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Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 01 Aug 2009, 23:38
by lav_coyote25
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 03 Aug 2009, 04:03
by 12valve
Well, where do I start? lol
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 04 Aug 2009, 05:22
by lav_coyote25
pick something old - and make an updated version or make the next version in line... however you want.
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 00:22
by hawkn
what design engine do you guys use? i just have the freeware version of gmax. i could create some more basic items (i think)
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 07:20
by Crushy
I know one guy has been using blender. I've been trying to learn it but I can't find a decent vehicle tutorial
Everything seems so overwhelmingly complicated...
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 00:40
by hawkn
is blender free? i'm currently saving for a computer, and i dont have much money to spend. (the computer i want will be around 3 grand)
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 00:48
by XANAX
hawkn wrote:is blender free? i'm currently saving for a computer, and i dont have much money to spend. (the computer i want will be around 3 grand)
yes it's free
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 01:10
by Zarel
hawkn wrote:i'm currently saving for a computer, and i dont have much money to spend. (the computer i want will be around 3 grand)
Lies. There are
no good computers that cost more than $1000, unless it's a laptop, in which case there are
no good computers that cost more than $2000. If it's more expensive, you're getting ripped off.
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 01:35
by hawkn
Nah i'm paying for the extra hardrive and ram slots, and the processors. It's got like 6 gigs of ddr3 ram, and two video cards with 500 megs of dedicated ram.
On a side note anyone know where i can download the blender tutorials? i can only go online from 3-5pm (cyber sitter)...
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 02:50
by Zarel
hawkn wrote:Nah i'm paying for the extra hardrive and ram slots, and the processors. It's got like 6 gigs of ddr3 ram, and two video cards with 500 megs of dedicated ram.
On a side note anyone know where i can download the blender tutorials? i can only go online from 3-5pm (cyber sitter)...
2GB stick of DDR3 RAM are worth $33.
Your average video card with 512MB VRAM is worth around $90 each.
So that's, what, $280 right there?
Add a mobo for $100, an i7 for $300, a case for $100, a PSU for $100, and that's, what, $880?
And you don't think $3000 is overpriced for this? o_O
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 03:45
by stiv
True, the price of hardware has been dropping, but better to buy a machine that meets your needs than purchase a suck-ass on-board video chipset that will only bring you grief and forum-whining. You get what you pay for.
Lots of Blender informational goodness here:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 08:49
by Thyranim
Zarel wrote:2GB stick of DDR3 RAM are worth $33.
Your average video card with 512MB VRAM is worth around $90 each.
So that's, what, $280 right there?
Add a mobo for $100, an i7 for $300, a case for $100, a PSU for $100, and that's, what, $880?
And you don't think $3000 is overpriced for this? o_O
i've mixed some componentes and get a high-end pc for 2000 EUR (don't know the course for USD)
Asus P6T, Intel i7-950, 12 GB RAM, Cooler Master Cosmos Case, Tagan T780 PSU, 2x Palit 2GB GTX285, 3x 1TB WD-HDD
but don't know how to get the 3000 ... ^^ or perhaps it still is 3000 USD ?
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 09:39
by Zarel
Thyranim wrote:i've mixed some componentes and get a high-end pc for 2000 EUR (don't know the course for USD)
Asus P6T, Intel i7-950, 12 GB RAM, Cooler Master Cosmos Case, Tagan T780 PSU, 2x Palit 2GB GTX285, 3x 1TB WD-HDD
but don't know how to get the 3000 ... ^^ or perhaps it still is 3000 USD ?
Yeah, 2000 euros is around 2900 USD.
Then again, 12 GB of RAM and two dedi 2GB video cards is a lot higher specced than what hawkn was talking about, and Europe's electronics are significantly more expensive than US electronics anyway. In the US, any desktop costing more than $1000 simply isn't worth its price.
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 10:59
by G0rz
Thyranim wrote:
i've mixed some componentes and get a high-end pc for 2000 EUR (don't know the course for USD)
Asus P6T, Intel i7-950, 12 GB RAM, Cooler Master Cosmos Case, Tagan T780 PSU, 2x Palit 2GB GTX285, 3x 1TB WD-HDD
but don't know how to get the 3000 ... ^^ or perhaps it still is 3000 USD ?
um, wow, I don't think I would ever need that much stuff in a computer... Mind you back in the day, people though a gig would be all they ever needed...
Cheers,
G0rz
Re: Will there be a new version with updated graphics, etc?
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 11:27
by Thyranim
it's not ment as a "must have". i only tried to show, what a machine you'll be able to get for 3000 USD.
hawkn wants to get a machine with less than i've mixed up, so he'll never need so much money for his machine
