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indi
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 14:51
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Im getting a new monster power mac g5 soon yay.

• Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5

• 2GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 4x512MB, wish i could afford the 8 gigs of ram

• 250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm - 10000 rpm prolly more on the cards.
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) - will change this later to a sony dual layer
• ATI Radeon 9800 XT - thought about the NVidia but ATI is better me thinks.
• PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Card
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Bluetooth Module + Apple Wireless Keyboard + Mouse
• Mac OS X 10.4 - International English

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Flashing Blade
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 15:58
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I thought you were going to tell us about a new competition.
That be a beast of machine though.


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Van B
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 16:34
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Sounds dreamy .

I like Mac's, just wish I could afford one.


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David T
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Will it be pink?

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indi
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Van, I just did a website for a helicopter company who will basically pay for it.

Davo,

silver actually. and if u like ill buy virtual pc 6 and try dark basic on it .


Flash, yeah the comp will be: guess who will have a cheesy grin on his face for a while.

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DMXtra
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 19:12 Edited at: 10th Nov 2004 19:14
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So far this is what I will be buiding by the last quarter of 2005.

o 23 or 24 Inch Widescreen LCD
o Intel Digital 840 or AMD CPU(3.2 Ghz, Dual-Core and 64-bit)
o 2 Gigabyte DDR-2 RAM
o Creative Labs High end PCI Express Audio card
o Nvidia NV50 Ultra (PCI Express 16x) with 512 Megabytes of RAM
o Two 300 Gigabyte hard drives 7,200 RPM - 16 Megabyte (Serial ATA II)
o DvD Recordable Drive DVD+R/-R/-RW/+RW 16x speed and Dual Layered DVD support
o Windows XP 64-bit and then on to Windows Longhorn OS in 2006
o 802.11g WiFi
o 530 Watt Power Supply (True Blue Antec)
o ASUS motherboard with the following features

A) PCI Express Bus / 16x for video
B) Serial ATA II (Note: Maybe even an Serial ATA RAID)
C) USB 2.0 ports
D) Gigabit Ethernet
E) BTX design (need a PC case with a BTX design)
F) Microsoft Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Optical Mouse

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 19:49
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Things I would change...

• 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) -> Sony BluRay SATA
• ATI Radeon 9800 XT -> QuadroFX 1000G
• Bluetooth Module + Apple Wireless Keyboard + Mouse -> Keep Keyboard and Module, change the mouse to Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer

aside from that is a nice rig. Is that the G5 v2? (PPC950) or the original (PPC930)? the new ones have a better FSB, upto 2GHz

what sort of monitor you going to use on it?
personally i'm waiting for the Alienware ALX, Aurora (Athlon64) version with SLi, currently only the Area-51 (Xeon HT64) has it. check out the specifications, cause for what it has, DEFINATELY worth it.. atleast this side of the pond


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Benjamin
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 22:11
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Quote: "what sort of monitor you going to use on it?"

Who cares, its a monitor?

That sounds like a very powerfull computer, Indi. I have a very old mac with a G3 processor, boy can that get slow when playing 3D games on it . I have to run in a res of 400x300 but for some reason the screen res can't change, so the game just draws the screen in a 400x300 area, which is cool because it doesn't look all pixelated. Um yeah anyway..

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indi
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 22:39
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monitors to start with for now is a standard 21 inch crt and a 17 inch crt.

Once I land a few video television commercials with it tho I can afford twin 30 inch lcds and the ram. I have a new sales person on board whos a killer for landing clients and since a commercial will be $15,000AUD and higher,not bad for 30 seconds of video.
I will be moving from Sole trader to Company very soon.

raven, from what i understand the fsb is at 1.25ghz or higher.
If i delay the purchase till after christmas Im sure things will move up.

Its an ample machine for video work and will pay for itself in the first job, and 2 more jobs to secure the 8 gigs of ram and dual 30 inch monitors.

Im bundling Motion / FinalCutProHD / peak / and DVDStudio with it as well.

Im getting a Sony Camera and Mike as well for about $6000. $900 alone for the microphone! with wireless transmitter/reciever, but its broadcast industry capable, and thats what counts.

I have to get a Sony betacam recorder as well so I can deliver direct to tv station, or I have to outsource that component per job.

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Manticore Night
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Posted: 10th Nov 2004 23:26
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I'd want my computer to be white so I could draw on it(Seriously). I also want a white car and a white girl freind for the same reason. And I'd want it to have horns and lights with turkey heads. Oh ya specs:
-Processor(what ever I can find
-sound, video, etc cards(what ever I can find(white for painting))
-keyboard(what ever I can find(white for painting))
-optical mouse(white for painting)

And I want it to have a machine gun for people who ask me to get off.

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 11th Nov 2004 01:02
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Quote: "Who cares, its a monitor?"


Indi is a graphics artist... his visual equippment should be far more important than the raw processing power.

Sounds great about the commercial work they tend to be v.good pay for short amounts of work. Depending on the complexity though depends on how long it'll actually take in dev-time.
If you get TFT/LCD monitors, i'd recommend Sony, CTX or Philips.

my CTX monitors are very nice for seeing correct ranges of colours.

you mind lending your mate to me for a few days to get me some freelance? heh, actually been thinking seriously about Rich said in the FPSC Pricing thread. just wonder what the heck I should make as a sample peice of work.


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Posted: 11th Nov 2004 02:02
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Quote: "guess who will have a cheesy grin on his face for a while."


you! what do I win?

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Mnemonix
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Quote: "If you get TFT/LCD monitors, i'd recommend Sony, CTX or Philips."



I dont think Philip would like you stealing his monitor .

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flibX0r
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Posted: 11th Nov 2004 21:48
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Damn, guess he won't be happy that I have his CD Player...


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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 11th Nov 2004 22:09
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heh, i thought that was the point in an Open House day.. i should probably send it back with an apologetic beer


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