I am thinking about buying a laptop with raytracing capability (need laptop, can’t pc). I am wondering what rendering software supports that? Cause it seems like a waste if the software won’t be able to support it. I heard about twinmotion, but I am not quite sure.
Or maybe I should get cheaper ones, with1650Ti, and use other rendering softwares? If so, what do you reccomend?
hello,
twinmotion and enscape support ray tracing for real time rendering and it makes quite a big difference
Raytracing is a method that about all current rendering applications use. Basically it has nothing to do with computer hardware. Some applications like Enscape and Twinmotion use a “game engine” core that can do the rendering in realtime using the capabilities of modern graphics cards, with some compromises in quality compared to the non-realtime renderers. Check the hardware requirements of the application you want to use. For instance, V-Ray can use your graphics card to render faster but the magic works only with Nvidia-based cards.
1650 Ti should be OK for Enscape, Twinmotion or V-Ray with not overly complex models. For SketchUp, look for a laptop with a CPU with a good single core performance rating. As to graphics cards, the Quadro models offer no advantages over GeForce cards and just cost more. I would look for a laptop with a GeForce RTX card.
V-Ray , Enscape and D5 Render can all make use of the hardware accelerated Raytracing that the Nvidia RTX cards can perform.
Twinmotion has a parth tracing mode that uses Microsoft’s DXR system, so is a little more widely supported across older cards.
Hello,
Since the OP started the thread regarding OP’s need for a laptop for rendering.
I would start here instead of restarting a new thread (if a new thread nets a better return then I can start one too).
I do require a laptop as I do move around a fair bit weekly. Thus lugging around a carryon with attached monitor & peripherals are not an option, even with snazzy wheels.
From my researches so far, I have found that investing for a RTX 40XX series laptop cards are not a good choice. Rather, I would be better off by looking at RTX 3070/3060 cards (for Raytracing: A 10-18% increase in performance does not tip me over the edge of pulling the trigger on a £3k+ 40XX series laptops vs £1.5k)
Has anyone used an AMD GPU for rendering here? (V-ray, or others)
What are your thoughts on the AMD RX6800M 12GB GPU? and how about AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU?
I haven’t been able to find a decisive review on that card with our needs here (they are mostly about gaming reviews out there). The model I am eyeing on at the moment is the Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition.
Should you have better suggestions, I’m of course welcome to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
V-ray doesn’t support GPU rendering with AMD cards, only Nvidia.