Spec me a 3D rendering PC

SuperSaiyan4 · 13 Oct 2011 at 16:44

Hi all,

What spec would I be looking at for a PC that can do 3D rendering? It has to be AMD as that is the preference and obviously a motherboard that can take the new upcoming Bulldozer.

I think overall it boils down to the graphics card? Would an AMD HD 6970 do the job?

SuperSaiyan4 · 13 Oct 2011 at 17:36

Well budget is around £1000 for that I know I can build a system with 8gb ddr3, six core amd 1100t and a hd 6970.

But would the 6970 be able to do it or do i need to go for a 6990? Those other cards are just too pricey.

It won't be 3D rendering on the level of gaming if thats what you mean.

Also to the others what reviews? Good or bad? Either way I stick with AMD for life sorry.

SuperSaiyan4 · 14 Oct 2011 at 10:12

Ok thanks all, I am building it for someone else so I will stick with the 1100T 6 core cpu from AMD and the system will have 16gb of ram and an SSD hard drive.

SuperSaiyan4 · 14 Oct 2011 at 16:49

ed79 said:
Good choices - if you want to stick with AMD then it seems that the older 6-core is cheaper and pretty much the same speed as the new Bulldozer 8 core.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/the-bulldozer-review-amd-fx8150-tested/7

16GB should be good too. If they're rendering animations you may want to make sure there is plenty of HD storage space.

Hi, thank you, I checked out the reviews so will stick with the AMD 1100T.

Also multiple monitors will be used so will get the 6970.

SuperSaiyan4 · 15 Oct 2011 at 16:30

Orcvader said:
You really want to stick with AMD? For 3D rendering the 2500K/2600K is more worth the money and perform better than current AMD offerings. CUDA will especially help as it will speed up the rendering, so if he's running multiple monitors just grab another Nvida card or use the 2500K/2600K IGP as well to get a total of four outputs.

Ok thanks.

Which Nvidia card can support 4+ monitors that also has cuda?

SuperSaiyan4 · 16 Oct 2011 at 13:38

Tokin said:
I hate people that ask a question then refuse to listen to solid advise.

I didn't ask which processor to use I asked with parts that I would like to get which one would be best for 3D rendering in turn I was advised on an Nvidia card with cuda however which Nvidia card that can support 4+ monitors would be best.

Just because some of you like the Intel processors doesn't mean everyone should follow suite.

So in turn let me guess you all also think that iPods are the best music players? Because they are not.

I am not a sheep I don't get what everyone else has got, I go for AMD because they offer very good SSE instructions, very good value for money AND couple that with an AMD HD graphics card Eyefinity.