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unknownmystery445unknownmystery445 Posts: 414
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Hi guys! I'm still looking for other desktops that I'm interested to buy but I already found one that I think is decent? Can you guys tell me if this is a decent device for rendring not too fast but also not too slow using iray? Thanks

CPU: AMD FX 8350 8-core processor (4.0ghz)
RAM: 8GB
MOBO: GIGABYTE
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)

I'm going to add more desktops in the comment section if I found other desktops that I'm interested in. 

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,931

    The GPU will not be useful for Iray, 8GB of system RAM is not generous.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    GPU rendering with Iray requires the use of an Nvidia graphics card...

    Gone are the days when 8 GB of RAM is anything close to adequate.  I have several projects on hold until I can add some more RAM...32 GB is not too much these days.

  • unknownmystery445unknownmystery445 Posts: 414
    Richard Haseltine said:

    The GPU will not be useful for Iray, 8GB of system RAM is not generous.

    So if there's no NVIDIA I should look for the RAM? In terms of size?

  • unknownmystery445unknownmystery445 Posts: 414
    edited October 2016
    mjc1016 said:

    GPU rendering with Iray requires the use of an Nvidia graphics card...

    Gone are the days when 8 GB of RAM is anything close to adequate.  I have several projects on hold until I can add some more RAM...32 GB is not too much these days.

    1.)

    Intel Skylake Core i5-6200U UltraBook Processor (2.3-2.8GHz)
    - 4GB Dedicated nVIDIA GeForce GTX 950m
    - 6GB Total Intel HD Graphics 520
    - 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Memory
    - 1,000GB HDD
    - 15.6" Full HD 1080P LED
    - Upto 5 Hours Battery Life

    2.)

    Processor: AMD FX-8370E Eight-core processor

    PSU: Rave 500w

    RAM: 2 x 8GB HyperX RAMs

    Hard Disks: 2 x 500GB HDD

    64 bit OS Windows 10

    GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series
     

    3.)

    Asus ROG Maximus 7 Ranger, 
    Intel i7 4790 3.6 to 4ghz, 
    Zotac GTX 970 4G, 
    Samsung SSD 256g, 
    Kingston hyperX single stick 8g ram (3 more slots on board for upgrade, Seasonic x series 850watts (enough for SLI upgrade)

     

    Can you choose between these? By the way I'm only using Daz as a hobby also I'm not expecting to have a super fast rendering time, just a decent amount of time is okay for me like maybe t wont take hours just to render a simple scene with one figure with hairs, poses, and clothes. 

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  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,484

    If you want to render in less than hours and want to use Iray to render you need a Nvidia card with enough memory (on the card) to fit the scene in.

    As for RAM 8 gigs really isn't enough, I have 16 and still struggle.

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited November 2016

    You might find this post by DAZ CS useful: https://helpdaz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207530513-System-Recommendations-for-DAZ-Studio-4

    That said, for cards, if you want to render IRAY, only nVIDEA cards will work; 4GB is really bottom line. AMD cards will not work. At all. I used to have a GTX 660 with 2GB (which was bought before Iray showed up), and it held one single character. You might want to look into the new 10xx series, though; the 1060 has 8GB VRAM, and though it's currently only supported by the current Beta of DS 4.9.

    Also, if you intend to render on CPU, keep in mind that a scene easily doubles in memory consumption when you start rendering in Iray. So a 4GB scene will end you up with 8GB consumption. A dressed Genesis with hair clocks anywhere between 1.5 and 3 GB, especially if you have SubD and HD tuned in.

    I only recently upgraded from 16 to 32 GB, and though it was quite a chunk of money, I now experience less crashes and can render more than just two people with some landscape.

    SSD is a real plus when it comes to loading content, but usually pretty expensive so...

    For rendering in 3DL, the graphic cards are not important, but a fast processor with many cores is. Also, again, 8GB memory is not a lot.

    And if you want to render using a laptop, keep in mind that having it on 100% CPU (or GPU) for hours, a lot of heat is created. If your laptop doesn't have proper airing and fans, you might run into a meltdown situation pretty fast.

    EDIT: Added "cards" in the second paragraph sentence 2 to clarify that I was talking about AMD cards in regards to Iray.

    Post edited by BeeMKay on
  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,590

    System 3 is the best of those.

    You will want to add a large capacity HDD to store all your DAZ content. It does not have to be an SSD and 'ordinary' drives are quite cheap.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,484
    BeeMKay said:

    You might find this post by DAZ CS useful: https://helpdaz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207530513-System-Recommendations-for-DAZ-Studio-4

    That said, for cards, if you want to rwender IRAY, only nVIDEA cards will work; 4GB is really bottom line. AMD will not work. ...

    WRONG

    AMD will render iray - just slowly. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,931
    scorpio said:
    BeeMKay said:

    You might find this post by DAZ CS useful: https://helpdaz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207530513-System-Recommendations-for-DAZ-Studio-4

    That said, for cards, if you want to rwender IRAY, only nVIDEA cards will work; 4GB is really bottom line. AMD will not work. ...

    WRONG

    AMD will render iray - just slowly. 

    As far as I am aware it is correct in th sense intended - the AMD GPU will not be used to render. The CPU will, of course, work - but more slowly than a GPU, as you say.

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    I was indeed talking about GPU, not CPU. I've fixed the sentence. Sorry for the confusion.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    scorpio said:
    BeeMKay said:

    You might find this post by DAZ CS useful: https://helpdaz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207530513-System-Recommendations-for-DAZ-Studio-4

    That said, for cards, if you want to rwender IRAY, only nVIDEA cards will work; 4GB is really bottom line. AMD will not work. ...

    WRONG

    AMD will render iray - just slowly. 

    An AMD GPU cannot render Iray.  It is completely and totally ignored by Iray,  To Iray, it does not exist.

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