Recommended hardware for Linux/3D/rendering?

[dave at math.mit.edu (David Backeberg)]

What's he using for his rendering program?

If this is a program that can take advantage of the superior math 
capabilities of the Opteron, then he should definitely go for an 
Opteron-based (Athlon-64) system.

Depending on these images, and the way they're rendered, he may not gain 
that much from a super-highend video card, but perhaps this person has
computer experts in the field that know these things.

-- 
David Backeberg (dave at math.mit.edu)
Network Staff Assistant
MIT Math Dept.
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> I have a client who is migrating from an SGI to Linux.   He does a LOT of
> 3D rendering from thousands of stacks of images.    I plan to propose at
> least two configurations - a desktop configuration from an integrator,
> such as Dell, and one using COTS parts.
>
> What recommendations would you suggest for RAM, CPU, video card, and Linux
> distro?   He is also a heavy OS X user but has a need for a souped-up
> Linux box.   Budget is not an issue.
>
> I will do my own research, too, and see where suggestions from this list,
> along with my own research, lead.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Scott
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