can a graphics card increase the rendering speed in 3ds max?
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Yes, it would increase the computers speed greatly, this is good for drawing in 3ds max and other 3d applications, maybe think of more ram as well, the more ram you give your computer , the quicker the render times will be, and the more 3d work you can do. the bigger the gfx card the smoother the program will run, top designers use 512mb gfx cards or above radeon do a rather good 512 card for £140ish maybe cheaper, try www.ebuyer.co.uk for a gfx card, just depends on what you want out of your card and your machine.
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Typically, you can't and wouldn't want to.\n\nThe GPU (graphics processing unit) is using a portion of main memory.  This is less efficient than having its own of course.  However, there's nothing you can do for a laptop.  If you're low on system memory then just add more.
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I would look at the latest versions of the Nvidia or ATI graphics card range ie ATI Radeon 9800 or Nvidia 6800 or 7600 ( I dont think they do an AGP version of the 7800 or 7900 although I could be wrong ) Worth while checking out though. Look on www.tomshardware.com and www.firingsquad.com for reviews etc\n\nI hope this helps
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switch to an Nvidia card
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3d studio max has a "render farm" feature. If you have a very complex scene that you are rendering you can harness the power of other computers on the network also running 3d studio max to help render.
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neither i would go for a nividia geforce 6600 GT 256MB this graphics card rocks and its also cheap \n\nor an nivdia geforce 6800 GT
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Yes it will but not at very high resolutions. \n\nBefore I start , here's a quick and easy way to find out if your computer can run any game:\n\nhttp://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest\n\n\nI have seen Sims 2 running on a system with a Nvidia Geforce 5200.  This was Nvidia's entry level product from a few years ago.   The X1300 Mobility while not being a powerful card is going to be more efficient when using newer technology \n\nHere is an old list of supported graphics cards:\n\nBelow is a list of cards supported by The Sims 2:\n\n    * ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better)\n          o Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor)\n          o 7200, 7500\n          o 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500\n          o 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800\n          o X300, X600, X800\n             \n    * Nvidia® QuadroTM series\n          o Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4\n             \n    * Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)\n          o GeForce2\n          o GeForce3, 3 Ti\n          o GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440\n          o GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950\n          o GeForce 6600, 6800\n             \nIt also lists some intergrated graphics options!  So your X1300 should have no problems, especially if you keep the resolution to 800*600.
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First you have to determine what kind of graphics card slot is available on your computer.  In order of speed graphics slots are..\n\nPCI-express\nAGP 8x\nAGP 4x\nAGP 2x\nPCI\n\nOnce you figure out what kind of slot you have available you can go to a site like Toms hardware and look at speed ratings based on the video bus.. \n\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com/site/vgacharts/index.html
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Maybe this website can give you more answer. It also has tutorials.\nhttp://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/3DS-MAX/1
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well if you're going to use 3DMAX , as an experience i don't recommend to use a large monitor. insted you can change your screen Resolution.\nthat would be better when you render your job
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A new card with more ram will work better but Im thinkin your old card is probably giving you the best graphics the game will allow anyway. I am thinking that you are trying to speed an internet game up. If you are playing online change your screen res to a lower mode and turn down some of the options in video mode...lower detail etc. If you use dialup networking dont expect much...
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if you're trying to overclock it to make it a high performance video card, don't even bother.\n\nyou may be able to increase its performance by maybe 5-10% (stable) which will get you maybe 2-6 more frames /sec but it's hardly noticeable. you'd have to either use an auxiliary fan, pointing at the card, or you can switch out the card and the heat sinks altogether. either way, it's a lot of money and hassle to get it performing better, just a tad bit.\n\nyou'd also have to have a mobo that can overclock (bump up your voltage) your agp/pcie slot.
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You can buy a card with any type of graphics memory you want, as long as it is AGP 8x.  The higher the number of graphics memory the better, although GDDR2 is not very good, so probably look for something with GDDR3.  There are not currently any cards out with GDDR4 for AGP.
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Yes u can play HL2, HL2 episodic with this card at low or medium graphics settings, with 640X480 or 800X600 as screen resolution you wil be able to play with decent framerates, but if u enable antialising and other graphics to high your frames wil be choppy.\n\nthis is a good value card for Ocaisonal gamers supporting DirectX 9, OpenGL 1.5, with pixel shader and vertex shader support.\n\nsome of the 5700 LE cards out there come with a 64 bit memory interface, dont go for them, it forms bottelneck for  proformance, get a card with 128 bit memory interface, which are are better performer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port
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Can I just ask why do you need more than 256MB or even 128MB memory in your graphics card? Trust me, if you're looking for better performance in video games or graphical programs this is not the solution as 128MB - 256MB is perfectly well for high details video games.\n\nAnyway, I do not think it can be done. If that's what your motherboard accepts that that's it.
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No.  Want proof?\n\nHere are some benchmarks.\n\nhttp://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2759\n\nThe BFG physics card improves the quality of the images by increasing the number of "physics" objects in a scene but it takes a toll on the performance of the game.  You sacrifice a lot of performance to be able to get a more detailed scene.\n\nIt's entirely up to you what you want to sacrifice.  It's an issue of quality vs. speed.