TherosLord Theros Posts: 64
    edited December 1969

    I already got a Win 7 ultimate 64b a few months ago, just never got around to install it, my big concern now is memory and video card.
    With 8Gb you guys think i will be able to render scenes with 2 or 3 genesis 2 and scenery?

    I´m guessing the biggest factor on how much can I put on a scene is just memory, is that right? if not then on what should I focus?

    Thank in advance!

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