Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

What is a good laptop for graphic design and 3d animation.

by hinataxsai Nov 16, 2009 10:51AM PST

I need a really good laptop. I was thinking about getting a Clevo Sager. But I'm not sure. I would like a computer with a least 6gbs ram. And a hard drive with lots of memory. And I want it to have Nivida graphic. And i need it to run lots of multiple programs like 3d max, autodesk maya and adobe master suite collection.

Discussion is locked

2 Posts

- Collapse + Expand Details

- Collapse -

Check out these...

by RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM] Nov 17, 2009 2:27AM PST

Windows has a cool new tool for users that lets you toggle the different specs and then the tool spits out laptops that will suit your needs.

You're going to want a good amount of RAM, good processor, and good graphics, so make sure you're on the top end of those sliders.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pc-scout/default.aspx

Cheers,
Ron

- Collapse -

by dlinux Nov 17, 2009 4:56AM PST

So, your going to need lots of GPU power.....which would probably be best achieved with dual graphics chips, such as a hybrid configuration with one onboard and one dedicated GPU, or a SLI configuration with two dedicated ones. Have you looked at Alienware laptops? I think you can get them with a SLI configuration. Also, the MacBook Pro 15" and 17" both have a hybrid nVidia graphics system. All of these machines also have options to have a SSD installed instead of a regular hard disk, for faster data access, and support for up to 8GBs of RAM. I'm not sure what other brand names have a dual GPU configuration option, but I'm sure there are others.

Of course, any machines like this are going to be really expensive, so if your on a budget, then a desktop would be much better. You could customize it as much as you wanted.

Back to Laptops forum