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Allen · September 14th, 2004

I've been thinking about this issue quite a bit also. Come to the conclusion to buy 2 machines with a KVM switch so I can control 2 machines with one monitor, keyboard, mouse.
For the same price as one duel machine, I believe the increase in performance will be much better.
Obviously the box for modeling will need to have a nice video card, the one for rendering can get by with a very inexpensive card.
Just a thought - just remember this is a business - a 30% increase in cost for a 15% increase in performance may not make too much sense.
My 2 cents.
(to be honest - think I'm frustrated enough with the windows world - I'm about ready for an Apple G5 - with one of the 23"lcds)
Good luck.

September 14th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Allen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Memphis, TN Age: 47 Posts: 402 Name: Allen Bussell	Re: Ideal Workstation Configuration I've been thinking about this issue quite a bit also. Come to the conclusion to buy 2 machines with a KVM switch so I can control 2 machines with one monitor, keyboard, mouse. For the same price as one duel machine, I believe the increase in performance will be much better. Obviously the box for modeling will need to have a nice video card, the one for rendering can get by with a very inexpensive card. Just a thought - just remember this is a business - a 30% increase in cost for a 15% increase in performance may not make too much sense. My 2 cents. (to be honest - think I'm frustrated enough with the windows world - I'm about ready for an Apple G5 - with one of the 23"lcds) Good luck. __________________ Allen Bussell Project Manager Paradigm Productions Dynamic Realities, Integrated Marketing Strategies 3D Graphics, Animation & Interactive Multimedia 8275 Tournament Drive, Suite 330 \| Memphis, TN 38125 www.2dimes.com \| 901.685.7703 \| 800.235.3174 Toll.Free \| 901.531.8513 fax Last edited by Allen; September 14th, 2004 at 12:59 PM.