3D studio and maya PC

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 11:31

Hi guys,

My Girlfriend is looking to buy a desktop to do maya and 3d studio work. she doesnt want to spend more than 800 pounds really. i was wondering what u could reccomend? I guess it needs some form of Quadro card? She also has her heart set on a graphic tablet for input all inside the price.

I know it's not a lot of money, but what do u guys rekon? ive never really tried to spec this kind of PC before.

Thanks very much.

Tom

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 11:52

monitor.. yes
keyboard..yes
mouse.. no shes set on just using the graphic tablet.
speakers... no she can use headphones i guess.

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 12:23

dont include software with this spec.

maya is being provided by uni as it part of her course.

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 13:32

so graphics card is not a big consideration then? or only for really big renders? having the cpu power and ram will make up for it?

she currently has a athlon 64 3700+ mobile in a laptop with a mobility radeon 9700 and 1GB of RAM. Slow hard drive of course...

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 13:55

so general concensus is dont buy a quadro. get a conroe and ram... and i think dual monitors is probably part of a later upgrade. so will be buying with that in mind. as for the tablet wacom does seem to be the one. though they are expensive for ones that are any good.

anyone got experience with the tablets. there are 3 sizes, a6, a5, a4. are a6 and a5 too small for this kind of work?

i agree about the mouse, think its needed for windows use.

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 15:53

yeah i had disregarded the uni idea already. nice tablet there. though i think A4 is a bit big

2 Gig of ram i have definately settled on. what programs do people use here? and which ones are good with tablets?

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 15:58

yeah that was what i meant. i dont even know what is good for use with tablet really. the more info i can get the better. does a program like maya benefit from a tablet. i see how adobe would. but maya less.

Dartanion · 24 Aug 2006 at 16:03

same course as me electronic engineering. however her interests have changed a bit and she has put all her open units into modules for maya etc. character creation and various things. dont know the exact detail. she is a talented artist for sketchign painting etc and wants to transfer her skills into the computer world. tried to run maya on her laptop and it was far too slow and usuing a touch pad was impossible. and the screen isnt that good etc.