I have a workstation with a single Xeon X5550, 8 gb of RAM and an ATI firepro v7750. I just got a better hard drive to replace one died recently and become the primary drive, and while I'm at it I planned to clean the heat sinks, fans, and look into filling the empty processor slot.
I mainly use it for heavy vector image editing, photoshop and some work in Maya, though primarily rendered with toon textures and usually as single, high-res still images. I'll be starting a motion media class in a week or so though and bring in video and after effects. I figure I can install a second x5550 of x5560 for about $160 including the processor and a cooling unit. Would the performance gains, particularly rendering 3D in Maya and rendering video, be worth it for that price?
I mainly use it for heavy vector image editing, photoshop and some work in Maya, though primarily rendered with toon textures and usually as single, high-res still images. I'll be starting a motion media class in a week or so though and bring in video and after effects. I figure I can install a second x5550 of x5560 for about $160 including the processor and a cooling unit. Would the performance gains, particularly rendering 3D in Maya and rendering video, be worth it for that price?
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