VRAM while designing scenes?

paul_ae567ab9

Cannot seem to find answer.  Does DS use VRAM in the process of desiging a scene or does it use only system RAM ( or both )

Building a new machine just to use for creation not rendering.  I have a 2GB Nvidia card I already use and will transfer to the new machine which will have twice as much system RAM (32GB).

Does VRAM have any impact on the process of actually building scenes? 

Is a GPU even be necessary or helpful for this purpose?

Thanks

Richard Haseltine

The GPU RAM will be used for the nVidia Iray preview mode. If you stick only to the basic Texture Sahded mode and below then as far as I know the GPU RAM is not used.