stayfitjim Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 To everyone out there. I am about to purchase a new laptop and could use some guidance. I need to be able to create rendering in real time if that is possible at all. I would appreciate any help that anyone could give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericepv Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, stayfitjim said: I am about to purchase a new laptop What's your budget? Don't buy apple for architectural rendering. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLayDesign Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 You'll want a pretty decent graphics card if you are wanting to run raytraces. I built my PC with Ibuypower.com A few years ago my system cost $2400 delivered; not sure what it would cost today - but it's pretty OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stayfitjim Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 13 hours ago, Michael_Gia said: What's your budget? Don't buy apple for architectural rendering. Around $4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stayfitjim Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 14 hours ago, ericepv said: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/ Great information Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 if it was me and I had that budget I'd look at AORUS 17X AZF-B5US665SP w/ Core™ i9-13900HX, 32GB, 2TB SSD, 17.3in QHD 240Hz, GeForce RTX 4090, Wi-Fi 6E, BT, Win 11 Pro or ROG Strix SCAR 18 G834JY-XS97 w/ Core™ i9-13980HX, 32GB DDR5, Dual 1TB M.2 SSD, 18in WQXGA, RTX 4090, Wi-Fi 6E, Win 11 Pro or Stealth 17 Studio A13VI-017US w/ Core™ i9-13900H, 64GB, 2TB SSD, 17.3in QHD 240Hz, GeForce RTX 4090, Wi-Fi 6E, BT, Win 11 Pro i'd put my money int he graphics card as that is the only thing I ever see pinned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 FalconNW custom build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/19/m1-pro-and-m1-max-gpu-performance-versus-nvidia-and-amd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 31 minutes ago, mthd97 said: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/19/m1-pro-and-m1-max-gpu-performance-versus-nvidia-and-amd Great if you’re editing videos and photos. Not so good for rendering. Bad advice, I would say. For this forum, at least. and I’m a self admitted Apple fanboy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Michael_Gia said: Great if you’re editing videos and photos. Not so good for rendering. Bad advice, I would say. For this forum, at least. and I’m a self admitted Apple fanboy. I am just showing what some Apple products are capable of in comparison to other popular video cards that are out there. There might be a mobile Apple alternative out there that can do a good job of real time rendering as well ? My advice would be to test an Apple laptop first before buying if that is possible? I guess you may have tested the new MacBook pros with the M2 Apple Silicon in them ? You guys who do high end rendering would know what works with mobile devices. All good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerMaster86 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 10:09 AM, DeLayDesign said: You'll want a pretty decent graphics card if you are wanting to run raytraces. I built my PC with Ibuypower.com A few years ago my system cost $2400 delivered; not sure what it would cost today - but it's pretty OP. I invested in a ibypower desktop for around $2,400 to $2,600 about a year ago. Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Edition Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 Ghz, 8-Core 16-Thread CPU 16 GB DDR4-3000 Mhz RAM 512 GB m.2 NVME SSD nVidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with 8 GB of GDDR6 RAM I have since increased the ram to 32 GB's. I also have purchased a Samsung Pro 970 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD. I never got around to installing the new drive / cloning the old drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 11:49 PM, mthd97 said: I am just showing what some Apple products are capable of in comparison to other popular video cards that are out there. There might be a mobile Apple alternative out there that can do a good job of real time rendering as well ? My advice would be to test an Apple laptop first before buying if that is possible? I guess you may have tested the new MacBook pros with the M2 Apple Silicon in them ? You guys who do high end rendering would know what works with mobile devices. All good ! re: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02761/chief-architect-minimum-system-requirements.html#X15 For GPU real-time ray tracing, a Windows computer with an NVIDIA RTX or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card is required. Mac simply doesn't support the real time ray tracing that Chief has implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 8 hours ago, TeaTime said: re: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02761/chief-architect-minimum-system-requirements.html#X15 For GPU real-time ray tracing, a Windows computer with an NVIDIA RTX or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card is required. Mac simply doesn't support the real time ray tracing that Chief has implemented. For X15, the recommended laptops are at the bottom of this list from your link. If they want to test an Apple first then that is their choice to do so. If it doesn’t perform as expected they can always consider other options too. Recommended: 32 GB of RAM 512 GB SSD PC Desktops: Intel i9 / AMD Ryzen 5000 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 Laptops: Minimum 15" screen Intel i7 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800M Mac Desktops: Mac Pro Laptops: MacBook Pro 16" Metal GPUFamily: Apple M1 or newer 8 GB video memory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 13 hours ago, mthd97 said: For X15, the recommended laptops are at the bottom of this list from your link Yes I know but also On 4/13/2023 at 3:35 AM, stayfitjim said: I need to be able to create rendering in real time if that is possible at all. so an assumption can be made that Mac isn't probably the best fit. He doesn't list his version, so maybe he's using X14 or older and it doesn't matter, but if he plans on upgrading at any point, then it's very valid information to consider. No shade to Mac, they're just going in a different direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 8 hours ago, TeaTime said: Yes I know but also so an assumption can be made that Mac isn't probably the best fit. He doesn't list his version, so maybe he's using X14 or older and it doesn't matter, but if he plans on upgrading at any point, then it's very valid information to consider. No shade to Mac, they're just going in a different direction. Yes I understand and with a laptop you don’t want a slow performance with work like that and sitting around waiting for your render to produce. I have moved over to a Mac Studio recently because I was fed up with the amount of house keeping time it took to maintain a windows PC. Even my Microsoft surface pro still takes up too much time keeping it up to date. I hope that Apple will produce a laptop specifically designed to handle real time RT renders better than it has up to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 6 hours ago, mthd97 said: I have moved over to a Mac Studio recently because I was fed up with the amount of house keeping time it took to maintain a windows PC. Even my Microsoft surface pro still takes up too much time keeping it up to date. Interesting observation. I have the exact opposite problem with Windows. I spend too much time trying to keep it from wanting it to update itself whether or not I want to update. Go figure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Rich_Winsor said: Interesting observation. I have the exact opposite problem with Windows. I spend too much time trying to keep it from wanting it to update itself whether or not I want to update. Go figure. Oh yeah ! That too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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