New config help

[RenCutypoison]

Bajablo said:

RenCutypoison said:

So, my gf is a computer graphic designer in last year of school. She has a shitload of money and she doesn't know what to do with it so she wants her first desktop.

She has something like 1000 $ to put in it but has no idea what to buy. I can help her a little but I'm no expert in big configs.

The main question is for the GPU actually, though any help is welcome. AMD vs Nvidia has been discussed over and over, but as far as gaming PC were concerned. As Nvidia's main advantage are the drivers, mostly for gaming, wouldn't AMD take the upper hand for a 3D artist PC ?

The only thing you don't describe though.. and it is the most important part.

what does your GF want to run on the machine, program + version. does she run several of them at the same time? that needs to be taken into account too.

so give us some more info and you can expect some thought-out answers :)

A typical use would be Maya + Photoshop, on dual screen, working in real time on high res textures. But now she also started working on vg and I'm not sure (she doesn't know yet either) what she will use.

So she needs a good amount of RAM or that, more than you would need on a typical gamer PC (most games be fine with 4-6GB), and of course high end CPU and GPU.