Crysis and 3DS Max

[meridimus]

Hey Guys,

Already got a couple of machines to take DVD drives from, one already has a Freezer7 and 4GB of DDR2 but am looking to have two machines, both with 4GB (even though I know vista32 only addresses 3.5GB or something). Is it worth going 64 bit, would it give me a real increase in performance?? Can I still drop back to 32-bit mode inside Vista for apps??

Basically, I need to work out the best possible spec for 2 machines capable of playing Crysis (since I have my 360 for all the other games I play). Also, they need to render well in 3DS Max and run Adobe software super fast (since that's my bread and butter).

I'm looking at the 8800GT cards, Q6600 (EE) and another 4GB kit. I'm not really concerned about waiting (apart from the gfx) so what do you think is best to do if I purchase this week?

I already have a couple of 226BW, hard drives etc. My budget is around £1000, I'd also like to have two nice cases in there. Really minimal, quiet no PSU required since already have those as well.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Oh, you can play the games we make on this site http://www.johnnytwoshoes.com so you'll be helping get us the best kit for a new line of games we're working on (Comatose should be out in a few days)

 

[meridimus]

Sorry to be confusing, I'm not a full on 3DS modelling guy, I'm just learning it but render times are the only annoyance atm.

My bread and butter is graphics/web work, so obviously Adobe stuff (and a text editor needs to run sweet.

Other than that I'd love to be able to run crysis pretty well, so don't get too bogged down with quadro gfx. If I get into 3D modelling seriously then sure, I'll get a seperate rig for that.

Thanks for you help so far. Just to clarify, I already have a set of 4gb DDR2 and a Freezer7 pro from another machine, also HDD and DVD drives. So just need the rest (2 x mobo, 2 x gfx, 2 x case, 2 x cpu, 1 x 4GB kit, 1 x Cooler).

That's all, you guys are awesome for helping out

 

[meridimus]

They need to be the same. I don't think we need any PSUs though. Hopefully that should be enough budget to allow for the other 8800GT.

Thanks for your help!

 

[meridimus]

Thanks for the information about the differences between the cards. I'm just starting out so it's not hugely important for now.

Where do you mainly see the performance increase? Is it when you're live testing physics or something?

 

[meridimus]

It's 2 machines because me and my brother run the site together, we can upgrade them again at a later date so it's no big deal. We just got our first google payout from adwords

So, one machine to replace my antiquated 3000 winchester and one to replace my brothers Core2 1.8Ghz. I thought it would be better if we had the same case and stuff if we get an office or something.