CONFUSING ABOUT THE DISPLAY CARD

[CHARAINE]

HI GUYS,

I'M THE LEARNER OF LIGHTWAVE 7.0 AND NOW I WANT TO UPGRADE
MY COMPUTER TO FIT THIS SOFTWARE BUT I'M SO CONFUSED FOR
CHOOSING THE DISPLAY CARD AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS
BETTER FOR HOME USER.

PLS GIVE SOME ADV FOR THE FOLLOWING DISPLAY CARD:---
1) MATROX PARHELIA-- 128MB
2) OXYGEN-- GVX 1
3) QUADRO 4
OR U HV ANY OTHER SUGGESTION?? OF COURSE,THE PRICE MUST
BE RESONABLE AND AFFORDABLE!!!

THX A LOT!_!

[be@rbrick]

hi ya
i am a learner of LightWave too
i suggest if for home use, no need to buy too expensive display card unless you are rich enough to afford it
if need to choose, i would suggest buy Quadro4 or maybe wildcat

[CHARAINE]

THX FOR YR REPLY.

ACTUALLY, I HV NO IDEA WHAT'S DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OF THEM.

MY FRIEND HELPS TO QUOTE THE PRX FOR THE FOLLOWING PACKAGE:--

CPU: INTEL P4 2A
MAINBOARD: ASUS P4B533
RAM: 512MB DDR 333
HARD DISK: SEAGATE 80G 7200
FLOPPY: 1.44M FDD
16X DVD ROM
40X CDRW
10/100 LAN CARD
ATX CASE W/PS
DISPLAY CARD:MATROX PARHELIA 128M

IT COSTS: HKD8600
IS IT MAKE SENSE???

BUT WHEN I CHECKED WITH THE TUTOR,HE SAID MATROX'S
DISPLAY CARD IS JUST GOOD FOR PLAYING THE GAMES,HE PREFERS
QUODRA 4 OR OXYGEN GVX1 (PRX IN HKD 3300),SO WHAT SHOULD
I DO OR JUST BUY THE ABV PACKAGE IS FINE AT THIS MOMENT??
PLS COMMENTS!

THX

[tdk]

The system is good enough for Lightwave and any other 3d software.

But I would change the display card to Quadro or Geforce 4.

[CHARAINE]

HI tdk,

HOW ABOUT THE PRICE RANGE FOR QUADRO4,I KNOW IT'S GOT
DIFFERENT MODELS: 550 XGL / 700XGL / 750 XGL / 900 XGL
WHICH ONE WL BE GREAT??

IF CHOOSING THE GEFORCE 4 MX440,IS IT STILL WORKABLE??

THX & REGARDS,
CHARAINE

[be@rbrick]

I think 900 XGL would be the best one among the Quadro series

ah, are you new to LW?
actually Geforce 4 MX is enough for new learners
and it's not expensive, costs a few hundreds i think
maybe save some money for buying reference books to learn more in the begining

[rryria]

hi, lw friend

quadro4 is another level on top of geforce4 ga, the price!!!

u need to spend at least $5000 or above
900xgl over 10k ga
is it worth? at the moment now, i mean if u are still new to 3d

if u dont care money, go ahead!!!

for lw, ati must not be put in consideration list
cos i am using 8500, sometimes, i cant see my polys in the viewport with texture mode... i am still waiting for new drivers with good performance... so far, still have minor problems

[CHARAINE]

hey,

i'm new in lightwave 7.5,just taking a 60 hrs course in HKPC right now but it's not only talked about LW,it wl incld AFTER EFFECTS,so u can imagin how tight is the schedule and no time to practise.

how come nobody mentioned about OXYGEN GVX 1 ?? is it the price
point problem or is not good enough??

wl await for the reply to mk a final decision.thx.

regards,
charaine

[be@rbrick]

maybe you can get some idea between the performance of the display cards in the following url, these's not exact the cards you mentioned, but maybe helpful in some points

http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphic/0 ... index.html

I've got no idea with the oxygen card
sorry about that