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Hello all!

 

I've been doing some 3D animation, however I've been having some bad freezing with my current computer. I want to get some suggestions on what hardware I should consider. This will be a system dedicated to animation, and while gaming build are fairly easy to understand I don't have the first clue on what I should look at for systems like this. Any help is appreciated, thx!

CPU: Intel I5-4670K@ 4 Ghz, Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780, PSU: EVGA 850W Gold, Case: Corsair Spec-01, HDD's: 120GB boot,1TB games,2TB storage, Optical Drive: Generic DVD (Writer?)(occasionally), Misc: Avermedia Live gamer HD, random wireless card my father had(Occasionally)

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How much ram do you have? 

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Normally its due to gpu, but i can see that you have 660 which should be enough for normal use. Either you have not optimized your scene or maybe ram. Which software do you use?

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How much ram do you have? 

 

 

Normally its due to gpu, but i can see that you have 660 which should be enough for normal use. Either you have not optimized your scene or maybe ram. Which software do you use?

 

 

I have 12gb of RAM and use Autodesk software namely 3ds max currently. I only have a spartan model from halo reach and changing the colour causes freezing as well as when animating things just hitch up

CPU: Intel I5-4670K@ 4 Ghz, Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780, PSU: EVGA 850W Gold, Case: Corsair Spec-01, HDD's: 120GB boot,1TB games,2TB storage, Optical Drive: Generic DVD (Writer?)(occasionally), Misc: Avermedia Live gamer HD, random wireless card my father had(Occasionally)

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does your software use your cpu or gpu more?

 

I don't know. How do I check?

CPU: Intel I5-4670K@ 4 Ghz, Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780, PSU: EVGA 850W Gold, Case: Corsair Spec-01, HDD's: 120GB boot,1TB games,2TB storage, Optical Drive: Generic DVD (Writer?)(occasionally), Misc: Avermedia Live gamer HD, random wireless card my father had(Occasionally)

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I don't know. How do I check?

 

gpu and cpu monitoring software. intel extreme tuning utility will monitor your cpu usage or you can hit ctrl alt delete and use the windows software. in terms of gpu usage monitoring, you can download msi afterburner.

 

monitor the cpu and gpu while you are using your software programs. rendering things etc. see where the usage is primarily. make sense?

 

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ctrl alt delete > task manager > performance

 

^ that's how you monitor cpu usage

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I have 12gb of RAM and use Autodesk software namely 3ds max currently. I only have a spartan model from halo reach and changing the colour causes freezing as well as when animating things just hitch up

What quality level are you trying to preview in. If you hare working in Viewport 2.0 and have lighting quality on best, ofcourse it will hitch up as the frame buffer still trying to go through all info. Are you previewing your animation in grayscale(non shaded) or wireframe? If not, try it

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gpu and cpu monitoring software. intel extreme tuning utility will monitor your cpu usage or you can hit ctrl alt delete and use the windows software. in terms of gpu usage monitoring, you can download msi afterburner.

 

monitor the cpu and gpu while you are using your software programs. rendering things etc. see where the usage is primarily. make sense?

 

edit:

 

ctrl alt delete > task manager > performance

 

^ that's how you monitor cpu usage

 

There's no major load on anything

 

What quality level are you trying to preview in. If you hare working in Viewport 2.0 and have lighting quality on best, ofcourse it will hitch up as the frame buffer still trying to go through all info. Are you previewing your animation in grayscale(non shaded) or wireframe? If not, try it

 

I've tried what I could and there wasn't a performance improvement

CPU: Intel I5-4670K@ 4 Ghz, Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780, PSU: EVGA 850W Gold, Case: Corsair Spec-01, HDD's: 120GB boot,1TB games,2TB storage, Optical Drive: Generic DVD (Writer?)(occasionally), Misc: Avermedia Live gamer HD, random wireless card my father had(Occasionally)

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what's your 4670k overclocked at?

 

I believe it's at 3.6 Ghz

CPU: Intel I5-4670K@ 4 Ghz, Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780, PSU: EVGA 850W Gold, Case: Corsair Spec-01, HDD's: 120GB boot,1TB games,2TB storage, Optical Drive: Generic DVD (Writer?)(occasionally), Misc: Avermedia Live gamer HD, random wireless card my father had(Occasionally)

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