On Wednesday 12 April 2006 10:22, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > I can't say much here myself. However, it depends on the animation software > that is going to be used. But graphics, eps. graphics development is always > going to be CPU and GPU intensive. > Since graphics are not such a big deal to me, I haven't been keeping an eye on the issues. I know that PCI Express was tipped to be something to watch, but that was a good while ago. Since I haven't seen much mention of it recently I wondered if it was another thing that hadn't lived up to the promise. The last thing I want to do is spend a couple of hundred pounds only to find that an agp card with lower ram would have done the same job. > Any reason not to wait till the course starts and some actual work gets on > on the current hardware to make a more knowledgeable choice? > It does seem attractive. The only downside to that is having to do a rebuild after the course starts. > Good luck. > > PS: I am going I am in university too, feel free to throw a few dollars my > way :) > :-) Thanks for replying Anne
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