thinking of upgrading to a quadro graphic card

[Bill Clotz]

I doubt it would do much for AE. The money would be better spent on more RAM or a faster CPU. As for other 3d apps, I don’t really know. There might be some advantage, but even then I doubt it would be the best place to spend the money.

[Trey Eckles]

I was thinking that was the case. Would you recommend me updating the processor. There is a local store called microcenter that will build you a pc. I was thinking of getting them to replace my current processor with a faster processor and max out my ram.

[Steve Roberts]

[edr] “Maybe you guys should create a forum just for spec recommendations.”

Naah, just a thread would do, since the answer is almost always the same:
– get fast processsors
– get as much RAM as you can afford, at least 2 GB, 4 better. 1-2 GB per processor.
– separate your system and media drives
– fast drives are good, but drive speed is not as crucial as with NLEs
– hot graphics cards are a waste of money with AE, currently.

For C4D, you might want to check other forums.

[Trey Eckles]

Thanks.

[Bill Clotz]

I just bought an Intel Q6600 processor yesterday. It’s pretty much the same processor as yours, except it has 4 cores instead of 2. If you have nucleo pro and enough ram (4gb at least) you might be able to see close to twice the performance that your current system gets. This processor can also be overclocked to 3ghz fairly easily, which would get you a free 25% performance boost (note the risks associated with overclocking though). The Q6600 just had its price slashed to around $300 about a week ago.