Asking for help..

[komalmuttath]

Hi
I am lighting and rendering artist. I use maya mental ray for my work.. I am planning to buy HP workstation... Please Suggest me should i buy HP Z1 Workstation or HP Z620 Workstation ? Which of these workstation will be suitable for maya mental ray use ? If i buy HP Z1 workstation, will it be a good option because i want to use it for mental ray lighting and rendering...
So Please suggest me....

[Dariusz]

If you buy HP/DELL/ETC workstation you pat 50% more for 50% less. I suggest contacting folks over here and they will set you with beast machine. www.pcspecialist.co.uk if you in UK.

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/

They will get you great parts + overclock it with warranty.

[rlevene]

I just purchased a Z420 6core 3.2GHz machine with a Quatro 4000. about $3000

It is purely used as a workstation and high res production rendering is done on external render nodes.

But the machine has been great. Not overly expensive I don't think. Perfect for general 3d work and render testing, lighting/look dev etc.

Best,

Rich

[komalmuttath]

Hi guys
Thanks for the reply...
I have one more question. If I use maya on Macpro, how efficiently will it work??? I mean I don't know if Mac will be compatible or windows will be???? Please suggest me that if I should go for a Macpro or Hp Z1 for useing maya mental ray lighting and rendering????

[Remydrh]

For finding more plug-ins I would recommend Windows, either on a dual boot MacPro or just a Windows machine.

The hardware is nearly the same (intel chips, graphics etc.) Most places I have worked on a MacPro we booted into Windows or Linux. Not sure why they bought it only to boot out of OSX. . .