🚀 go-pugleaf

dump the G3 Virge, replace it with a Matrox Millenium II max'd to 8 meg. 
the one with the 220 MHZ Ramdac.  
go SCSI, no IDE at all.  All the swapping that goes on with 3D modeling,
you will need the speed.  really.  i can't stress this enough.   
skip the clone motherboard and get a Tyan Tomcat; faster bus.  

The Pentium Pro is no great shakes, go for the 266 MMX.  faster, cleaner,
quicker...

you are venturing into the realm of graphics INTENSIVE work.  If you don't
want to waste your whole day waiting for the work you're doing to render
out, get scsi.  

MORE RAM:  128 MB.  Ram is getting cheap, relatively speaking.

the machine you describe can be had by any major mfgr for around 2.5k, go
to the local computer supermarket and compare specs.  

with the components previously described replaced as above, expect to pay
about the same.  
If you have NT40, you don't need DOS 6.22.  Keep an old 486 handy to access
those legacy apps.  Keep your OS clean.  

get a monitor that will push 1280x1024 @75Hz.  I work on a 17" Mag and my
eyes hurt.
(time to get a new monitor, or a new boss....)


d.cliburn <d.cliburn@MCIONE.com> wrote in article
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> I'm getting started in 3d modeling and animation for an Architectural
> Illustration company and would like a second opinion on a system that I
am
> planning to have built by a non-proprietary engineer. The key components
of
> the system I received an estimate for are as listed:
> 
> 200mhz Intel Pentium Pro
> 64mb RAM EDO
> G3 Virge Video w/4mb DRAM
> 4GB WDD Hard Drive
> Mag 17" monitor DX700T
> 16x CD-ROM IDE
> Clone MB w/512/cache
> NTX OEM CD
> 
> MS-DOS 6.22
> Windows NT 4.0
> AutoCAD R13/c3
> Softdesk Core 7.0
> Softdesk Auto Architect 7.2
> 3D Studio Max
> 
> I'm sure the guy who's putting this together knows what he's doing, but
if
> anyone knows of any possible conflicts or problems, I would greatly
> appreciate some info.
> 
> Thanks
> Cliburn
>