64gb not enough? lol
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Need input on which kind of Computer is the best to use for Designing.
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DL Signs
Never go against the family
We upgraded every computer in the place at the end of last year. For most we went with Dell's, they're rock solid for most uses, and they let you customize components a bit.
My design rig we went with a VRLA Tech workstation. They're on the same level as Signburst out of the box, solid, bulletproof, you can upgrade spec the base models to your heart's content. I didn't get anywhere near the best of the best, and it's more than most will probably ever need. Came in right around 5 grand and worth every penny, plus I know exactly what's in it, and did before they built it.
My design rig we went with a VRLA Tech workstation. They're on the same level as Signburst out of the box, solid, bulletproof, you can upgrade spec the base models to your heart's content. I didn't get anywhere near the best of the best, and it's more than most will probably ever need. Came in right around 5 grand and worth every penny, plus I know exactly what's in it, and did before they built it.
Check your illustrator setting for gpu enable, if you don’t have a good gpu I would turn off or buy a good gpu.Please help! Would like input, feedback, and ideas for what I should look into getting for the top designers in our office. I am no IT computer wizard but I do know that what our IT team bought for us to use - It is just crap. They have no clue what designers should be equipped with for high-quality design PC.
Our Design program is Adobe Illustrator in case that matters.
Looking for to hearing what kind of PC you use!
John Miller
New Member
Jazz, like others have said, it's not your hardware, there are un-needed programs running in the background. You can probably fix it yourself. Down a free version of CC cleaner and upgrade it to Pro. That will cost you about 20 bucks. Run the optimizer in CC cleaner and it will show you what's running in the background. Turn those programs off and your computer will fly.
Did you go threadripper?
Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
I recently got an Alienware.. core i9 285k, 64gb ram, 2tb ssd and 5080 graphics. $2900 for the PC, $250 for each 27" 4k monitor and $250 for keyboard and mouse. It handles everything without any lag and no fan noise. Huge multi gigabyte photoshop files, 100 page PDF building plans.
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JBurton
Signtologist
How much for the nice fuzzy stool so you can reach the f keys?
Stacey K
I like making signs
Wow...your office is as clean as it gets!
Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
truckgraphics
New Member
Agree on the Dell. And 32 Gb RAM. Windows 11 and SSD too. Don't know the chip specs. No computer expert or IT team here, but I've taken apart a bunch of computers to upgrade memory and the Dell hardware is the best organized inside the box. Maybe that doesn't matter to the performance, but it impresses me.
Running Flexi, Versaworks and really big Word files on multiple "refurbished" Dells from MicroCenter....which are cheap and seemingly reliable.
John Miller
New Member
Running Flexi, Versaworks and really big Word files on multiple "refurbished" Dells from MicroCenter....which are cheap and seemingly reliable.
I'm with you on that truckgraphics. We buy Dell Precision refurbs from Amazon with tons of ram and big SSD drives that are like one generation old. They are pulled from high end users who upgrade every year. My last one had a graphics card that cost 5k when new. The price on these computers is about 1/3 of their cost new.
I'm with you on that truckgraphics. We buy Dell Precision refurbs from Amazon with tons of ram and big SSD drives that are like one generation old. They are pulled from high end users who upgrade every year. My last one had a graphics card that cost 5k when new. The price on these computers is about 1/3 of their cost new.
Putting my gaming pc at home to shame lol
Graphic Extremes
Knows To Little
I have noticed that a lot of programs are off loading processing to the video cards now.. FireFox and Chrome browsers are using video cards also now.
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
If they have "hardware acceleration" that's what they are doing. OpenGL/Vulkan are the most often used APIs for that. Vulkan is the newer one, very much dependent on what drivers your hardware have. GL is more dominant even though it is deprecated. I try to use software rendering whenever I can for my own in house tools, don't have to worry about the flavor of the month graphics API. Be like Doom and be able to run it on my blender (appliance, not the program).
Downside with Vulkan also, if they have their rendering pipeline screwy, that program is going to act up in some form or fashion.
JBurton
Signtologist
While I love this idea, I'm dumbfounded that someone made something like a blender 'smart.' Hell, it's like the one appliance folks tend to put away when not in use, better off making a smart toaster or dish drying rack.
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
Truth be told, we don't have any smart appliances here. I can't stand them. I only made that comment due to the meme of "it runs Doom".
JBurton
Signtologist
Oh f*ck, this was 6 years ago.