CPU, Ram and SSD are key. Video card is not as important but i would recommend a nvidia card so you can use CUDA. Processor - It comes down to budget, and how to maximize it. For example CPU the i5 has better gaming performance and will save 100 bucks but the i7 has better rendering ability. So you gotta decide if its…
Eek! A lot of replies =) , thanks everyone! I've been trying a variety of techniques, it depends on what kind of rocks you want of course. Usually I create a tiling texture by baking out a sculpted mesh or even use crazybump for it, combined with a normal map painted by hand to get better geometry feeling and less…