Hi Guys, Im producing marketing renderings for our company. I am looking to purchase a stronger laptop for this task
Can anyone advise on what they are using that works well?
So far, my two selections are:
Any advice is welcomed
I work on very complex models and master planning with alot of assets and multiple large building files. I’m on the move a lot so need it to be a laptop
Newest generation - Dell Pro Max 16 PlusPRO 5000 Blackwell 24GB GDDR7
I’ve got a Del Pro Max 16 Plus - It’s lovely. Enscape runs as well as you can expect and when I need to go even further with larger scenes or better quality of lighting, Envision runs really well too.
It has a lovely 16:10 4K OLED screen too, with 500cdm2 HDR capabilities. A huge step up from my previous dell in every way.
You’ll get more value out of the GeForce GPUs vs the “Pro” Blackwell GPUs. It looks like you are looking at pretty hi-end gear - in which case, get something with a 5090 - the VRAM will be worth it over the 5080, and based on benchmarks it should outperform the 5000 Blackwell.
I’m partial to the Lenovo Legion - the 7i(16") and 9i(18") have options w/5090. The CPU is a 275HX, which is a hair under the 285HX in the MSI you linked, but that’s minor. 64GB RAM is probably good, but you could also order with minimal RAM and upgrade/replace the modules yourself to get to 128GB. (if you really are working w/ multiple large models, photoshop etc at the same time.) If you do any video editing, all the RAM you can get will be helpful. SSD/NVME storage depends on your needs. 6TB in that MSI seems excessive. That is also easily user upgradeable/replaceable. I’d get a 2TB system drive and plan on adding a second storage/working drive yourself if you need it.
I am with rifkin. Skip the Dell, get the MSI, and customize it a bit better to the performance side, ie. more ram, less storage and better gpu. We are beginning to cap out ram with 1gig revit files when we then launch Enscape. We currently have 64gig systems with rtx4090s.
I will say this, nothing will ever out perform a desktop machine. Yes, laptops are great, but you hit performance limits too much for my liking.