@visionarymindful I had a 17" inspiron that lasted 10 years but that was a long time ago and maybe I got lucky. There are a lot of 15" powerful laptops that are less than $1000 if you're willing to go with a smaller screen.
@quockhanhlk I can recommend Gigabyte laptops for handling all that kinda stuff. Something like the 'Aero 15' matches your budget exactly. I used mine for Unreal/Sculpting/Substance/DIgital painting etc. Never had a problem.
For lightmass baking, the 8700k will be ~30-40% faster than the 1700x https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Unreal-Engine-4-16-CPU-Comparison-Skylake-X-Kaby-Lake-X-Broadwell-E-Skylake-Ryzen-7-984/ The most comparable CPU to the 8700k is the 6850k (the 8700k is ~15% faster)
I'm looking to buy a portable 2-in-1 workstation of sorts, mainly for 2D artwork in Photoshop and applications like Maya and Zbrush - along with some notetaking. I've been looking at a few, mainly the Dell XPS 15, Lenovo 720, and HP Spectre x360, but haven't made up my mind yet. Any recommendations?
Yeah the ROG Strix 2080 Ti is the biggest card I've ever handled. Actually a real pain to get into the case in the first place. I'll definitely grab one of these GPU 'stands' to prop it up. For now I've wedged an old Wacom inking pen underneath - that's the ballpoint one - first time in like 15 years this thing actually…
@polygondwanaland Just fyi we're about 3-4 months away from the next generation of GPUs being released which are supposed to be about 4x faster at raytracing then the current ones. So if you can I'd wait on spending that kind of money, at least on the GPU (new CPUs will be out too around then, but those wont get more then…
The 3900x is both cheaper and about about 15% faster then the 2920x (or about 20-25% faster then a 1950x). It also uses less power then either of those threadripper cpus, and runs on a motherboard socket that is still in use (AM4 has at least 1 CPU generation left before AM5, while those threadripper CPUs use TR4 while…
Hi I will probably need to get a portable workstation soon and while searching I found that there was quite a lot of hybrid laptop going around with decent specs but I can't find the much needed in depth reviews of the actual drawing/sculpting experiences. I have the Dell XPS 15 2-1 in my sight but any comment on other…
Personally I vastly prefer 15' laptops for their portability+weight over 17' ones, since remember you're not just hauling around the laptop but a power brick, mouse, and maybe headphones as well. But ultimately it just comes down to personal preference. DDR4 2666 is perfectly fine, no need to go above that for now. Current…
Hi Polycounters, I've been searching for information regarding Quadro RTX vs GeForce RTX. The rule for me has always been to pick out GeForce because I spend about 60 to 70% of my time inside of Unity. However the Quadro rtx 5000 that comes with the new Nvidia studio laptops are supposed to be coming in with an Nvidia…