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Recommendations for a computer to run Daz Studio on

Seaview123Seaview123 Posts: 6
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Hello everyone,

I'm getting ready to upgrade my computer and would like some advice on what kinds of features to look for in a rig that I can render the occasional picture on. 

What kinds of components should I be looking for? I understand iRay seems to work best on Nvidea video cards, as much RAM as I can afford, and a multi-core CPU will help, but are there specific items that give better performance?

What I'm asking is if you had your dream Daz Studio computer, what components would you put in it and why?

Thanks

^_^

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  • ebergerlyebergerly Posts: 3,255

    The two most important questions:

    1. How much do you want to spend, and
    2. Exactly what will you use it for?
  • mcarlsonrbmcarlsonrb Posts: 12
    edited April 2019

    If the scene can't fit into the video card's memory, then it falls back to CPU rendering, which is slower, regardless of how many cores you have (it also seems to be the only time the program takes advantage of all cores). And while you can have multiple video cards, the memory does not combine - if a card can't load the whole scene, it's dropped as a resource for that render. I have a system with 8 2GHz CPU cores and 32GB RAM (that I put together just berfore DAZ introduced iray support) and it's the 6GB video card I added that's the limiting factor.

    The aproach I would take now is to build a system arround the best NVidiia card I could affford. A second Nvidia card to actually handle the display (doesm't need to be top-end). Not sure where the current sweet spot is in terms of cost per core is on proccessors, but no need to overspend to get extra cores. 16GB minimum for system RAM, and that's what I'd start with leaving slots available to add more. Don't skimp on the power supply, but don't go overboard.

    This may be overkill if you're doing simple scenes, and if you're truly doing "occasional" renders and don't mind them tying the machine up for hours you certainly can get by with a less expensive system.

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  • Seaview123Seaview123 Posts: 6

    Thanks for the replies.

    The computer I'm replacing is a laptop, which I use for gaming, rendering, web surfing, and general purpose office work. I know laptops are not the best for 3D rendering, due to cooling, power, and upgradability issues, but am looking for pointers on what kind of system and components to work towards.

    I understand it's possible to use the Bridge tab under the Render Settings to link to a different computer to do the actual rendering. On the chance that would work, I'd like to build a PC which could do the actual rendering on, and use the laptop remotely for scene setup and character posing. 

    My current laptop is a ASUS with a core i7 3Ghz processor, 16GBs RAM, and an Nvidea GTX 950M. It does a passible job at rendering my scenes, but it takes up most of my computers resources to 'burn' an image, and almost never uses the graphics card for rendering, likely because it doesn't have much onboard memory. 

    Like everyone, I'm looking for ways to speed up my renders, while not completely locking up my computer when it's working. I do it as a hobby now, but would like to get a little bit more serious about it. To answer [ebergerly]'s question, I can budget around $2000.00 for a home PC / rendering machine. 

    Any suggestions from the community about what works best for them would be greatly appreciated.

    ^_^

     

  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 664
    edited April 2019
    Seaview123 said:

    Thanks for the replies.

    The computer I'm replacing is a laptop, which I use for gaming, rendering, web surfing, and general purpose office work. I know laptops are not the best for 3D rendering, due to cooling, power, and upgradability issues, but am looking for pointers on what kind of system and components to work towards.

    I understand it's possible to use the Bridge tab under the Render Settings to link to a different computer to do the actual rendering. On the chance that would work, I'd like to build a PC which could do the actual rendering on, and use the laptop remotely for scene setup and character posing. 

    My current laptop is a ASUS with a core i7 3Ghz processor, 16GBs RAM, and an Nvidea GTX 950M. It does a passible job at rendering my scenes, but it takes up most of my computers resources to 'burn' an image, and almost never uses the graphics card for rendering, likely because it doesn't have much onboard memory. 

    Like everyone, I'm looking for ways to speed up my renders, while not completely locking up my computer when it's working. I do it as a hobby now, but would like to get a little bit more serious about it. To answer [ebergerly]'s question, I can budget around $2000.00 for a home PC / rendering machine. 

    Any suggestions from the community about what works best for them would be greatly appreciated.

    ^_^

     

    Since Rendering and Gaming are you priority, Start with a good Video Card and build around it

    1. RTX2080 or RTX2070
    2. 80+ Gold PSU 850W
    3. 500GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (for programs/apps)
    4. Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen equivalent
    5. 32GB DDR4 memory
    6. 2-4 TB 7200 RPM HD (WD Black or Gold recommended) for Storage
    7. A good ATX Case with efficient airflow
    8. Corsair watercool CPU cooler
    9. A full size motherboard with multiple PCIe video slot that are far apart for future GPU addons


    I think those are within the $2000 budget if you shop around. For a $1000 more you could probably get the TI's and the Core i7s

    Post edited by JVRenderer on
  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 664
    edited April 2019

    duplicate

    Post edited by JVRenderer on
  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    For 2k you can get a 2080ti which is a great choice for VRAM and CUDA quantity.

    I whipped this up which with present rebates and sales comes out at $1966.54

    https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kbs666/saved/#view=F4ZBbv

  • ebergerlyebergerly Posts: 3,255
    kenshaw011267 said:

    For 2k you can get a 2080ti which is a great choice for VRAM and CUDA quantity.

    I whipped this up which with present rebates and sales comes out at $1966.54

    https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kbs666/saved/#view=F4ZBbv

    That's pretty much the system I'd buy for that kind of money. Although I'd have a very tough time convincing myself to spend $1,200 on a GPU (RTX-2080ti), especially one that's in such an early stage of development, but at the end of the day I imagine NIVDIA priced them that way because they'll end up being worth it. But if you're not really a heavy Studio user and don't need super fast scene rendering you might also consider a much cheaper RTX-2070 ($500) or RTX-2080 ($700).

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