Lightwave Community at SimplyLightwave - View Single Post - Can my PC do Lightwave rendering smoothly?

Mark · 28-11-2003, 07:56 PM

Well, it looks like the answer to most of your questions has been answered there Chua. As Philip says, all you need is more RAM.

My current workstation is an Athlon XP1900+ w/512MB and that does me fine. I also have a spare server here running Dual P3 700 CPUs with 1Gig Ram for those really meaty scenes.

As to your question of getting LW to use DirectX - unfortunately not. It uses the OpenGL graphics drivers to drive the display. ATI cards have traditionally had pretty poor OGL support compared to nVidia, but I belive that this is no longer the case with their more recent video drivers.

Anyhow, enjoy the vids. Enjoy the site, and if there's anything you get stuck on - don't be afraid to ask.

28-11-2003, 07:56 PM	#6
Mark Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunbury, UK Posts: 2,339	Well, it looks like the answer to most of your questions has been answered there Chua. As Philip says, all you need is more RAM. My current workstation is an Athlon XP1900+ w/512MB and that does me fine. I also have a spare server here running Dual P3 700 CPUs with 1Gig Ram for those really meaty scenes. As to your question of getting LW to use DirectX - unfortunately not. It uses the OpenGL graphics drivers to drive the display. ATI cards have traditionally had pretty poor OGL support compared to nVidia, but I belive that this is no longer the case with their more recent video drivers. Anyhow, enjoy the vids. Enjoy the site, and if there's anything you get stuck on - don't be afraid to ask.