Monthly Archives: Jan 2007

Silly money

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9°C, rain

Back to work. Too soon, too soon.

Hardware: choosing computer hardware is an absurd process. All I am doing is comparing two CPUs, and then adding up the cost of motherboards, RAM and a graphics card to rebuild this machine.


I really want faster rendering in 3ds max as well as the rest. So if anyone has any suggestions for similar money, let me know
According to Tom’s Hardware reviews, the Intel wins

I’m getting more enthusiastic- the more I read up on this. The Cinebench tests are the closest to 3ds max rendering times (and other 3D software). Anyway, I an downloading test software to see how much faster rendering can be. It looks like 10 times faster is a reasonable figure; just imagine, all those hour & half that could be done in 9 minutes! That really would encourage me to do more 3D animation.

’07, day one

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7°C, sun then rain, wind all the way.

Monday:It’s been a holiday full of late nights, and for me, too many social occasions. Today was an escape- by bicycle- which was in no way marred by a puncture near Hamstel Ridware. A Buzzard flew over while I fixed it. the situation was quite atmospheric – what with gathering dark clouds over the Chase, strong winds blowing towards here and the sky full of crows. the only colour anywhere was grass, black earth and lead-grey roads.
"Orphans" by Tom Waits is fantastic, a triple CD that should keep me going for quite a while. That Christmas CD ( exCathedra) is getting more plays than I expected- choral music is very good, it’s more than just decorative wallpaper (apart from a few tracks).