System requirements -- Large polygon scenes -- Help Needed

[Anonymous]

Hi Area

I am in need of some documentation on High end PC system requirements for MAX.

I am in a terrible situation of having to defend my use of a high end PC
in a company that has standard pc configuration.

The IT department wants to replace my 2xquad core with a 1xduel process
in a standard cad config.

I therefore need some documentation on recommeded high end pc config for
doing architectural interior and exterior Visualisation and Animation using
Max with a Vray render engine. with models that can easlily reach over 1-2
million polygons.

They argue that the standard CAD Pc is what autodesk recommend and therefore
I can use that.

I hope theres someone out there that has some specs or documentation.

Thanks
KR

[samab]

System requirements.
Certified Hardware.

[samab]

The IT department wants to replace my 2xquad core with a 1xduel process
in a standard cad config.

That is rediculous. Twin quad Vs single dual? You can pretty much divide render time by the number of cores. 2 cores will mean X4 render time compared to 8 cores.

They argue that the standard CAD Pc is what autodesk recommend and therefore
I can use that.

For CAD maybe, but Max is far more demanding. You want a good GPU, lots of RAM and a 64 bit OS too.

[Anonymous]

hey thanks

for your quick reply :-)

I have been telling them that until im blue in the face.
but being the stubord buerocratic types they want facts and figures

They obviuosly dont trust or believe me when I tell them this

So im in the process of writing a report 😐

[Anonymous]

Sorta reminds me of some commercials and movies you see on the TV or Internet... lord, they're so complex, you just know they rented supercomputer time to render the thing...