From: "John Oellrich" 

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Richard,

For the AMD system I hope you spec'd out an nVidia nForce4 chipset based =
mainboard. I have mainly used VIA chipset boards, but for my next A64 =
upgrade there is no question in my mind that I will go with an ASUS =
nVidia mainboard.

Also while I have been using nothing but ATI video cards for a while and =
don't plan to change, for your applications the nVidia Quadro FX PCI-X =
SLI cards might be interesting. SLI allows the use of two Quadros that =
share the rendering workload. Super fast, but not cheap. But as the =
saying goes "time is money"

--=20
john

john{at}oellrich.us
  "Richard B."  wrote in message =
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  On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:03:27 -0500, "John Oellrich"

  wrote:

  >If you don't have an Opteron based workstation setup for testing by =
now you should be ashamed of yourself!

  Big John,

  I dood it, dood.  I'm getting an Intel 3.4e and an Athlon 3500+ in
  early March for testing, so I am no longer ashamed of myself, just
  embarrassed beyond belief.  The machines will be the same except for
  mobo (Intel/Asus) and processors.

  I'll let you know what we find out.  The winning chip will go in about
  a dozen replacement PCs here.

  - Richard
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Richard,
 
For the AMD system I hope you spec'd out an nVidia nForce4 chipset =
based=20
mainboard. I have mainly used VIA chipset boards, but for my next A64 = upgrade=20
there is no question in my mind that I will go with an ASUS nVidia=20
mainboard.
 
Also while I have been using nothing but ATI video cards for a =
while and=20
don't plan to change, for your applications the nVidia Quadro FX PCI-X = SLI cards=20
might be interesting. SLI allows the use of two Quadros that share the = rendering=20
workload. Super fast, but not cheap. But as the saying goes "time
is=20 money"
-- john
 
john{at}oellrich.us">mailto:john{at}oellrich.us">john{at}oellrich.us

  "Richard B." <TDNBW{at}barktopus.com>">mailto:TDNBW{at}barktopus.com">TDNBW{at}barktopus.com>
wrote =
in message=20
  news:a3ks1152tdc=
eq69pip88ud1g64fsp3qre0{at}4ax.com...On=20
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:03:27 -0500, "John Oellrich" <john{at}oellrich.us>wrote:mailto:john{at}oellrich.us">john{at}oellrich.us>wrote:
R>>If=20
  you don't have an Opteron based workstation setup for testing by now =
you=20
  should be ashamed of yourself!Big
John,I dood it, =
dood. =20
  I'm getting an Intel 3.4e and an Athlon 3500+ inearly March for =
testing,=20
  so I am no longer ashamed of myself, justembarrassed beyond =
belief. =20
  The machines will be the same except formobo (Intel/Asus) and=20
  processors.I'll let you know what we find out.  The =
winning chip=20
  will go in abouta dozen replacement PCs here.-=20
Richard

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