# Computer speed **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 23, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467 "2003-07-23T11:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/1 "2003-07-23T11:09:39Z")
This is mainly for thsoe of you who use 3D applications. How fast are your computers and how much RAM do you have on it??? My computer seems to be pretty good, but when using 3DS Max everything lags a bit :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/2 "2003-07-23T11:15:02Z")
The comp I use for 3D work is a AMD Athlon XP 1.4 Ghz, 256 DDR Ram. I only use it for 3D rendering. If you’re rendering and multitasking at the same time then of course your comp is going to lag. I usually go watch TV or work on my other comp while rendering stuff. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/3 "2003-07-23T11:17:43Z")
hmm well i have 1.6 and 640 ram but everything doesn’t seem to run smoothly. Do you have other programs on it running in the background on it? Its really annoying trying to draw while it lags :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/4 "2003-07-23T11:19:57Z")
Well I’ve never used 3dsmax so I don’t know how it performs on my comp. I use c4d and it’s smooth. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/5 "2003-07-23T11:58:06Z")
…smooth… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/6 "2003-07-23T12:33:47Z")
what operating system and which ver. of max are u using? theres a problem with max 5.0 and win xp… u can get a patch to fix it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/7 "2003-07-23T13:07:25Z")
With 3D apps, your memory isn’t always as vital as your CPU, especially for rendering. Something like Photoshop needs a lot of RAM in order to keep with its history and layers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/8 "2003-07-23T13:16:35Z")
ooh, well i’m using max 5 and win 2000. It might be because i have quite a lot of programs on my computer. DOes that matter? If i defragment my comp will it speed up!? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/9 "2003-07-23T13:23:15Z")
ohh okay u should check the discreet site to see if theres any problems with max and 2000 🙂 and i think ram does affect rendering time quite significantly? :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/10 "2003-07-23T14:06:20Z")
kei can you link to that patch? i might want to try that… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/11 "2003-07-23T14:27:48Z")
[http://www.discreet.com/support/max/faq/answer.php3?prod=dddstudio&id=1154](http://www.discreet.com/support/max/faq/answer.php3?prod=dddstudio&id=1154) make sure u read it first 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/12 "2003-07-23T14:28:58Z")
lol i will. btw blah, mine used to lag, then i got me a new graphics card and it seems to run smoother… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/13 "2003-07-23T14:35:22Z")
hehe i use a \*\*\*\*ty GF4mx440 😕 do graphic cards affect 3d and graphics applications? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/14 "2003-07-23T14:52:32Z")
Whoever has computers with like 1ghz And like 254ram and yet it still oes sorta slow. Either you need to clean your COmputer or Get a Bios Update. The bios will help it alot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/15 "2003-07-23T14:54:05Z")
yes I believe it does…take a look and make sure you dont have a bunch of stuff running in your systray. Also look at start up items. I have a 1.4 gb 512 ram that I sometimes use…when not using the alienware but it does well with 3ds. Not sure what your prob is what actually is it doing? crashing?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/16 "2003-07-23T15:01:43Z")
nah basically it is just lagging. I go to my task manager to check the CPU usage, and when i click on something, it goes straight up to 100% from 3%. I’ve looked all over google, and all it says is that the main problem is because Norton Anti Virus. But i don’t have this :-\ or any other virus protection programs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/17 "2003-07-23T15:08:14Z")
I would put in a call to discreet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/18 "2003-07-23T15:15:56Z")
What type of machine do you have. Like IBM Dell, Alienware, Emachines, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/19 "2003-07-23T15:16:57Z")
AMD, does it affect it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467/20 "2003-07-23T15:19:40Z")
I dont think so but I have heard AMD’s were better for graphics [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-speed/26467.md?page=2)