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Animation on laptops.

post #1 of 32
6/15/04 at 3:09pm
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What processor is better for animation. a amd 64 2800 or a pentium m 1.8 dothan.
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post #2 of 32
6/15/04 at 5:28pm
This is gonna be a tough call. I only saw one benchmark comparison and it "seems" that the Dothan was equal to, or just barely better than the Athlon 64. Question is, will the release of WindowsXP 64 bit O/S put the Athlon ahead of Dothan. If I had to make a choice right now, I'd make 2. Desktop PC would be Athlon 64. Notebook would definitely be Dothan, provided that portability was my main concern. Battery life comparisons puts the Dothan way ahead.
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post #3 of 32
6/15/04 at 7:01pm
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I honestly don't need that much battery life. more than 2 hours would be a plus. I know the pentium gets up to 5 hours. but i need something that will render quickly. Since this computer is primarily for animation. Although it should still be able to play all games.
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post #4 of 32
6/16/04 at 1:33am
The pentium will probably be a better choice provided that your video editing application is coded to utilize multiple-threading and SSE2 technology like Adobe Premier Pro. This was my primary reason for selecting a pentium 4 notebook. I use Photoshop on a daily basis.
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post #5 of 32
6/16/04 at 8:25am
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Alright thank you. Do you know if maya is encoded this way? I don't know if i will use premier that much. i know i will use photoshop. i used it a lot my freshman year so i assume i will use the following 3 years.
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post #6 of 32
6/16/04 at 11:46am
Yes, Maya uses multi-processor, multi-system technology. According to the forums over at Alias, they recommend the Nvidia graphics card over ATI Radeon. This was mentioned as more of a factor in better performance than the processor architecture. The highest rendering benchmark I saw was achieved on a dual opteron system.
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post #7 of 32
6/16/04 at 3:34pm
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the model i'm interested in is the compal 56. it has a the ati 9700. I'm considering either the powernotebook 5:6 or the hypersonic version (red).
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post #8 of 32
6/17/04 at 2:17am
Looks like a pretty good notebook. You might try purchasing it under a 30 day return policy. That way you can run some of your critical software and see how it performs. Good luck with the purchase bro.
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post #9 of 32
6/17/04 at 4:38pm
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I definiteally will. Hope i get no dead pixels though. Had problems with them before in lcds.
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post #10 of 32
6/17/04 at 6:01pm
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Now I got to get the software. That will probably cost me 1500 discounted. I know i need maya complete, photoshop, office 2004, maybe premier (i can wait on it) and toon boom studio or tab.
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post #11 of 32
6/18/04 at 3:58am
I take it you will be very busy for the next year or so.
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post #12 of 32
6/18/04 at 10:03am
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Always. Art school is nuts. 6 hours classes. But its great. there is a great incentive do work rather than party all the time. Portfolio and better grades. Although a little partying is necessary.
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post #13 of 32
6/29/04 at 5:50pm
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Is the ferrari 3200 any good for animation. I keep coming back to this notebook.
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post #14 of 32
6/30/04 at 8:21am
The specs don't look bad, but I know nothing about the reliability on this model. Basically, my philosophy on new products would be to wait for the forums to respond with customer reviews, but I don't know how much of a hurry you are in. For a quick answer, Google it up and read everything you can. Slow answer would be to wait for the product to saturate the market a bit and see what the "common man" says. Good hunting bro.
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post #15 of 32
6/30/04 at 1:59pm
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actually i am stuck on another model. the sager 4750. it seems to have the specs i like, and the power. nice price too if its cheaper than the 8790 which it should be.
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post #16 of 32
7/5/04 at 9:56pm

mac?

Hey Maya man, if you are in ARt school, doesn't everyone have a mac? I have a friend who is in art school and he's the only one with a pc.

I have been thinking about getting a secondary laptop, a mac since everyone I know in the film/design biz has one, but seriously my sager kicks some ass and it's already over a year old, something I tell mac heads over and over again.

Right now I'm doing a lot of editing and web work as well as gaming...and then tons of productivity stuff like outlook 2003, i'm so curious whether a mac is even worth it.
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post #17 of 32
7/5/04 at 11:24pm
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yeah a lot of people do have macs, but then again their are a ton of pc users as well. there is a really nice mac discount, but no g5 laptop. If the g5 laptop where out before fall, then i might go mac. But there is another reason why I decided to go with the upcoming sager 4750. And that is maya unlimited is only availble for pc and linux. Maya complete doesn't have the hair, water, and some other hard to render 3d packages. Plus I really know windows almost inside and out. I know mac 0s decently, because i used it all last year on my projects at school, but it has really annoying quirks like when you exit a program it still runs in the background, and there is no taskbar which i have become used to. imovie is pretty cool, and if final cut pro is like imovie that would be sweet. but i don't think i'm ready to go with mac. they need to start allowing much deeper customization and better pricing.
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post #18 of 32
7/8/04 at 2:49am
ATI is certainly not the choice the Maya / XSI / 3dsmax. too many opengl bugs to contend with. get an Nvidia based solution, might not be the fastest around on a laptop, (they are in the workstation realm) but you wont get any hassles.


if your a maya student, I suggest you download (or order) the Maya PLE from alias, this you can take with you, or install on anyones laptop to try (as its a freebie demo type thing). that way you can see if maya runs well enough on the laptop, and no 30 day return policy to contend with in case your alias account is delayed etc.

jump over to www.highend3d.com for the maya mailing list and hardware forums.


later


james,
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post #19 of 32
7/8/04 at 5:39am
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ATI is certainly not the choice the Maya / XSI / 3dsmax. too many opengl bugs to contend with. get an Nvidia based solution, might not be the fastest around on a laptop, (they are in the workstation realm) but you wont get any hassles.
I thought the video was hardware accelerated only when pre-rendering to get a general idea of your creation in real time. But, when it comes to fully rendering the scene, it's done at the software level on the host CPU to maintain compatibility and accuracy on all platforms regardless of video card and CPU brand.
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post #20 of 32
7/8/04 at 10:00am
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That sounds about right. I don't think one graphic card is that much better in regards. plus i have seriously considered buying the sager 4750, not a dedicated animation laptop, but has the power for it.
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