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Is my PC enough?

nik_page_1d631af587nik_page_1d631af587 Posts: 8
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Hi,

I'm a new user to daz studio, not totally new cause i've messed around with posing and so forth for a while, but haven't rendered anything I've done, and I'm wondering if my current PC is good enough to make somewhat decent 3D art. Only interested in still images at this point in time, and they don't have to be super quality and I'm still just learning and not intending to make money off it or anything, just a hobby. I'd like to know if i can get by upgrading any invidual parts, and if so which ones are more important, and any possibly advice where i could increase render times by sacrificing quality with the rendering options as I'm not concerned with it being optimal, just decent. I'm a newb with all the rendering so probably won't understand much of what you say however I'll search all the terms etc myself. Thanks in advance for your time. Specs are CPU: AMD A4-4020 3.2 ghz, 8 gig RAM, GPU: geforce G610

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Yeah, it can handle a render, at least 3Delight and Iray in CPU mode...how much memory does your 610 have?

  • nik_page_1d631af587nik_page_1d631af587 Posts: 8

    Hi, thanks for the reply, my memory card has 1gig

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Same as my 440...so no big Iray scenes in GPU mode. 

    It won't be the faster render machine, but it will do, for now.  Although, if you have the space/funds doubling the memory to 16 GB would be better...and a 4 GB 700 series  (cheap) to a 900 series (expensive) video card will improve things.

  • nik_page_1d631af587nik_page_1d631af587 Posts: 8

    Ah ok thanks, probably won't be working with any big scenes at the moment anyway. The RAM is just for working in the program and the speed at which you can pose and morph and has nothing to do with render times right? If so I was doing alright even back when I had 4 gig for most stuff i made, I just recently upgraded to the 8. But yeah i'll definately looking those graphic cards when I have some more money, thanks for the help.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    For a CPU render, you need adequate RAM for both the program AND the renderer...basically, until the render is finished, you need a bit more than double the scene size and enough to keep your operating system happy (Windows does not like to swap itself out to virtual memory).  Running a render from virtual memory is like throwing a snail in a puddle of half dried concrete.

  • nik_page_1d631af587nik_page_1d631af587 Posts: 8

    I see, so yeah, will probably do something about getting more ram too then, cheers.

  • JimmyC_2009JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891

    Just to add to this, I bought a new machine about 4 years ago, which came with 8GB RAM.

    After about a year, i upgraded to 16 GB, and it was like a breath of fresh air.   I can't upgrade any more untill my next new machine (soon I hope) but it is well woth the money to get more RAM.   If I could to it again, I would probably upgrade to 32GB.

  • halfmast88halfmast88 Posts: 63

    For people with old/slow computers like mine this video was very helpful for me. Its how to use the spot render tool which will allow you to render your scene in pieces. You will need a photoshop/gimp(free) type software that supports photo layering. This is also good for creating crowds and other resource heavy tasks.

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