In short, the upgrade was, for me, well worth it. The Precision M6800 isn't 's just been retasked to my son and (hopefully) has plenty of life left in it. I might eventually look for some of that generations higher-end video cards for upgrades for it later (as JamesJab mentioned above). In addition, I was able to take the old one apart, reconnect and tighten up some connections, then transplant an SSD into it for my son and he's got a respectable upgrades from his old Precision M4500. I was super-encouraged when I was able to go to render settings and see the cuda core in the 2060 listed as a GPU available for rendering aside from the CPU (I only saw "CPU" listed on the old system). I went ahead and let it run for about 45 minutes and the differences were more than noticeable.
On the new system, it took less than 12 minutes to get to the same quality render. One the old system, it took two hours and the results were good (it stopped rendering at the two-hour mark with what I would call a good quality result). I did a test render of a scene with good lighting from multiple sources and two characters based on Genesis 8 female.
A reformat *may* have helped, but I elected to save up for a few months and get a new system. The old one was respectable and served me well, but the inability of the graphics card to be used in DAZ to assist with renders was hurting me, in addition, the system was starting to have "quirks". The old system was a Dell Precision M6800 with an AMD 6100 video card.
I finally got the new system late last week and only got a chance to do any real comparison with it yesterday (Sunday).Īs noted, the new system is a 17" G7-7790 (mobile gaming) with an i7-8750h processor and an nVidia RTX 2060 (mobile). I fully recognize that either of these will be a nice upgrade.I'm in a no-lose situation for getting an upgrade, but I just want to make certain I'm targeting the right thing for overall performance.Īny help would be appreciated. I didn't want to find out afterward that DAZ works better with the 1660 TI versus the 2060 due to some quirk I didn't know about, etc. I help folks spec systems as part of my job, but I also wanted the opinion of some power users here as to how DAZ (and Poser) handle the differences between the two possible configurations (asking power users who may have used both configurations is *always* and excellent place to start). I also know that there's a "if you spend a bit more you can get THIS!" situation, but my top budget fits me currently in having the two options I explained above. I also play some games, but I would much prefer that I focus on the 3D and CGI image abilities of DAZ and Poser over how a system performs with games. Upgrading laptops is hard to do, so the intial purchase here is critical (and I have to have a laptop for logistical reasons).
#Dell m6800 drivers amd series#
My gut says go with the RTX series due to it having more cuda cores and (from what I've read) having better raytracing abilities, but I don't want to wind up regretting having the one-year-older CPU. So, here's my dilemma.slightly older processor (8750h) with a slightly better GPU (RTX 2060), or newer processor (9750h) with a slightly worse GPU (GTX 1660 TI)? I want to get at least 4 - 5 years out of the thing before upgrading again. There are two machines types that consistently fall within my budget with two differences with the CPU and the GPU (no surprise).ġ) A system with an 8th gen i7-8750H processor, but with an RTX 2060 card (6 gb vram) and 16 GB of RAMĢ) A system with a 9th gen i7-9750H processor, but with a GTX 1660 TI card (6 gb vram) and 16 GB of RAM I'm not picky and don't need "bleeding edge" 10th gen stuff (and can't afford that). With my budget in mind, I am watching the rotating stock in the Dell Outlet store on their site (refurbished / scratch n' dent / etc.). I just historically have had better luck with that. I also plan to only get an nVidia card this time around. I have a bit of a budget now for replacement and plan to stick with Dell and a laptop form factor (other things are in play, but those two initial items are where I am starting - Dell branded Laptop form factor).
#Dell m6800 drivers amd plus#
It is, however, reaching the end of what I would call really practica for creating DAZ and Poser images (it takes 30 - 40 minutes to get a usable render per image (an hour plus if I'm being really picky, and it takes about 8 - 10 minutes to tell if an image is 'viable' with no oddities). I got a great deal on it (not really fond of the AMD card, though). I've been using an older trusty Dell Precision M6800 with an AMD graphics card. I expect that this (or something similar) has been asked before.
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