HaoleBoy

Aloha everyone.  I'm a computer geek and I am going to be upgrading a client's computer from Win 8 to Win 10. He's currently running CA X5 and is happy with it. Will CA X5 run on Win 10?  The only documentation I could find refers to Windows 8. Most programs that run on 8 will run on 10, but if CA X5 won't this is a big deal for him.

Mahalo,

Harry Z

Aloha everyone. Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your assistance in this discussion.  Unfortunately, the current economic climate has forced my customer to reconsider purchasing a new machine. Hopefully the discussion here will benefit someone else down the road.

Harry Z

6 hours ago, MarkMc said:

 

Custom gaming all in one with some suitable options

Interesting machine.  Do you have any personal experience with it?  I've never heard of XoticPC before

19 hours ago, BrownTiger said:

Software runs exceptionally fast if you setup a RAM drive like (ImDisk) , and redirect undo / temp files to it. And it will extend the life of your  NVMe drive.

13x read and 31x write speed. Just 8G is a great help. Video card does little work in X12, imho

 

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "Just 8G is a great help. Video card does little work in X12, imho"  Are you talking about 8 GB and 12 GB on the video card?

5 hours ago, MarkMc said:

Get an RTX card no matter what. I just got a new (possibly interim) machine with RTX 2070 Super in anticipation of next release.If the never use physically based render it might matter less. 

Unfortunately, this is an AIO (All-In-One) so I doubt I can upgrade the video card.  On the Dell configuration page, there are multiple options available for many items, but not the video card.

5 hours ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

There are a number of shortcomings in this all in one system.

 

- For a 27" screen the resolution should be higher, at least QHD 2560 X 1440.

- The GTX 1650 graphics card is on the weak side, as Mark recommends above, an RTX 2070 8GB would be a great fit.

- The primary storage drive needs to be an NVMe type, recommend minimum 512GB,

- 16GB of memory should be more than enough but 32GB will do no harm. Dual Channel would be better 2X16GB.

- For the CPU get the fastest base and boost frequency you can. 8 or 10 cores will be more than enough unless there is a high need to Raytrace.

 

The big consideration with these all in ones is the ability to upgrade in the future, they are often very limited. Their potential performance can also be limited as cooling can become a problem, if things get too hot then the CPU and the GPU will throttle down and performance will suffer.

 

The better all in ones are the iMacs or Microsoft's Surface Studio but they cost a ton of money.

 

Should really consider a gamming desktop or gamming laptop.

 

Yeah, I'm familiar with the limitations of the AIO machines, but that is what this client wants. Maybe I'll put together a quote on a tower plus monitor and see how they compare.

Mahalo for the responses.

Aloha everyone.  I'm a professional computer geek who has been requested to configure a new computer to run CA by one of my clients. He wants an All-In-One, so I'm looking at a Dell Optiplex 7780. There are a LOT of options, and I'm not sure which are better in regards to CA performance. I have read the web page that has some recommendations, but I still have questions. I realize that some / all of these can only be answered by "it depends on how your client is using CA". If this is the case, I would appreciate it if you could supply the appropriate question to ask my client. 

GPU Card: this machine has a nVidia GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics with 4 GB of RAM.  This meets the suggestion on the web page. My question is: how much is performance improved if I am able to get more RAM on this card?  e.g.: if I upgrade to 8 GB of RAM, will it be extremely noticeable? Or a little bit of improvement?

CPU: Currently configured with Intel® Core™ i7-10700 (8 Cores/16MB/16T/2.9GHz to 4.8GHz/65W). There is also an option for Intel® Core™ i9-10900 (10 Cores/20MB/20T/2.8GHz to 5.2GHz/65W). I've read the the more cores, the better, but again is this just a small improvement, or extremely noticeable?

Motherboard RAM: Currently 16GB 2x8GB  2933MHz DDR4 Memory. Also options for 32GB and 64 GB. Worth it to upgrade? Also, each RAM level has either 1 or 2 cards (i.e.: 1 x 16GB card, or 2 x 8GB card) any preference for 1 or 2 cards?

Hard drive: Currently configured with a 1TB SSD, but would lower the cost of the machine to use a spinner drive.  How much does HD performance effect CA?

Mahalo for your assistance!

Harry Z