https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3438&p=41225#p41225
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GrouchoCaesar
Thursday, 09 April 2009, 09:03 PM

Re: The Twelve Tasks Of Grouchales
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State of Play Update #1

Okay - Real Life intrusions over with, back to my normally scheduled broadcast.

I've installed the nVidia Quadro FX1700 into Willow... and wow!  Not quite as fast as the 9600GT I was using, but it is incredibly stable.  I can now switch all the OpenGL features in Poser 7 & Poser Pro without it crashing and have smooth, detailed previews while working on it.

(Not that I've actually done any work yet - I've not done anything useful with Poser since early December!  That's about to change big-time, though...)

I also bought Adobe's Production Premium CS4 suite - and that works very well with the Quadro card as well.  I'm looking forward to experimenting with Photoshop's new 3D features - the possiblilty of being able to paint on an object in 3D sounds intriuging.

Oh... almost forgot the most important update I did to Willow - Went to 64-bit Vista Ultimate.  Mainly so I can now upgrade to a polygon-loving 8Gb of RAM and be able to use it.

Finally, I bought and set up my NAS - a NetGear ReadyNAS NV+ and I've only just finished moving files to it.  It's currently in RAID-X format, so I've got 1.3 Tb of mirrored storage networked to my little render-farm.

The only issue I have right now is getting a copy of 3DSMAX - the only authorised distributor in New Zealand is proving to be somewhat useless at their job.  I figure I'll try again after Easter.


