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  Re: Which upgrade would help the most?  
From: Paul Vanukoff
Date: 21 Jul 2000 10:10:15
Message: <397859c7$1@news.povray.org>
And here I am slogging along with:

Cyrix @ 166Mhz
48MB RAM
Unknown 4MB S3 based vid card
2.5ig HD
1 NIC
3com/USR Courier
SoundBlaster AWE32
Cheap-ass speakers
17" Sony Trinitron

Can I have your old stuff ... hehehe ... :D
--
Paul Vanukoff

"Thomas Lake" <tla### [at] homecom> wrote in message
news:39780071.5F9A93E5@home.com...
> I have been saving up for a new, "killer", PC, well sorta killer. I
> currently have the following:
>
> PII 400
> 128MB RAM
> Creative TNT1 Vid card
> 8Gig HD
> 2NIC's
> Winmodem
> SoundBlaster Live! Platinum
> CambrideSoundWorks DTT2500 Digital Speakers
> 17" NEC MultiSync 70 Screen
>
> I am going to get the hollowing:
>
> PIII800
> 128-256MB RAM
> Asus V6800 Deluxe Vid Card
> 40Gig HD
> DVD drive
> (The rest of the stuff will be the same)
>
> Whichm upgrade the CPU or the RAM would give me the biggest boost in
> Pov-Ray? Or an I already at the point where I would not notice any
> difference? If that is the case I might get a larger monitor?
>
> Oh yeah I use Moray to model ALL my scenes, so that is another
> consideration, I also use Rhino 3D a lot.
>
> --
> Come visit my web site:-) : http://www.geocities.com/~thomaslake/


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