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Computer spec's and 3d Work
Hello, I am looking for advice on upgrading my computer. I have an older quad core system running in 32 bit vista with 4 gigs of ram. I am running out of ram when I try to bake pretty high poly objects in xnormal or using Ultimapper in Softimage. So my question is to work on really dense high poly models I need lots of… -
Re: Computer spec's and 3d Work
SSD's make at huge difference in general PC performance, and any apps that are heavy on virtual memory usage (zbrush) will get a nice boost as well. In ZBrush's case specifically it uses its own page file separate from the standard Windows Virtual mem, which stores all the subtools when they are inactive or going over the… -
Re: Computer spec's and 3d Work
^ yes you absolutely can run 32 bit app in 64 bit windows -
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Can I run a 32 bit application in a Windows 7 64 bit environment? My version of Softimage Foundation 6.5 is only 32 bit. But I have other apps that can use 64 bit. Thanks folks. -
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Depending on the app, but some programs are going to be limited by video card, others limited by cpu(like zbrush), i'm not sure how much ram will be a limitation for viewport polygon performance, ram is more of a problem when it comes to massive amounts of objects, and really complex scenes, not necessarily dense models.… -
Re: Computer spec's and 3d Work
The ram a single 32 bit application can use (without any tricks) on a 32 bit system is 2 gb. Adding more ram without getting a 64 bit version of your app will only allow you to use more applications next to each other, but the app itself will still be limited to 2 gb. -
Re: Computer spec's and 3d Work
I can answer that, yes, for over 4gb ram would would benifit from a 64 bit windows install. I'd say the best thing is to either email the company who deals with Softimage and see if 64bit is supported, or google it, or go on a softimage forum. -
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Will you be doing any rendering work? If so having lots of ram definitely comes in handy. Mental Ray (most raytracers really) gobble ram up like nobody's business. -
Re: Computer spec's and 3d Work
Oh thanks! Good to know about zbrush needing better CPU. I had some issues working on 5 subtools at 2-5 million each subtool. But also I was having ram issues trying to bake down a huge mesh in xNormal. I kept getting not enough ram errors. I'm going to upgrade to windows 7 64 as soon as I figure out if Softimage 6 works… -
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Really! Only 2gb. Ugh. I didn't know that. I hope my version of Softimage is 64 bit compatible. As a side note. What determines how many polygons your machine can handle smoothly in a 3d app? Is it mostly ram? Or does CPU have more to do with that aspect.
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