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- From: Jeff_Holinski@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeff Holinski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: which machine should I buy?
- Message-ID: <18754@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 04:30:01 GMT
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- You can definitly get good 3D software for a 486. Autodesk's 3D Studio is one
- of the cheaper and more popular packages. I've heard it has a very good
- modeler and the renderings I've seen done with it looked pretty good. You can
- get 3D Studio for about $3000 US. Topas from AT&T is also supposed to be
- pretty good but I think the price is about $8000 US.
- If you do buy a 486 make sure you get an EISA bus. It'll cost you about an
- extra $800 to $1000 but it's well worth the money since a standard ISA bus is
- only 16 bits wide and the bus generally runs pretty slow compared to the
- processor.
- Another option would be an Amiga. If you can afford it you should definitly
- get the 4000 if you can afford it. Most 3D rendering is pretty time consuming
- and the 4000 is about twice the speed of a 50 MHZ 030 machine. If you buy the
- 4000 you won't need a display card since the HAM8 mode in hi resolution looks
- good enough for most applications. If you can't afford the 4000 I'd recommend
- a 1200. The problem with the 3000 and 3000T is that they can't be upgraded to
- the new chip set.
- For software Imagine is a very popular program. It has a very good modeler
- and quite a bit of 3rd party support. (books, objects, tapes, ect) Imagine
- can be had for about $250 US.
- Real 3D 2.0 also sounds pretty good but I don't think it's been released yet.
- If you want information on specific features of Imagine leave another message
- explaining what sort of rendering and animation you're interested in doing.
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