I just downloaded RenderMonkey and am realizing that I probably need to upgrade my video card (GF3 Ti500). All the DX9 examples give errors on pixel shaders etc.
Without creating a monster thread what cards are you guys happy with/recommend? Something good but doesn't need to be bleeding edge.
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Yep, until two months ago my best video card was the horrible Radeon M6 of my work laptop. Needing a "fixed" computer at home I decided to go for a Shuttle (very nice) with NVIDIA 6600 GT on the AGP bus. Now I am *very* happy. Price is good (around 180 euro here) and I can run all the ogre demos I never seen before..
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No clue about GFX cards
Heh, this looks like an opurtunity to ask a question that's been buggin me for a while.
I would like to get a new PC, to make my game on. I (until now) have been strictly a 2D artist (w00t GIMP) so all I ever needed was 2D. I have an nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000, but it doens't have the DX9 or the pixel-shaders.
I would really like to get a mac mini or else either build my own Linux mini-OTX or get a cheap PC this summer. The mac mini comes with "ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB dedicated DDR SDRAM over an AGP 4x bus"
Will that do what I need it to? If not, is it easy to upgrade or even possible to on a mini?
If I go PC (remember I'm kinda on a budget) what card/setup should I need: I would be using Debian Linux, Blender, OGRE and ODE.
Thanks a lot guys!
I would like to get a new PC, to make my game on. I (until now) have been strictly a 2D artist (w00t GIMP) so all I ever needed was 2D. I have an nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000, but it doens't have the DX9 or the pixel-shaders.
I would really like to get a mac mini or else either build my own Linux mini-OTX or get a cheap PC this summer. The mac mini comes with "ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB dedicated DDR SDRAM over an AGP 4x bus"
Will that do what I need it to? If not, is it easy to upgrade or even possible to on a mini?
If I go PC (remember I'm kinda on a budget) what card/setup should I need: I would be using Debian Linux, Blender, OGRE and ODE.
Thanks a lot guys!
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Re: No clue about GFX cards
I bought a "barebone" Shuttle (http://www.shuttle.com/, PIV, memory, 5.1 audio, lame integrated fgx board) and added an old HD and and NVIDIA 6600 GT. The final price was about €100 higher than the mac mini and system is a little bit larger but Shuttle cases are really cool and the hardware spec quite better than mac's.innovati wrote:I would really like to get a mac mini or else either build my own Linux mini-OTX or get a cheap PC this summer. The mac mini comes with "ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB dedicated DDR SDRAM over an AGP 4x bus"