im going to school right now and im taking a 3d animation class and i finally got the program ive been using in class which is "Maya" it runs good on my compaq presario sr1630nx but it seems to be choppy at times with a little lag my instructor says to get a graphics card. so i was wondering what would be a great graphics card thats compatible with my system for 3d animation and some pc games. right now the graphics card my system is running is a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 i would also like to have two monitors running on my system so i could have maya on one screen and a picture reference on the second screen.
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windows 7 ultimate 64bit2.75 RAMIntegrated graphics
but going on how HP likes to put in a power supply that is just powerful enough to run the system as it is out of the box, I'm guessing that it will be something in the 250-300W range. If that is what it is (only way to find out is pop the side off and see what it shows on the label), then a new power supply is also going to be needed.
With that in mind, how much are you looking to spend?
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Win 7 Ultimate x64FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so farADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Quadro cards are recommended for 3D rendering programs, but as Stormy has said you are going to have to get a bigger PSU (min 500w) to get the best out of a card like this ... unfortunately the Quadro cards aren't the best (or the cheapest) when it comes to games so you will have to decide yourself which is more important
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom Quad core 9950 black edition16Gb2x XFX Radeon 5850
If it were me I would sign up for Newegg emails and look for a combo deal on a card and power supply.
Providing Compaq hasn't used a non standard sized power supply which has been known to happen.
Since e don't know your location we also don't know if you can purchase form Newegg, so I would suggest in your profile select your country or state flag so everyone can easily know where your located and be alot easier to direct you to hardware you are looking for. Since not everything is avalible to everyone pending on non US memebers.
Fabe
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Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1tyEVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition
Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
W7 Professional x64AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHzPNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GBNVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pugh Technologies
OS
W7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54
Memory
PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892 onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM
Screen Resolution
1600x900, 1600x1050
Hard Drives
977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0
PSU
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Case
ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower
Cooling
3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler
Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
