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Which component should I upgrade to increase 3d rendering sp

Posted: August 11, 2012
al197
My PC struggles a bit when rendering large scenes using Max/Vray/PS. The following is my actual hardware configuration. Which component could I change without spending too much money but which will noticeably improve the rendering speed?

Computer Type = ACPI x64-based PC Operating System= Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7601 (Win7 RTM)

Motherboard: CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core i5-750, 2000 MHz (15 x 133) Motherboard Name Asus P7P55D LE (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN) Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak P55, Intel Lynnfield System Memory 8183 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM) BIOS Type AMI (09/24/09)

Display: Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1024 MB) Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1024 MB) Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1024 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 5750 (Juniper)

Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Posted: February 08, 2013
3d artist gallery Andyba
For Photoshop you need more RAM.
For Vray a better CPU - an i7 3770k will be the best value now but it will require to change the motherboard as well to a 1155 socket.