UK PC Builds

Out of context: Reply #11

• Started
• Last post
• 13 Responses

• landock0

  From what I understand the Xeons are just core2 chips that have passed through more rigorous Q&A testing and draw less power. They run about the same price as an equivalent desktop chip and you can use them in the same boards. So there would be no real difference in using one or the other. As far as the workstation vs. desktop gpu thing goes, the main difference is that the drivers are optimized for 3d and open gl stuff in your firegl or quadro and the hardware is overclocked compared to the consumer brand. So a high end desktop card would work for now but my understanding is that there is a real performance boost when you're doing the really crazy stuff like particle systems and liquids.

  landock 0Permalink

  UpvoteDownvote

  Flag

  • High end gpu's also have loads more memory than desktop brands.landock
  • Hmm, cool - I'm only going to be doing static object modelling, so can probably forego all the fancy realtime effects. Thanks for your help!Nairn

  Show [[ numHiddenNotes ]] more notesAdd Note

  SaveCancel

View thread