1/30/2024 0 Comments Softimage3d wildcat![]() It is packed with 128MB of RAM split between frame buffer and texturing, can drive two monitors simultaneously without a hitch and is fast. Wildcat II 5110 Impressionsīefore we go any further, I'll get this out of the way: the Wildcat II 5110 is the best graphic card I've used to date for OpenGL 3D content creation. These tweaks can be saved as a new preset. For example, the better looking the full scene anti-aliasing, the slower the framerate. After 10 minutes of back-and-forth between the control panel and your 3D software it is possible to tune it to your own optimal speed vs. Once installed, the Wildcat II control panel allows you to select optimized settings for all of the major 3D animation programs, as well as manually fine-tunes them. This physically huge card is hungry for power. After one more restart you are ready to go. When Windows asks for drivers, point it to the drivers that 3Dlabs provides on CD. ![]() Close the case, plug it in and fire it up. Then, replace the old card with the (did I mention, monstrous?) Wildcat II. Next, power down, unplug and open the case. First, uninstall the previous card's drivers. Installing a Wildcat II card is a straightforward process. The 5000 runs on the more common AGP 2.0 standard and consumes less power. ![]() Be sure your case has serious cooling before adding one of these monsters.) The 5110 is hungry for power - its AGP Pro50 interface allows it to draw up to 50 watts. (Neither card boasts cooling fans instead they rely on heat sinks. They occupy the AGP slot and the empty PCI slot below it for purposes of heat dissipation. Both are physically huge cards - filling the entire length of the test machine's ATX case. The Wildcat IIs are stable, fast and reliable. So when the ego starts taking over and I’m feeling really clever, I have to give it a damn good kicking to bring myself down to earth.Formerly the workstation graphics card line from Intergraph (which 3Dlabs acquired last year), the Wildcats have a great lineage. He would add “You will never reach the best you can be in a lifetime, you can always learn more”. He would say to me, “Never swagger with your work and think at any time you are the best, because one day you will pick up a magazine or see something on TV and you will find somebody better than you”. He taught me a lot about conventional sculpting, I was a bit in awe of him, not his fault though, he wasn’t arrogant, that was mine. I know I’m always quoting a sculptor of miniature figurines who was considered one of the best in his line in the UK. You certainly need to keep looking around all the time to see what’s about, even if some of the goals seem unreachable to me. Thanks guys, for those other links, there is some great stuff there well worth studying. You have made me think Adman perhaps I should make a bit more effort with it, as you say the results make a good argument for it. ![]() I have had the free magazine version of Cinema 4D for some time, but because I found it difficult to get the hang of I put it to one side. As Stonecutter says he is very methodical, which is unfortunately something I’m not. But then I look at ‘The Crown’ and think how fantastic that is, I would hate to have to make a choice on one, because it’s all such skilful work. My love of old sailing ships puts that at the top the list for me, but I have to agree with WingedOne, ‘The Junkyard’ and ‘The Lab’ are great, the incredible detail just keeps you looking. If he only gets a, quite good, WOW!!! there are going to be a high percentage of losers. Do let me know Mentat if you are to be a judge in any 3D Graphics contests, so I know not to take part. ![]()
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