3d max

• Yose.tifi

  24 May 10, 23:22

  Am looking to by a laptop for interior design work, i am gonna be using 3d max,

  does anyone know what are the best laptops with in a $$2000 budget,

  And what is the best graphic card to use for the 3d max with in a budget?????

• kenn3th

  25 May 10, 08:44

   Here are the specifications required for the product.

  you are recommended to have specifications higher than the stated. ie. The processor. Pentium 4 is stated, but getting something like  i3 and above processors are recommended.  For the graphics cards, I would reccommend cards by Nvdia or Ati. 

  Just ignore any laptops with inlet's integrated graphics, do not go for S3 chrome graphics either. 

   

  32-Bit 3ds Max 2011 or 3ds Max Design 2011 for Windows

  Operating system: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional, Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business (SP2 or higher), or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or higher)

  For general animation and rendering (typically fewer than 1,000 objects or 100,000 polygons):

  • Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent AMD® processor with SSE2 technology*
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • 2 GB swap space (4 GB recommended)**
  • 3 GB free hard drive space
  • Direct3D® 10 technology, Direct3D 9, or OpenGL®-capable graphics card^† (256 MB or higher video card memory, 1 GB or higher recommended)
  • Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
  • DVD-ROM drive^††
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or higher or Mozilla® Firefox® 2.0 or higher browser
  • Internet connection for web downloads and Autodesk® Subscription-aware access

  64-Bit 3ds Max 2011 or 3ds Max Design 2011 for Windows

  Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64, Microsoft Windows Vista Business x64 (SP2 or higher), or Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 (SP2 or higher)

  For general animation and rendering (typically fewer than 1,000 objects or 100,000 polygons):

  • Intel 64 or AMD 64 processor with SSE2 technology*
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • 4 GB swap space (8 GB recommended)**
  • 3 GB free hard drive space
  • Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9, or OpenGL-capable graphics card^† (256 MB or higher video card memory, 1 GB recommended)
  • Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
  • DVD-ROM drive^††
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher browser
  • Internet connection for web downloads and Autodesk Subscription-aware access

  For large scenes and complex data sets (typically more than 1,000 objects or 100,000 polygons):

  • Intel® 64 or AMD64 processor with SSE2 technology*
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 8 GB swap space**
  • 3 GB free hard drive space
  • Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9, or OpenGL-capable graphics card^† (1 GB or higher video card memory)
  • Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
  • DVD-ROM drive^††
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher browser)
  • Internet connection for web downloads and Autodesk Subscription-aware access