I have a question...

RandomGuy1677 · July 17, 2018

I was basically working on UE4 withy my crap laptop(the most powerful system I have), but once I got to a point where I tried to use a really advanced material. But then the whole process froze the program. I checked the task manager and noticed that UE4 was using 85-90 percent of my CPU! This was really unexpected considering that it should have worked with my CPU ( i7 4710hq 2.5ghz). This laptop easily managed 2k video editing but I was very surprised that it couldn't handle a Material. Exactly what happened to my CPU while this event was on? Will an i9 7940x (my future desktop CPU) and a GTX 1080 ti be able to do this without ANY problems?

KingTdiGGiTTy · July 17, 2018

It is possible that it was getting to hot. Memory usage also could have caused the crashed. It should be a piece of cake for an i9 with enough RAM and 1080ti

AskTJ · July 17, 2018

Are you planning on building a PC? I suggest waiting for threadripper, the second generation, 32GB of ram and a 1080Ti. That machine will smoke video editing. It'll cost you around $4000 fullt equiped.

The second gen threadripper will have 32 cores, 64 threads and cost $1500 - $1800. The i9 might be better in single core, but the threadripper better in multi core.