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    3DS Max

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hhh316, Feb 2, 2007.

  1. hhh316

    hhh316 Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it better to get a dedicated card or a card with hypermemory?
    I will be getting a laptop with 2gb ram
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    For 3DS Max (which uses the GPU to render) you'll want the most powerful dedicated GPU possible. 2GB is great, but you'll need a powerful GPU as well.

    One forum member here, Dreamer, maintains a chart of all the workstation GPUs out there. You're going to want to get a card as least as powerful as the X1600 or 7600 (and their workstation equivalents).
     
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    TwilightVampire Notebook Deity

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    For the final render, the CPU, not the GPU, is used. And the more memory you have the better, no matter what.

    For the real time render you should use a more powerful GPU, preferably a workstation card, but normal gaming cards work OK too. In my tests, Hypermemory and TurboCache have hurt performance of the program. I'm not entirely sure of the cause though. Most likely because of the loss of some memory. It could also or entirely (not sure) be due to the latency involved with the GPU accessing the system memory. I honestly dont know which it is, all I know is performance is hurt.
     
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