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High end laptop recomendations for 3D.

highland145

highland145

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My sis needs a laptop for 3d jewelry design. Specifically for CounterSketch (specs inside) by GemVision. For reasons...she wants a 17" screen and an output for a 24" monitor down the line.

The video specs:
Graphics Card (GPU)

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX with minimum 1GB of Video RAM
    • Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 700 Series (GTX 750, 850, 950)
    • Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce 1000 Series(GTX 1060, 1070)
  • NVIDIA Quadro GPUs not supported
Gemvision only recommends the GeForce Series of NVIDIA Graphics cards.

One problem is what manufacturer? Dell, Asus, MSI, .....Looking at the bazillion options and the ratings, it's pay and pray for the novice.

She was thinking $1500 but, realistically, she might be at $2K.

She travels some and can't sit at a desk for long periods, hence the laptop, but I am going to mention a desktop with wireless keyboard/mouse setup.

Thanks
 
Doesn't look like that 940mx card is going to cut it. The bench test puts it at an 86 vs 962 for the 1070.
I agree with you on the business models. Dell leaves a lot of the bloat off of them too.
 
my advice would for her to get something like a razor blade + core setup, and then purchase a 1060GTX.
This way she can keep upgrading the core unit to faster GPU's if she need its.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth

The Razor core is a external Thunderbolt PCI-E adapter which is designed to house a high performance GPU... ie. the ones on the recommended list and greater.
http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-core

It will probably run her closer to 2k with the GPU, but its definitely a lot better then having a all in one solution as she can have a slim laptop when she just wants to goto a coffee shop and do some light browsing on a non bulky gaming laptop.
 
That's pretty cool. Would be nice to marry the core with the dell with the 17" screen. Not sure I could convince her though.
 
There are other external GPU enclosures that are coming online that wouldn't lock her into Razor's ecosystem. I wouldn't buy a Razor as a business computer either. It's just not reliable enough and I wouldn't trust it to get fixed quickly should something happen.

I'm a fan of just using a desktop to do a desktop's work, but I see why an external enclosure might be better. The difficulty is it's not a mature technology yet. It might work perfectly for her...but I wouldn't keep my fingers crossed.

The problem is that the next two tiers of mobile GPU's available now, 970 or 980, are just not found in business computers that I know of. Mostly those are gaming computers and I really don't like their longevity or durability. You might need to wait for 10XX mobile GPU's to make the rounds before there's something powerful enough available to meet her needs.
 
I'd recommend checking with the vendor and see what their thoughts on mobile GPU's. While they imply they are supported, given how picky their specs are, I'd be curious to see what their actual recommendation is.
 
Actually, I've come to the conclusion that this software is bonkers for not supporting business computers. No support for Quadro level graphics. No support for Xeon processors. Its recommended systems are gaming computers. That's a head scratcher.

In short, you're pretty much stuck with a desktop or buying a gaming laptop. You might finagle using an external GPU with a TBolt 3 equipped computer...but be wary. That's a complicated road to go down, and I suspect the software vendor will be of no help.
 
XavierMace said:
I'd recommend checking with the vendor and see what their thoughts on mobile GPU's. While they imply they are supported, given how picky their specs are, I'd be curious to see what their actual recommendation is.
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She sent me a screenshot of the 3 they recommended. The Asus G751 has a 970M gpu which has a 400 score on Nova but their specs recommend a 1060/70....WTH?
giantpandaman2 said:
Actually, I've come to the conclusion that this software is bonkers for not supporting business computers. No support for Quadro level graphics. No support for Xeon processors. Its recommended systems are gaming computers. That's a head scratcher.

In short, you're pretty much stuck with a desktop or buying a gaming laptop. You might finagle using an external GPU with a TBolt 3 equipped computer...but be wary. That's a complicated road to go down, and I suspect the software vendor will be of no help.
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I'm with you on all of this. For someone as talented/driven as she is, she should have someone else handle her technology/software. She already dropped $1K on the program.

Thanks guys.
 
Asus ROG Strix GL702VM-DB74 17.3" G-SYNC VR Ready Thin and Light Gaming Laptop NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB Intel Core i7-6700HQ 16GB DDR4 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD


That should work and it's her $$ anyway...$1600. :biggrin:
 
highland145 said:
Asus ROG Strix GL702VM-DB74 17.3" G-SYNC VR Ready Thin and Light Gaming Laptop NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB Intel Core i7-6700HQ 16GB DDR4 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD


That should work and it's her $$ anyway...$1600. :biggrin:
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Make sure she gets a fat cooling pad to go with it.

I'd get this instead:

https://www.microsoftstore.com/stor...ure-Edition-Gaming-Laptop/productID.328881900

Physically getting something from a local MS is pretty nice because they have really good support there. I had a problem with my Surfacebook, got an appointment via my phone 30 minutes later, walked out with a brand new Surfacebook when it turned out to be a problem with the monitor stack. Also: No shovelware since it's a Signature Edition. I'm usually leery of extended warranties...but she is using this for business so getting things repaired quickly are a must. Something to think about.

If there isn't a physical store close by though, all these points are moot. I guess wherever she finds a good deal is best. Ideally, though, she should check out the keyboard/trackpad of whatever computer she buys. There's nothing worse than finding out you hate the keyboard/trackpad of a computer after you've paid a fat wad of cash for it. I wish I could offer more advice, but I simply don't keep up on gaming laptops.
 
+1 for the cooling pad. I don't use a laptop and didn't think about that.

I did point her to the extended protection. She hasn't had good luck with laptops in the past. I mentioned that to her but the desktop was a no go. Whatever.

And if she hates the keyboard/mouse...I might not get a call next time. :biggrin:

Thanks.
 
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