This is the second time in two days I've heard people raving about SSDs, are they less prone to failure these days? I gave up being excited about them a while back after seeing a string of friends have nothing but nightmares...
DAN On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]>wrote: > I can't stress SSDs enough either. Best computer upgrade ever. > > There is something magical about booting in ~20 seconds. Apps start so > fast! > On Oct 14, 2012 8:21 PM, "Ben Houston" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Regarding SSDs, I can't recommend them enough. I'd recommend an SSD >> as your boot drive and for your applications - thus 240GB or so is >> what I use. But keep your data on a standard drive as the speed >> difference isn't worth the high cost for large storage space. >> -ben >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Leoung O'Young <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Ben, >> > >> > Thanks for your feedback. >> > I am looking to get the Asus GTX 560 Ti for my i7 3930 /32gb ram >> > Do you have any experience with this card with Fury2? >> > Will definitely consider your suggestion of SSD. What kind of gain do >> you >> > see with the SSD cards? >> > >> > I will definitely consider getting Fury2 once we upgrade XSI >> > You guys have done a tremendous job. >> > >> > Leoung >> > >> > >> > >> > On 10/14/2012 4:01 PM, Ben Houston wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Leoung, >> >> >> >> SLI should will see some benefits with Fury 2, although half of the >> >> Fury 2 calculations when self-shadowing happen on the CPU and two >> >> video cards won't speed that up and usually you feed Fury 2 via ICE >> >> simulations which happen completely on the CPU right now. I >> >> personally have never found the >> >> money required for an SLI configuration worth it -- I've done it once >> >> about two years ago. Just getting a faster PC (Intel Core i7 39x0 >> >> look really nice right now), SSD drives or more memory or a better >> >> single video card usually works out better for myself. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> -ben >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Leoung O'Young <[email protected] >> > >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Does put 2 graphics card for SLI see benefits in XSI interface >> >>> performance >> >>> and help also help rendering in GPU plugins like Exocortex Fury 2? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> Leoung >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Ben Houston >> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom >> http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. >> >
