Hi guys,
Recently I moved from CG to architectural office. Since I am still going to do fair amount of 3d work, I send them specs for the machine I need. I wanted something similar to what we used in my previous office, although slightly under powered. Here are the specs:
Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3
i7 5820K 3.3GHz (with possibility to change for 5960x)
Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX
G.Skills Ripjaws 32GB DDR4-2400 Memory
EVGA 750W
Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
However, the IT guy from the new office changed it to, saying that certified graphics and xeon cpu will make professional workstation and better performing machine :
Xeon E5 2630 v3 2.4GHz
Quadro K2200
EVGA 850W PSU
I really have limited knowledge regarding computer hardware, so I would like to hear you opinion guys?
By the way, I am using 3d max 2014 and both Corona 1.00.02 and vray 3.1
P.S. I experience noticeable setback with viewport performance, it dropped roughly 40% compared to GTX 780Ti I used in my previous office. I am not sure if it's because of Quadro or it can be something else...
Thank you,
Ilija