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Hi we recently have had an issue with 3ds max 2020 after upgrading to V-Ray 6.1, typically we work in 2 instances of the program so while one is loading a file we can work in the other. However after the V-Ray upgrade the issue is that while the file is loading it freezes and locks up everything in windows until its finished loading. What I've found is that if I manually change the process affinity to force the 2 instances of 3ds max to use separate cores the issue isn't present. I have already contact V-ray and 3dsmax support but they are horribly slow so I would like to get some suggestions from the community.

Hi everyone, would like to hear your thoughts on this situation. I understand that 3ds max uses the cpu when rendering with mental ray therefore I would assume the number of cores a cpu have would have a proportional effect on rendering speed. Now comes the question: which would do better? On the left of the attached image is a $900 setup for a render node connected through backburner while on the right is a very power computer. So strapping 5 of the cheaper PC would cost around the same with similar core count. Would the farm do better?(as in faster) Or would the lone beast win? Thank you for any advise ahead of time.

I bought my PC on early March 2016 Here's my spec: i7-6700k @4.0GHz (sometimes I overclock to 4.2 using intel XTU) Cooler Master Hyper 212X Trubo Win 10 64bit PSU Super Flower Leadex Silver SF-650F14MT 2x8GB Avexir Core Red 2400MHz (15-15-15-36) Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF (U3E1) Zotac GTX 950 232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SSD) 1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA) Optical Drives HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD1 LG 25UM58-P Ultrawide monitor (2560x1080@60Hz) When using vray (adv not vray rt) in 3ds max 2016 to render 2560x1440 image (still in prepass 3) in about 20 minutes th PC just restart itself with no sign of warning or anyhing I tried using 1920x1080 pixels or 3840x2160 pixels still the same, the CPU temp when rendering is about 60 Celcius Power option in custom High Performance with ;Turn Off HD=Never; Power Saving Mode=Maximum Performance; Sleep=Never; USB slective suspend setting=disabled; Processor powe management, minimum state 100%, system cooling=active, maximum state 100%; In Event Viewer (picture included) found some error that said my PC restart itself. Any help or suggestion for this matter, because this is really annoying I can't get my rendering done Run memory diagnostic tools -> no problems found Run SFC -> no problems found *UPDATE* And now after the latest windows 10 update it is showing BSOD before it restart itself that said "Page Fault In Nonpaged Area" *UPDATE 2* I remove the GPU and it's worked. Now what have I to do? Because the place where I bought it is a bit far and a bit costly to bring the PC there unless I bring only the parts I need with my bike and yes I do live in Asia. Is this a PSU fault? Or this a GPU fault? Or just a bug in vray 3.40 in 3ds max 2016? *UPDATE 3* I'll be damned. After going through registry, device manager, drivers, cmd, and many tutorials on the web but to no avail None of thiese conclusions are correct. Is this a PSU fault? Or this a GPU fault? Or just a bug in vray 3.40 in 3ds max 2016? The very hard truth is the f**king 3ds max 2016 is the problem not the vray or other hardware related. Maybe it one of its many bugs. Because after I downloaded and installed the Service Pack 3 or the update (Here) the problem is gone, the PC won't restart itself when rendering, it even speeds up the render time almost 6 times faster than before. F**k me. Why am I so blind. Now, I don't remember much what things I have changed in the system after this nonsense appeared few days ago. I guess I just leave it as it is for now. Thank you very much sam Damn, I wanna scream to 3dsmax face out loud.

Hi guys i am a student of media science and i want to built a pc for my personal use. I want a pc that should be fast and good at rendering stuff so i need help, I have a budget of 400$ to 500$ so can anyone tell me what parts should i chose for my build at this budget?

As a student of architecture i need to use following software: 3ds Max (2016), lumion 9, Revit (2017), Auto CAD (2019), Sketchup (2017), PS (cc 20117), & Ai (cc 2017) etc. i am from Bangladesh & my budget limit is 1200$ i want to build a PC to get Fast Render Output. Can any one suggest me to buy best PC for Rendering.?? Here is MY Custom built Computer quote's Your Suggestion can save my $$ & my Render Time. Thanks & Regards, /MMJ Masoud

I was recently suggested by a computer engineer, to buy a Quadro card instead of an RTX, for heavy loads in 3DS max. My architecture renderings because of my style of work and buildings in general, tend to be pretty high in polygon count. Now, given the price of new Quadros, they are out of the equation. So my question would be, how much should I spend for a used Quadro, and which ones would give me an adequate performance, without breaking the bank.

Hello all! I am building a 3ds Max workstation and I am close to the end of my component research, but since it has been about 3 years since my last workstation build and this is quite new CPU I would really appreciate any expert advice, suggestion and help on components I have chosen/narrowed down. Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X399-A Not planning to overclock for now (maybe some tweaks later) and don't really need any extra features more than this board has to offer. Except for the price, extra features and better overclocking ability does it make sense to pick the ASUS PRIME X399-A over ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme?? CPU: Threadripper 2990wx Need to speed-up my renderings by 3x-4x due to the increase of work and shorter deadlines. = More sleep! RAM: 64GB should be enough for now, extra 64GB later. The problem is the compatible RAM with this CPU I can get here! So, my best choices are the kits below. or 1x G.SKILL 64GB Ripjaws V DDR4 2800MHz CL14 KIT F4-2800C14Q-64GVK -Currently out of the stock, for the second time this week, not sure why, but this was my first memory choice as an only 64GB kit I could get. or 2x G.SKILL 32GB Ripjaws V DDR4 3000MHz CL15 KIT F4-3000C15D-32GVR -Available but not sure is better to get kit of 4 sticks (the one above) or two kits of 2 sticks? Does it even matter performance wise? or 2x CORSAIR 32GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz CL15 KIT CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 or 2x CORSAIR 32GB Dominator Platinum 3000MHz CL15 KIT CMD32GX4M2B3000C15 or 2x G.SKILL 32GB Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200MHz CL14 KIT F4-3200C14Q-32GTZR -It will take all 8 RAM slots, no room for upgrade, very expensive and not planning to look at glowing RAM while working -still searching for other 64GB kit options... PSU: EVGA P2 850W https://outervision.com/b/1JG7jS from this calculator with this PSU I will have room for some small overclocking (tweaks) and future upgrades and from reviews I have read, it is a very good PSU. GPU: Some GTX 1060 6GB with at least 2x DP will be enough for my needs. Any recommendations are welcome! CPU COOLER: NOCTUA NH-U14S TR4-SP3 Not a fan of water cooling and this one seems to work the best for an air cooler. It is little ugly, but they know how to make an effective cooler! Would like to get Wraith Ripper, but still not available. M.2: SAMSUNG 512GB 970 PRO M.2 PCIe M.2 2280 MZ-V7P512BW Faster one I could find and a good price. Need about 300GB for installations. PC CASE: Corsair Air 540 Really like the little piggy Great dual chamber and air flow, extended ATX compatible. Probably will get some extra filters and fans for the second chamber with drives and cables. 2x Storage Disks from old pc The only game I play is CS:S for about 2h per week (to blow off some steam), but other than that, this will be a workstation. All the help or suggestions are welcome!

hello all I am planning a server build for rendering mostly to allow me to continue working while I render a walkthrough or 3d scene from revit. I will have 2 L5640's and now I need to figure out which graphics card to use, I don't really need it to be super fast but not crawling slow, haven't found any videos on budget rendering graphics cards for 3ds max (3ds max support amd graphics card with plugin I pretty sure). The graphics cards I have considered are below. I would like to keep the graphics card price under $100. The server will run vm's and local home storage aswell as media playback (movies, TV, etc). If anyone knows a card that is low power but does well or reasonable well in rendering or knows which will be best for my situation please respond. - Quadro K2000 - Tesla M2070 (very high TDP) -Quadro 2000 - Tesla C1060 (also high TDP) - Quadro 4000 - Amd Firepro V5900 -Quadro P600 - Amd Radeon pro 2100 -Amd Radeon pro 3100.

Hello, I need some help with a suitable graphic card for my pc. I have an Intel i7 8700 paired currently with an ASUS 710 2gb card. I am not happy with the rendering speed for my 3D interior design for homes. This is my sole purpose for using the pc. 3D modelling and rendering.

Hello I am planning a storage and rendering server and wanted to know if 3ds max would allow me to use network rendering even though I will only have one server with some old quadro gpu’s and 2 6 core Xeon for rendering and managing home median and file storage. If anyone has a rendering server or know anything about this please help thanks.

Hey everyone, I have been reading all over the internet and watching videos and comparing benchmarks and I have yet to find out anything really solid. I am planning to upgrade to threadripper 2 when it comes out and will most likely repurpose the mobo/cpu at that point. A lot of the programs I use from what I have read, lean on single core clock speed. On the other side of it, I am often running multiples at the same time (photoshop, unreal, 3ds max) and going in and out of each of them. This is where I feel like I would see a benefit from the extra two cores on the 2700x. I rarely render out from 3ds but I use vray when I do. Saving time on renders would be nice, however, with the threadripper system coming I can always just offload the rendering to that machine in the future so I am trying to not let just the render times sway me too much. I am mostly concerned about getting the best from my computer while running a few different programs with the ability to both game (vr, vr sim racing, some FPS) but also handle rendering and some light video editing (not done often, but 4K from a Sony a7rii and a few 360 cameras as well). If I went the Intel route it would give me the ability to run a hackintosh as well, however, even as a long time Mac user, since that is not the main purpose of this machine I am viewing it as a potential perk and not a motivation. To sum it up I guess I’m looking for the most well rounded cpu between the two, or if there are any red flags on one or a clear reason why one is better that I’m just missing. As the 3D creation is “work related” I would prefer to keep the system away from CRAZY overclocks, etc. and budget wise I would like to stay right around the price I’m at. Parts owned: corsair vengeance 3200 8GBx2 (can go to x4) GTX1080 750 G3 psu samsung 860 500gb 8TB red internal (most storage done on local server) NVME upgrade coming soon software used: 3ds max (some vray) Unity Unreal Photoshop Lightroom Photoscan If there is anything else I can provide to help explain my use case, let me know!

Would it be practical to use an Asus B250 Expert mining board for rendering CG images and CG video in 3Ds Max with Vray RT. The only caveat I can find is that loading a render via the usb riser will take longer. Build idea: (if I get something wrong let me know) i7 8700k Asus B250 Mining Expert CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 Motherboard: Asus - B250 Mining Expert LGA1151 Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory CAS 14 Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive Video Card: 7x PNY - Quadro P4000 8GB 11x AMD - Radeon Pro WX 710 (current loads are fine with 8gigs of memory. Leaving the full PCi slot open for options like 10g lan) Power: TBD (lots) Case: TBD (8U case? Lol) OS: W10 Pro Did I miss anything?

Hi everyone, I'm planning a build for a 3D rendering pc (mainly in 3ds Max with Vray) for a friend. I was thinking to go with either an Intel i7 6700K or an i7 6800K for the CPU and an nVidia GTX 1060 for the GPU to stay around the 1000€ price point. As I don't do any 3D rendering myself, I wanted to know if this is a good choice and if someone has some suggestions to make. Thank you in advance

I have been using UE 4 since it come out free. Previously I had no experience what so ever when it comes to 3d modelling. Somehow I find it very hard to learn how to level building. I did watch some of the tutorials online, whether is youtube or Digital Tutor. And I followed some of the lessons and tried to build a simple level. And I did it. Bit by bit, step by step. Then after a few months, I did not touch it again. Now I wanna pick it up. I need some advice, if anyone here is familiar with 3d modelling/rendering. I have downloaded a lot of 3d models , and most of them are furnitures and stuff. My goal is to import them into Unreal engine, and maybe play around with it a little bit. Like trying to build a house and put all the chairs and sofas in it. However the models I downloaded are not perfect, most of their uvmap are messed up. I do not know how to unwrap it... Coz if I remembered clearly, if you do not unwrap them properly, they are gonna look funny in the engine. If someone has some experience , give me some advise (and probably some encouragement too ) how to continue. I have a lot of free time, I do not wanna waste it. I am not hoping to become a pro level builder, but I wanna practice until I can play around with all the 3d models I have and without any sort of headache. Thanks in advance.

I thought a place for the 3D nerds to gather and talk would be a good thing, There are at least a few of us here, I think. Figure we could share our works, experiences and techniques here. Gather up a bit of collective wisdom for anyone interested in getting into it. To begin:

HELP! So right now I am doing a school project, which is due this Wednesday, and one of the requirements it to assign one texture map (for each map, Diffuse, Specular, Normal, etc.) for all my objects. The problem is when I was texturing I did each individual object as a separate map at (4096x4096). If I merge my objects do I have to re-unwrap? Do I just add all the objects together as one large object, then unwrap and detach after? would that mean I would have to start from the beginning? Main Question: How can I merge all my objects onto one UV map with out screwing up my already unwrapped objects? Thanks in advance! My work so far still needs some work lmao

Hey guys first post and one that means a lot. I was just accepted to college for "Video Game Production" a day befor the course starts. I have already done 2 years of animation at another school that required me to get a mac book pro (mid 2010 17" i5, 8gb ram, geforce gt330m 512mb) but now i need a computer that will hold its own. i have a desktop that i just finished building (amd 9590, asus crosshair V formula Z, 2x strix 970gtx 4gb and so on) so needles to say that a laptop will not be my main rendering machine more just when I'm out or at school. So what i need is a laptop that can run 3DS Max, MAYA, Photoshop, Illustrator, Unity5, and so on and so forth. I have been looking at the Lenovo Thinkpad P40 because of the pen touch screen made by wacom but I'm not sure if the Quadro M500M will be enough for what i am doing.I would like it to be a 2 in 1 so i can use Photoshop easily on the train. Any ideas or suggestions are very much appreciated. money is not realy an issue but if i can stay below 2000 that would be cool too.

The GTX 970 and R9 390 are the bests cards for around 320$ and in all gaming benchmarks they are very close sometimes the GTX 970 has the edge and sometimes the R9 390 depending on the game. So my question is witch one has the edge or are they any good in 3Ds Max and V-ray when it comes to general workflow and rendering. Given that i don't have the budget for a Quadro or FirePro card. Thanx

Hello I'm just wanting to know how I can utilize the full power of a GeForce GTX Titan X for digital content creation such as 3ds Max. Like figuring out how to use the 12GB of VRAM and the fully unlocked GM200 architecture to fully accelerate my particular workflow especially rendering my projects in a timely manner while maintaining a high quality standard. Last semester I knew for me could have been better if the school computers had much beefier GPU's and I had my own computer of similar strength. The first and foremost reason why I am considering a Titan X is so I am able to create 3D models and scenes of my wildest dreams, but can't since I am severely limited on power and the fact that the laptop I commonly use would, die. Again, being able to use the entirety of the Titan X like you would with the M6000 or the K6000 in 3ds Max. Please no 980 Ti suggestions. I have seen more than enough of it.

I'm looking for raw CPU rendering power to speed through scanline renders in 3ds max. The scanline renderer is all CPU based, and I do not plan to use a GPU accelerated renderer any time soon. Scene size and textures should fit into 32GB of RAM, but I also use After Effects, so 64GB or more is a nice bonus, and also future proofs the build a bit. I want to stick with water cooling, not only because I want to overclock, but these processors will be pegged at 100% almost all the time, so I want efficient cooling that isn't too noisy. Because of a limitation in Windows Processor Groups, 3ds max is limited to utilizing 36 cores max. As mentioned, the GPU is not very important, and will only really be used for the Nitrous viewport acceleration in 3ds max, and perhaps a few filters in After Effects. CUDA is actually important for some of these GPU tasks, so I'll stick with nVidia. I stuck a GTX 960 in these samples, cause it's good enough. I could probably use a 750Ti without any major detriment. No Quadro needed or wanted. I will never be playing games on this PC. Money is not necessarily an issue, but I need to keep this within reason. No $8000 Xeon E7 18-core processors unless you can actually prove it is the best bang-for-the-buck choice. I managed to stay under or around $3000 total, just for reference. I'm in Southern California, and can do local in-store pickups. So with all that in mind, I built 4 systems: A Devil's Canyon machine with 4 physical cores and 8 logical cores (plan to overclock to 4.6Ghz) A Skylake machine with 4 physical cores and 8 logical cores (plan to overclock to 4.6Ghz) A 5960X machine with 8 physical cores and 16 logical cores (plan to overclock to 4.5Ghz) A dual socket Xeon machine with 16 physical cores (8 each) and 32 logical cores (stock clock) A crude calculation of (gigahertz * logical cores)/cost gives us these numbers: Devil's Canyon = 36.8Ghz, $42/Ghz Skylake = 36.8, $47/Ghz 5960X = 72, $33/Ghz dual socket Xeon = 76.8, $40/Ghz Of course that's all rubbish, because the increase in performance is not linear with each additional thread, especially the hyper-threaded ones (my estimate is each hyperthread is only about 20% the efficiency of a physical one; in some cases, they will actually slow down the render). All sorts of inefficiencies will slow down the systems, with the dual socket system hiding the most, I believe. But that is where the internet has failed me. I can't find benchmarks comparing systems like these, specifically using the 3ds max scanline renderer. Cinebench and 3dmark mean very little to me, and not even Autodesk tests much hardware. Closest I found is a user benchmarking thread for Vray in 3ds max. Here are all the PCPartPicker lists. Which do you think would give the best performance for the money? Also, if anyone has experience buying and using Engineering or Qualification sample processors, I'd like to hear from you. Devil's Canyon Build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.58 @ Micro Center) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.78 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($156.58 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.33 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($237.37 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.18 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($97.18 @ Amazon) Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($43.18 @ Newegg) Total: $1568.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 02:43 EST-0500 Skylake Build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($388.78 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.58 @ Micro Center) Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($134.98 @ Amazon) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($188.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.33 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($237.37 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.18 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($97.18 @ Amazon) Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($43.18 @ Newegg) Total: $1735.40 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 02:42 EST-0500 5960X Build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($971.98 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.58 @ Micro Center) Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($201.85 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($188.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.33 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($237.37 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.18 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($97.18 @ Amazon) Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($43.18 @ Newegg) Total: $2385.47 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 02:41 EST-0500 Dual Xeon Build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($679.30 @ SuperBiiz) CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($679.30 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.78 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.78 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus Z10PA-D8 ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($408.22 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory ($273.28 @ Mac Mall) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.42 @ NCIX US) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.33 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($237.37 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.18 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($97.18 @ Amazon) Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($43.18 @ Newegg) Total: $3062.74 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 02:20 EST-0500

Hello, I am planning to buy Asus g751jt (GTX 970m) for 3d modeling, rendering and animation in 3ds max. Is anyone using this laptop or similar one for the same purpose? Please let me know how good/bad it is in viewport and rendering etc. Thanks

Hello I am currently planning to buy a new laptop but having trouble deciding which one is better. On my budget I can get either a high performance gaming laptop or a entry level workstation laptop. I mostly work in 3ds max, revit, autocad(architectural modeling ) . But I like gaming too. Assassin's Creed is awesome. While working I need gpu power for viewport and cpu power for render. I am looking for one of these two Asus g751jt (970m/4710hq) - - - Dell Precision M3800 (quadro K1100M / 4710hq ). I am wondering if I get the Asus will I get same performance for 3d modeling as the Dell Precision. Please describe in technical terms if possible Thanks in advance.

Hey there, So I'm interested in building a new system, as my current laptop is reaching it's end-life. I'm working in the architectural field, so that means long hours of cad design, 3d modelling, rendering, post-production. The software that I'll be using, if it matters in some aspects, are: Autocad Revit Rhino(ceros) + Grasshopper 3DS Max + Vray Adobe CC ( PS, AI, ID) As mentioned above, everything takes a lot of time (at the moment at least) and I'm used to leaving the pc running overnight very often. I'm currently using a DELL XPS L502X (2011). Obviously anything new is going to perform better than this, but I'm also looking for a stable build that can withstand the longer working time. After doing a bit of research on my own, I have a few of the components in mind: i7 5820K Asus X99 mobo, not yet settled on one 32GB DDR4 Corsair 750D case In regards to the GPU, I've searched far and wide and can't really determine which would fair better in rendering. I know that for GPU-based renderers, which I assume Vray RT is one, the more CUDA cores, the better. The Quadros are really out of the question as they are really too expensive and I can't yet justify buying a workstation card, so I was looking into the Titan Black vs 780 Ti vs 980 vs 970. Apart from the actual memory, the 780 and the Titan seem almost identical. The 970 is the cheapest and most "lower-end" between them...so..I'm open to any ideas and suggestions. And if you guys could help with the rest of the build, going on fast, silent performance. Thank you

Here we are! My soon to be build! What do you think? It's going to be used for 3d design work (inventor/3DS max/Maya/blender) as well as 3d and 2d animation on Maya, blender and other software. I will also be coding and doing digital art on it (this includes webdesign and photoshop). I will also be doing a bit of video editing to try it out. I also can't forget gaming. I will be gaming on whatever titles I can get cheap (MC/CS:GO/GMOD/TF2/Raze/skyrim/etc). I may also be trying out Music creation on audactity etc (anyone know any good software for it!) All on a budget of £500! PCPartPicker part list Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.94 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: MSI H97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£51.03 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£55.93 @ CCL Computers) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£137.99 @ Amazon UK) Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.59 @ Aria PC) Power Supply: Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£39.13 @ Amazon UK) Total: £484.55 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 13:14 GMT+0000

Hello everyone, I am a professional 3d artist and am looking at building my own computer for home use. I have neglected my home PC for years and began updating many components. Unfortunately for my profession, I am not very computer savvy, I've often thought of it as an irony that I ended up working with computers. That being said, I have crunched the crap out of learning about this sort of thing in the last couple of months and do have quite proficient co-workers and friends who can help me put all this together, For the most part, all of the components I have listed below have been chosen through my own online research. I plan on using these following pieces I have added to my current system for my new system: PSU: Seasonc S12II 620W non modular SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB HDD: 300GB and 500GB I also bought a relatively budget video card because I initially was planning to keep afloat the current system I have EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2GB Until I have figured out what processor, motherboard and case to get for my new setup, these will be used for my out of date HP Phenom x4 1.8 GB computer. So that's where you guys come in! I don't really want to go overkill with this setup, but want it to be proficient for modern gaming and most importantly using 3DS Max w/ Vray rendering, CAD and Photoshop. Keeping within a certain budget, so far I have liked the looks of the AMD FX 6350 processor as fitting my needs. I will most likely look into overclocking, but don't really want to push it to the point where I will need expensive cooling solutions. I do want the system to be very stable. I also do not want to skimp out on the motherboard, I would like a solid platform for this chip, something that will give me some headroom as far as overclocking is concerned. I am looking at adding an aftermarket cooler for the chip, but would like to not get too pricey with that. Here's what else: I am very tempted to go micro ATX with the motherboard, but have heard iffy things about doing that. I really like the cube shaped smaller cases like Corsair Carbide 240, or the Lian Li PC-V354B. I dunno, I just think it would be cool to do it that way. Are there quality micro ATX motherboards out there for this chip -or am I really just better off going regular ATX? I have looked at motherboards, but it seems like figuring out what are the best brands for this is a nightmare! With most other things in life, this seems like a much simpler thing to figure out. So am I on the right track? If so, could you guys help me pick a solid motherboard and cooler combo and let me know if my dreams of having a micro computer are actually kind of a stupid idea?