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Permalink Reply by Geoffrin on September 12, 2012 at 12:10pm

While gaming laptops usually contain powerful processors and ample amounts of RAM and storage space, they lack a workstation graphics card - such as one from the Nvidia Quattro line. Such cards are usually better at pumping out the high number of polygons required for 3D work. A high-powered gaming graphics card, such as those featured in most gaming laptops will usually offer decent rendering performance but will lack the extra features and specific driver enhancements and optimizations of a workstation card. I'd recommend checking out this list: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Top-10-Workstation-Laptops.65537.0.html

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Permalink Reply by Kristy Barkan on September 12, 2012 at 12:13pm

Thanks for the very informative response, Geoff!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Guckian on September 12, 2012 at 3:07pm

Thanks Geoffrin. I've purchased a laptop from Workstation specialists in the UK and got an i7 3920XM, with 32gb ddr3 1600mhz memory, with an SSD and an Nvidia Quattro 5010M. Does the trick!

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrin on September 12, 2012 at 4:19pm

No problem, I'm glad I could be of assistance.

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