Can someone please check if this laptop spec is good enough to meet all the system requirement for houdini?

link of the laptop spec :
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-15-9550-laptop/pd?ref=PD_OC [dell.com]

(512 GB version)


link of the system requirement :
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=269 [sidefx.com]

thanks

paris macadama
Can someone please check if this laptop spec is good enough to meet all the system requirement for houdini?

link of the laptop spec :
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-15-9550-laptop/pd?ref=PD_OC [dell.com]

(512 GB version)


link of the system requirement :
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=269 [sidefx.com]

thanks

or the Dell Workstation Precision M3800 version?
Intel® Core™ i7-4712HQ (Quad Core 2.30GHz, 3.3GHz Turbo, 6MB 37W, w/HD Graphics 4600) (T)
16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3
256GB Solid State Drive Full Mini Card, No RAID
Nvidia® Quadro ® K1100M, w/ 2GB GDDR5
Dell 61 WHr 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery

As of Houdini 14, you don't need a Quadro card. We support a small portion of mid-to-high end consumer cards as well:

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2680&Itemid=390 [sidefx.com]

I'd almost recommend getting a cheaper Nvidia gaming card that has a ton of video ram.

With time, more and more is being offloaded on to the GPU and I've always avoided Quadro's as they're so expensive for the general consumer and after finding out years ago that you could just flash a gaming card into a quadro didn't help either.

I don't think you can flash to a quadro anymore but I don't think you need to.


Def recommend a mid range Nvidia with ATLEAST 4gb of video ram.

Include Octane 3's volume rendering on the GPU and it becomes much more clear.