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Joe Matt

25-08-2006 17:05

Re: Mac G4 render farm

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Originally Posted by Joohoo

Another thing to look at the G4's is do they support OSX, they may be limited to OS 9.2 which could limit you to a somewhat volatile OS and not be able to get compatible software.

Even if the G4s could theoretically do more faster the quad is still the better investment. There is guaranteed future support.

OSX supports the whole PPC family line, don't worry about that. Now, the G4 Towers support booting into 9.2, unlike the G5s, the Aluminium PB, iMac G5, Mac mini, etc.

AV_guy007

25-08-2006 23:04

Re: Mac G4 render farm

Quote:

Originally Posted by David55

Just wanted to point out that some of the specs are listed in the product description. All of the G4's have 128 MB of RAM and some have Dual Head or DVI videocards ( I am assuming these are the cards that came with the computer so they are not too advanced.)
David

they video cards are proboly ati rage 128's (16mb's). they came stock in most g4's. the ram is most likely pc133

sanddrag

25-08-2006 23:35

Re: Mac G4 render farm

I'm not too familiar with animation and rendering and things like that. What role do the video cards play in a rendering farm? Does a rendering farm need a monitor for each computer?

Cody Carey

25-08-2006 23:53

Re: Mac G4 render farm

No, the video card determines little, rendering is processor intensive.

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