What does our hardware look like?
Hey all! I'm not sure where this post should go, but I was wondering what you all were creating on, hardware wise. It's a general question about your computer hardware and why you think it works well or doesn't. My real question though: I want to buy a 10" tablet for sketching on the go and was looking for suggestions, what you all are using as you travel.
Aside note: IS there a thread here somewhere about workstaton hardware (not specifically for rendering)?
Aside note: IS there a thread here somewhere about workstaton hardware (not specifically for rendering)?
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Mainly I use a workstation at home which I built from scratch. 6 core AMD, 16 gigs of RAM and a Nvidia GPU (560ti), and a few terabytes of HD space. Cost less than $900. For non home use, a Dell Precision M6400.
I would avoid spending money on a non pressure sensitive tablet for on the go sketching...but you might be interested in the Modbook or one of the few wacom linked tablet PCs such as the fujitsu lifebook.
This is just my opinion though.
I've got a laptop for mostly non-game-art stuff, but do a lot of photo processing etc on it, Lenovo X220 with IPS screen(good viewing angles). Lenovo makes a tablet version of it that would be really good as a sketch pad, as it can have up to an I7, but its still quite small with 12.5" screen. The I5 in mine benches about as well as the Q6600 quad core in my workstation, and it really shows in heavy photo or video editing.
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=329576204C9E42289967E79E0E7C9A2D&tabname=Features
Not keyboardless-tablet small, but small and light weight at 3.6lbs. More versatile than just a tablet with a proper keyboard and customization options etc. Pressure sensitive Wacom based pen. I haven't done any 3d on mine but I bet some light modeling/sculpting would be fine, the on-cpu video stuff isn't as bad as it used to be a few years ago, especially with one of the higher end cpus(i5, i7).
3d on X230: [ame="
HD 4870
6GB of ram
Two monitors
Wacom 4 Large
Works fine for me, but kinda wish i had a DX11 card.
9800GT w/ 1 gig vram
8 gigs ram
2 monitors
Wacom 4 Medium
Wish I had a Dx11 card as well.
GTX 680 2gb
12 gb ram
2 monitors
2 ssd's ( One for OS and One for programs )
1 TB HDD for storage/ other stuff I don't want on SSD's
Wacom Bamboo pen haha
My home build:
i7 2600k
Gigabyte mobo
16gb ram
4 500gb HDD's in raid 0 (WD r4 enterprise hdd's)
2 550Ti in SLI (just for games, only 1 used with rendering)
Gigabyte mobo
6gb Ram/ wants more...
2 Monitors
HD 5770 x2
HD's wit TB's
Gigabyte x58-ud5
4gb ram(need more...)
gtx295 co-op
7900gto
three 2048x1536 crt monitors
HDDs(1 for OS, 1 for Programs, 1 for Artwork, 1 for other media)
6x8 wacom tablet
I just hate the slow HDD performance of that thing because there's tons of crap bogging it down - Hansoft project manager, symantec's bloated antivirus, skype, msn, bloatlook, etc.
at home I have a Dell Studio XPS 8100 with a 3 year old Core i7 at 2.8 Ghz, 8 gb ram, SSD raid of two older intel SDDs, intuos 3 A5, radeon 6970, and a 30" Samsung TFT. Works well for UDK, Zbrush and gaming. Holds up pretty well and I'll plan to keep if for the next 2 years.
For the couch I have a macbook pro 15" from 2010 - gfx performance blows though. Might replace it with a retina one rather than upgrading to SSD, 8gb and whatnot.
16GB of G skill sniper ram ( 32GB in the mail, thank you for newegg deals! )
ASUS P8P67 LE Motherboard
Palit 2GB GTX 560 Ti
2 1TB Western Digital HDD (not an ssd believer yet)
2 HP 2311x monitor's you can pick up at best buy for $180
I love every bit of it. Next upgrade would be grabbing another 560 once they get even cheaper than they already are but I am in no hurry.
16gb ram
2x 1tb HDD's
2x Samsung 24 inch monitors
2x 560Ti in SLI (instead of buying the second 560, I should have gotten the 670 or so xD ).
Wacom Intuos 4 tablet
cheers,
16gb RAM 1600mhz DDR3
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB PhysX CUDA
MSI Z77A-GD65, Socket-1155
Seagate Barracuda® 1TB
Intel® SSD 520 Series 120GB 2.5"
and a
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl case
because they're frickin slick.
16 GB of ram DDR 3
Gtx 670 2GB
Asus P8Z77-V LK Intel Z77 DDR3 LGA 1155
2 TB HDD
128 GB SSD
16 GB ddr3
gigabyte gtx560
(some gigabyte mainboard)
64gb ssd
old hdds (320 + 640 gb)
2 22" screens
18.0 GB DDR3 RAM
ASUS P6X58D-E
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 1280mb
2x1TB Samsung HDD
1x250GB Seagate HDD
120GB OCZ OCZ-AGILITY3 SSD (OS)
500GB Samsung HDD
2x Samsung SyncMaster 2443
Wacom Bamboo Touch
Logitech mx5500
6GB RAM
ATI 4850
I need an upgrade badly.
4GB RAM
GTS 450
hes now one year old, and was even back then cheap as shit, but it gets the job done. also does DX11.
also working on a single 4:3 screen. tend to get less distracted when i have only enough space for work, and nothing besides that.