Loklo Media 3D Animation Blog

All the best wishes to clients, friends, and blog followers. May the season be warm and kind to you in many ways.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and have a fun time.

As a snowmobiler, I decided to donate the time necessary to update the website for the Sicamous snowmobile club (Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club), giving them the features of a CMS system, instead of the old Frontpage/FTP system.

They now have the simplicity of logging in at their convenience and updating necessary pages like Grooming updates, or Events/News as needed, without the need to wait for someone who knows how to do it. The new site also gives them a consistent design from page to page, and more flexibility and speed compared to the old one. Several users have generously commented on the usability and speed of the site, as well as the content, and that it’s up-to-date. The new site is also much more SEO friendly, with pretty URLs, proper HTML structure, and separation of design from content.

The site is based on CMS Made Simple – my favorite CMS backend system. I prefer this over Joomla and WordPress.

The new site is based on an existing (customized) theme – so I can’t take credit for much of the design. Just the setup, and some customization in colors, and CSS fetaures.

visit their site to check it out! http://sledsicamous.com

I don’t have this card, but can definitely recommend it for entry level workstation class work. Very economical and powerful card, with nice features, eyefinity, etc.

Specifications:

GPU

• Stream Processors: 480
• Memory Interface: 128-bit

Memory

• Size/Type: 1GB GDDR5
• Bandwidth (GB/s): 64.0

Display Outputs

• DisplayPort: 2 Standard
• Dual-link DVI: 1
• Max Resolution: 2560×1600 @ 60Hz

API/Feature/OS Support

• DirectX®: 11.0
• OpenGL: Yes. (please visit www.amd.com/api for specific version support)
• Shader Model: 5.0
• AMD Eyefinity Technology Support: Yes
• Stream Computing: Yes (OpenCL™)³
• OS Support: Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Linux® (32-bit or 64-bit)⁴

Thermal/Power/Form Factor

• Max Power: <75 W
• Slots: 1
• Form Factor: Full Height / Half Length
• Bus Interface: PCI Express® 2.1 x16

Additional Details
System Requirements

• 512MB of system memory
• Internet access for software installation
• Windows® 7 / XP / Windows Vista® or Linux® (32-bit or 64-bit)⁴
• Available PCI Express® x16 slot

Retail Package Contents

• AMD FirePro™ V4900 professional graphics card
• Quick Start Reference Guide
• One DisplayPort to DVI (single link passive) adapter

ISV Certifications

• Many major CAD and DCC applications (3DS Max, Autocad, Solidworks, CATIA, etc). (visit http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/fire/certified/Pages/certified-applications.aspx for complete listing)

Warranty and Support

• Three year limited product repair / replacement warranty
• Direct toll free phone and email access to dedicated workstation technical support team⁵
• Advanced parts replacement option

Get your own v4900 here at Amazon

Read the official product announcement here.

I’ve considered getting a Kindle fire to replace my laptop. Anyone with comments?

Just in case you’re in need, I recommend the3DStudio.com as the first place to check for stock models, textures, etc. I find a lot of high quality models available there. Several of my own products are available, either for free (with free registration/account required) or for sale.
Surprisingly, one of the long standing top search queries and leads to this blog are for people searching for free 3D Diamond models – I happen to have one for free! (just sign up).
Anyway, there are a few random things available, and if there is something custom that you want, let me know – I’ll do my best to make it for you!
View all of Loklo’s 3D related products for sale/download.