Computer Specs for Your Maya Box

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 08-11-2002 , 07:17 PM

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I just installed Maya and oh my god it is slow - I realize that it is doing a ton of calculations on the fly to add light and objects, etc, but I can't believe that it would be that slow.

Adding a light source and choose "Display Selected Lights" took 3-5 minutes.

My machine is an Athalon 1Ghz, 704MB of RAM, WindowsXP

What are you guys running Maya on?
Is my experience normal?

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# 2 08-11-2002 , 07:29 PM

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You have a problem dude.

My specs: Win2000 - 900MHz - 128 MB RAM
Takes about 1sec to update my challenge submarine with three lights.

Hmm, how many applets are you running Maya with? Remember, photoshop and Maya don´t go along well, since they´re both memory hungry. How about WINAMP? MP3 playing while in Maya even though great, does perform a huge difference since MP3 technology eats system resources to decompress the algoritm.

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Hell .. not gone perse, but with a certainly lower post count per day.

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# 3 08-11-2002 , 08:00 PM

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I was playing a WMV tutorial (from SM user added image

) - Maybe that was the problem.

I just reformatted my machine so I don't think I need a system refresh...

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# 4 08-11-2002 , 08:07 PM

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Also - I have a 16MB TNT nVidia Video Card - Do you think that is the problem?

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# 5 08-11-2002 , 08:56 PM

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Im on a 1.3 AMD Athlon, 768 megs ram, Windows XP, 64 meg G-force 2 card.

Looks like it your video Card bud, get at least a 64 meg card.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination, knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

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# 6 08-11-2002 , 09:00 PM

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I've got a 2.0 P4, 1 Gb RDRAM, Win XP Pro, 128 mb GeForce 4 Ti4600...

I'm doing ok. user added image

-Mike
The Maya Toolbelt

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# 7 08-11-2002 , 10:07 PM

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I've got;
DELL Inspiron 5000 (laptop)
Pentium III - 600MHz
ATI rage pro 8Mb VRAM (8 MB is max!)
384 MB SDRAM
18GB HDD
Win2000

I do not support Bush! Nor Saddam! Long live UN!

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# 8 08-11-2002 , 10:11 PM

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1.4 P4
256mb RDram
60gb HD (seagate and western digital)
win2k
geforce 2 GTS

i need an upgrade user added image

- Simon

My Website: www.Glass-Prison.com

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# 9 08-11-2002 , 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by Nem
1.4 P4
256mb RDram
60gb HD (seagate and western digital)
win2k
geforce 2 GTS

i need an upgrade

Originally Posted by

You need one? LOL damn, I´m outdated

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Caracas, Venezuela
Hell .. not gone perse, but with a certainly lower post count per day.

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# 10 08-11-2002 , 10:30 PM

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amd 1.4
512 sdram
140gb hd
win2k
geforce2ti

@undseth.. 8mg!!! damn man!!
@adl.. why man.. what you got..

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# 11 08-11-2002 , 10:32 PM

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@Roman

Originally posted by adldesigner
You have a problem dude.

My specs: Win2000 - 900MHz - 128 MB RAM
Takes about 1sec to update my challenge submarine with three lights.

Hmm, how many applets are you running Maya with? Remember, photoshop and Maya don´t go along well, since they´re both memory hungry. How about WINAMP? MP3 playing while in Maya even though great, does perform a huge difference since MP3 technology eats system resources to decompress the algoritm.

Originally Posted by