Even still, you're wasting a -lot- of triangles. Bricks should not be chamfered, broken bricks and cinderblocks have a lot of redundant loops, the center loop of the tire doesn't contribute enough to the silhouette to exist and the inside can be much sparser too. In total this prop is ~5k triangles... far too much for some…
Update, spent toady replacing the placeholder smoke. Made it in Blender by simulating a rocket exhaust. Rendered out a side view of the simulation and then used that as a stencil. Also from last time forgot to mention the rocket was also done in a similar manner. I modelled a rough rocket and applied black and white…
been running my i7 + ATI 6950 with a 550w PSU for over 2 years now and no crashes. I even got more HHDs than in this setup. My PSU is from Crucial and probably just as good as the Antec one. nVidia cards do draw more power though, but then again you got 100w more than I do. Modern PSUs deliver much better output - e.g.…
Sorry for the huge post here, but I just wanted to share the Bioshock Benchmark utility. I ran it at max settings at 1080p. You can see the average frame rate sits between 35-55fps. It's awesome having a laptop that is more powerful than my desktop :P I can't recommend this laptop enough. During the benchmark I could…
Thanks for the feedback! I got the reference from here: http://www.salvosites.com/architectural-forum/antique-ornate-horseshoe-cast-iron-victorian-fireplace-insert-69803.html Was just searching around for ornate and Victorian style fireplaces and stumbled upon it. Hykare, I was looking at the amazing corner piece when I…