Topic: problem about computer system

[derya]

i wanna buy perfect computer for lumion but what must be the properties?
my computer's properties are;
Processor Specifications: Intel® Xeon® E3-1225 (Quad Core, 3.1GHz, 6MB, 2GT)
standard memory: 8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC
graphics card: 1 GB NVIDIA Quadro 600 - 1 DP, 1 DVI (1 DP-DVI, 1 DVI-VGA adapter)
Internal Drives: 1TB 3.5inch Serial ATA III (7.200 Rpm) Hard Drive (C1 3.5 inch SATA or SSD Hard Drives, NON-RAID for 1 Hard Drive)
Optical Drives: 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
other propertiesr: 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
other [email protected]: MUI Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (64Bit OS) Recovery DVD


this computer doesnt work well with my projects.

[Gaieus]

Derva,

I am far not a computer expert but it seems that only your graphic card is a show stopper here. As far as I have read on these forums, Lumion does not make any use of the Quadro cards but some (more serious) gaming card would be better. like the nvidia 500 series (580 being mentioned as one of the best and fastest in this field).

[derya]

hi gaieus
thanks for reply. i wanna buy computer around 4000-5000$. can you help me what properties must be?

[Gaieus]

I guess you do not only want to run Lumion on it. What modelling program do you use? (Take that also into account.)

Anyway, for that much money, you can buy a very powerful machine. But as I said, I am not a computer expert so I would not like to suggest anything that involves $ 5,000!

[Morten]

As Gaieus says your graphics card is the real bottleneck:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Quadro+600

You really only need a faster card, and if you want to render really large projects you might want to consider buying some more system RAM.

P.S. Even the fastest Alienware PC "only" costs £1,899, so you would not need to spend $5k unless you wanted gold-plated components

[derya]

my project is 400 mb while it is .fbx format so lumion works slowly. and i need second pc for my friend

how is it?

 intel core i7 980 x 3.33 GHz.
 gigabyte GA-x58a-ud7   lga 1366 ddr3
graphic card: GeForce GTX 580
ram : kingstom hyperx xmp 6gb triple kit. (x2)
dvd: samsung 8h-8zz3c
hdd: western digital 1Tb caviar black 7200 rpm
 aerocool v8 700w midtower

system: windows 7 professional 64 bit oem.

[Morten]

If you want to be absolutely sure about the performance you can expect, it might be worth asking someone with a similar PC configuration to test your scene before you buy that PC. There are quite a few users with GTX 580 cards and 12gb+ ram here in the forum...

[derya]

thanksforhelp

[Gaieus]

Now that's a cool configuration I would really like for myself, too! (Time to save up some cash...)

[peterm]

Have a look at this spec:  Dream Machines.

[RAD]

Oh yeah that rig is most awesome.  Comes with a pretty price tag too.
Total Cost           $12,588

[Gaieus]

A yeah and my wife would love the colour of the house, too!