Computer nerdery

[growler_south]

Working in 3D without open GL is hard, as is working in After Effects (2.5D). Given that I'm currently working on a large-ish project that needs a fair amount of animation, I found my home PC somewhat lacking.

Ok, so I finally broke down and *bought* a graphics card.

I've just gone from the old scavenged GeForce2 MX400 to a nice shiny 7300GT (256MB DDR3). I must say, it's nice having antialiased textures in Maya, and open GL in After Effects doesnt hurt either. Neither did the $95 price.

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[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

And I was SO enjoying my strut with Mike's GeForce FX 5200 and 64 MB of RAM.
(Shrinks in shame)

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

*grin* I was just about to post about how nice it is to work on a 5200x21000 panorama photo in Photoshop with no progress bars at all (2GB ram and Athlon 64 will do that) but now I dont think I will. There's a fine line between enjoying and gloating.

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

Uh, that's creepy.

At 6pm today, I bought a "256MB PNY Verto GeForce 7300GT GDDR2 DVI/VGA/HDTV AGP". It's the cheapest card I could find to run LOST Via Domus.

Though mine was only $35.

[musclebearnz.livejournal.com]

youve got too much spare time on your hands...

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

I can't argue with that.

But what to do with it? Suggestions? I'm not buying an XBox 360, so that's off the table.

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

LOL! The 7300GT is the best price/performance compromise out there I think. Though I paid a little more to ge the Palit 7300GT Sonic because it has 1Ghz DDR3 RAM rather than the DDR2 most have. Apparently it makes a difference.

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

But what an amazing coincidence that we both nabbed graphics cards based on the same chipset on the same day.

It's a Sign. (You still haven't seen Sleepless in Seattle yet, have you?)

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

I dont think there needs to be a Sign that says ATI's 3D compatability is ropey at best, and that Nvidia's 7k chipset tops the value/performance scale.

The Sign, if there is one, is that you're exactly the same kind of geek I am: conservative and cheap thrifty. And I love it.

[sinnabor.livejournal.com]

But on the same day? Within hours? And if I could have found a 6800 for less, I'd've got that.

No, it's a Sign. Yes, a very nerdy pragmatic Sign, but still a Sign. :-)