Does Maya have anything to do with Graphic card?

[mhaghaed]

Hi Friends,
Although it may seem funny but I've faced one question I can't answer definitely. I went to computer market yesterday and saw a man who bought a 150$ Graphic card(6600). When I asked him why he bought that, he said that he uses Maya for 3D designing and the Graphic Card has a big role in rendering process. I haven't seen a single Maya, 3DS, or Lightwave benchmark in any of the graphic card reviews I've read. Are you sure that Graphic card has no role in rendering of 3D designing programs?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

3D Rendering is a CPU job I believe.

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[davemar14]

Its the CPU and RAM for rendering video. All the GPU does is output the video to the screen. It does nothing for the actual rendering or editing of a video.

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[ezinegalaxy]

Here is something very useful for you, I think:

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/qualified_hardware/QUAL/maya_40_NT.html

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[Crashman]

The reason you never see those tested in ordinary graphics card reviews is because sites like THG are trying to keep consumer cards and professional cards separate. If you look at my All In Wonder X800 XL review at <A HREF="http://www.sysopt.com/features" target="_new">http://www.sysopt.com/features</A> you'll see some those benchmarks for a couple cards. Really!

Tom's actually DID let one of their guest editors slide in a benchmark comparison in professional applications for PCI-Express cards about a year ago. The results portion of that article starts <A HREF="http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041122/pcie-analyse-07.html" target="_new">On Page Seven of that article</A>

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[Crashman]

He's speaking of 3D modelling applications methinks, where screen rendering time is a big factor.

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