#These confusing PCs
I am an Illustrator. I've been using various Mac 3d programs for years (Sculpt,
Swivel, etc.) to do book covers, book art, posters, and that sort of thing.
After finally and truly getting fed up with the limitiations in Mac
applications I've decided to get into 3D Studio (it seems to be the emerging
low-end standard, like Photoshop)
I am not nearly as well informed about PC hardware as I am the Mac.
And so, to segue into a few questions.
1. Will the forthcoming Pentium be available as a motherboard upgrade. Could
you purchase one and replace your old motherboard with it? If so, would It be
a true Pentium machine (I'm not so interested in patches, like the various
sockets that you seem to find on many 486s' now, unless it would be as powerful
as a true Pentium)
2. How does this clock doubling thing work? Is a 486 66 just a 33mhz machine
on steroids? Is it in actuality faster in all regards than a 486 50? Is the 486
50 a true 50mhz machine or a doubled 486 25? If not, is doubling technology
coming that will turn a 486 50 into a 486 100 anytime soon? Would that be a
better option than a Pentium?
3. Will 3D Studio run under the forthcoming Alpha chip? Would an Alpha chip
machine be a completely different animal or is that an upgrade option as well?
4. Do different graphics cards speed up the redraw speed in the construction
windows, or is that solely a function of the CPU?
5.And lastly, is their any equivalant to the various RISC cards for the
Macintosh (Daystar w/Sculpt or ElectricImage for example) that will radically
accellerate rendering speed with 3D studio?
Thanks in advance to anyone who bothers to answer this posting. And if any of
you have questions on the state of Mac 3D, I'd be happy to fill you in.