Xanthier Posted August 17, 2005 I have a question for you.. can any of you provide the specs for the systems you own? It's time for me to acquire a new computer and I'd like to use it for this purpose so I'm wondering what modelers use or recommend even, I'm probably looking for a system under 1600 and possibly a laptop, any advice you can give would be great because I know user experience is king. Thanks all. 0 Share this post Link to post
sitters Posted August 17, 2005 Ok, Video : NVIDIA Geforce FX5900 Ultra Integrated RAMDAC 256 MB CPU : Pentium(R)4 : 2.6 GHZ Memory : 1GB. HD : 250GB. Modeler I use : Wings3D with UV mapping. For converting : Milkshape3D, QME and MDL. Graphics : Photoshop CS. greetings. 0 Share this post Link to post
Infinite Ammunition Posted August 17, 2005 fast cpu, fast video card and tons of ram should probably be your first priority 0 Share this post Link to post
Xanthier Posted August 17, 2005 Infinite Ammunition said:fast cpu, fast video card and tons of ram should probably be your first priority exactly, I just have no idea how fast the market is always changing and my system is ancient by those standards, though it play me morrowind. 0 Share this post Link to post
KuriKai Posted August 17, 2005 amd 2500+ NVIDIA Geforce FX5200 126megs ? 512ddr ram 80 x2 hard drive 3ds max and blender3d the computer depends on what your modeling for. If your modeling for a game you dont need a good computer. all you need to do is know how to low poly model If you're doing it for animation, your gonna want a beefy cpu 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted August 18, 2005 Athlon Thunderbird-C 950MHz Geforce2 GTS64mb Windows 2000 512mb RAM Awesome for 3DSmax, Blender, Maya, even zbrush Blender works even on a k6-2 433 and a p2 233, so yeah 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted August 18, 2005 Athlon 2800+ Barton GF 6600gt 128mb 1024mb 400mhz ram Asus A7N8X Deluxe Nforce2 Mobo Samsung 730BF 17" TFT Analog&DVI 4ms 2 Seagate Barracuda HD 28GB/120GB Windows 2000 SP 4 3d Studio Max and Silo 3d (Lightwave is also very good) Photoshop CS (Painter is also really good) If you wanna model for a game like Doom3, you need a good computer to make the hi-poly mesh that you use to create the Normalmap with. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted August 18, 2005 kristus said:If you wanna model for a game like Doom3, you need a good computer to make the hi-poly mesh that you use to create the Normalmap with. Or plenty of patience, as i've got a friend who does hi-poly normalmap models from his mere iMac 800mhz 0 Share this post Link to post
Scero Posted August 18, 2005 Stationary home computer: custom built gaming monster CPU: Amd Athlon64 3700+ (2,2 Ghz?) Memory: 1GB GFX Card: Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra HD: 250 GB 19" TFT monitor Boring DELL work Laptop: DELL latitude D505 CPU: Pentium (1,6 Ghz) Memory: 512MB GFX Card: One of the crappy Intel ones HD: 40 GB Think it is a 15" screen Both can run 3D studio max and Milkshape3D, although i cannot do to complicated things in 3D studio on the laptop or it will catch on fire and explode. Well, not really. I can build some pretty decent geometry on the laptop but it tends to run a bit sluggish. Think the crappy GFX card is to blame. Paintshop pro 8 for all materials and skins. I think Infinite Ammunition pretty much nailed what you need. 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted August 18, 2005 gargoylol said:Or plenty of patience, as i've got a friend who does hi-poly normalmap models from his mere iMac 800mhz Heh, Patience is a rare commodity these days. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Xanthier Posted August 18, 2005 kristus said:Athlon 2800+ Barton GF 6600gt 128mb 1024mb 400mhz ram Asus A7N8X Deluxe Nforce2 Mobo Samsung 730BF 17" TFT Analog&DVI 4ms 2 Seagate Barracuda HD 28GB/120GB Windows 2000 SP 4 3d Studio Max and Silo 3d (Lightwave is also very good) Photoshop CS (Painter is also really good) If you wanna model for a game like Doom3, you need a good computer to make the hi-poly mesh that you use to create the Normalmap with. can yours do it? KuriKai said:amd 2500+ NVIDIA Geforce FX5200 126megs ? 512ddr ram 80 x2 hard drive 3ds max and blender3d the computer depends on what your modeling for. If your modeling for a game you dont need a good computer. all you need to do is know how to low poly model If you're doing it for animation, your gonna want a beefy cpu lets just say I want to leave that option open, if its in my price range. 0 Share this post Link to post