Bruno Cabasson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 14-03-2007 05:57:

> 
> I already have a desktop (ACER T130 with Athlon 3000+ and 1GB) and upgrading
> it today would be worthless in my opinion. I often move from one place to
> another, I go on holidays from time to time, so a laptop is the best
> solution.
Good reason.
> 
> Reading the press and forums, I seems indeed that Core2Duo is THE processor
> of the time. Does someone have an idea of the performances? AFAIK, my Atlon
> 3000+ renders benchmark.pov in about 34 min at 512*384, and the basic scene
> of the insert menu renders at the rate of 240400 PPS at 800*600. Are the 2
> MB extra L2 cache of T7xxx series worth the extra money towards the T5xxx
> series?
> 
> However, I still wonder if I should buy a high-end machine now so that it is
> still OK within 2 years, or should I buy a middle/low end machine (yet far
> better than my Athlon 3000), and wait until quad procs are on the market
> and working fine (idem with OSes).
> 
> So I need to have some opinions to make up my mind, and yours is the best,
> my friends!
> 
>     Bruno
> 
> 
There is a saying: it's never the right time to buy a computer! There always 
will be something beter around the corner.
Personaly, I'd go for a uper middle end machine: good performances for a 
relatively reasonable price.
When I mentioned upgrading, I was thinking about adding some more memory, 
another HDD, swaping a video card more to your liking or needs (kids will want 
to use it for the latest game ;-) not changing the CPU, as newer one may no 
longer fit your socket.
When buying, look to get as much RAM as possible, it greatly help when rendering 
complexe scenes with 1000's of objects, as it can pervent using the swap file.

-- 
Alain
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