V-Ray for Rhino: System Requirements

[CreativeMinds]

Hi all!

What kind if a computer is best for using V-Ray and Rhino 4.0 for best rendering?

The V-Ray system requirements say that you need "OpenGL graphic card recommended". How do I know if my computer has "OpenGL graphic card recommended"? Is there a way to check without taking the PC or Laptop apart?

Here is what my system is showing:

Computer:

- Intel Pentium M

- Processor 1600MHz

- 1.6GHz

- 1.50 GB of RAM

By looking at the system specs above, do you think it's fast enough for using Rhino 4.0 and V-Ray?

When I render wether it's a small scene or a large scene, I see jaggy edges around the objects and it takes a very long time to render even a small scene. Also, my computer gets pretty hot and it makes a humming sounds when I render a scene. I am thinking my computer is not strong enough to use V-Ray and Rhino 4.0.

I am thinking of buying a new computer but I wanted to make sure my rendering methods is correct before buying a new computer.

Thanks for any advice!!

[lolbroklol]

Re: V-Ray for Rhino: System Requirements

Pretty much any video card produced by ATI or nVidia will have OpenGL capabilities. If you're using a laptop, chances are it has an integrated graphics processor. These may or may not have OpenGL capabilities, depending on the manufacturer. OpenGL only seems to be useful for looking at models under shaded or "rendered" views. As for actual rendering, the GPU isn't used but instead the CPU does pretty much all of the work.

I personally have an Intel i7 cpu on a gigabyte motherboard with 6 gigs of ram. Systems like that are getting cheaper and cheaper by the day. The most important things for rendering with v-ray are CPU speed and RAM.

Even with this setup, it can still take as long as an hour to do a high 1080 sized low noise render. Its all extremely variable though.