The TRUTH About Using Laptops for 3D Animation!!

[@viron6734]

Personally, I find the lack of numpad (depending on the model), small screen space, and slower processing speed to be enough reason to use a custom desktop.

[@sicfxmusic]

Depends on you always work from home (then why even think of laptop) or have to travel for work, at client location etc.. then you can request them for a monitor and keyboard.

[@LandOfBits]

Not having a numpad is insane :(

[@ChromaticaCitizen]

i have my HP Envy x360 laptop, from 2017, connected to a bigger monitor and i have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse 😄 i’ve been able to render out stuff really well! however, i do plan to get a good 3D rendering PC soon!

[@lay3ks]

My new laptop doesn't have number pad which was a bummer I now had to use number pad emulator which is okay i guess but it's not really it for me now i cant use my number buttons for functions like subsurf and changing editing properties

[@imamhassan5681]

@@lay3ks Use number 5 solution from the link. It will solve your problem. Keyboard Caps Lock +1/2/3 --- it will function like numpad🙂 When you don't need just double click the off script file. Simple

[@TheCrackingSpark]

To be fair that scene is extremely simple...you have like 4 texture maps, no more than 3 shaders, an hdri (that you should probably downscale a bit since it's not really visible) and like 1 area light. I could render this out in real time using a microwave and a squirrel, and I don't even need the squirrel that'd be just for fun.

[@kalakritistudios]

Wait a second! I remember that scene!😂

[@mikethom2119]

Laptops can 100% be used for 3D animation, what I tell people is just get a cheaper gaming laptop because they will come with a dedicated GPU. This laptop that I am using at the moment is a 2 year old Asus Strix Ryzen 7 4800H with a GTX1650 (it was not cheap), I design the projects on here and if it is a large project send it over to my old PC for rendering which has an AMD Radeon RX 6600XT

[@AtomLabX]

That is why I hate ad videos, no real information or real feedback, it is just, get the (brand name) and get the (brand name I'm getting paid to talk about), and get the (brand name that bought this video).

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Wuddup Ducky! been a min since I hit your channel. Been involved in a massive art project for the past 7 months, but your material packs have been a life saver with this. Appreciate all you do!

[@TheDucky3D]

That’s awesome man! I appreciate it

[@doubleustudios2020]

The pros of using a laptop is you save on the electricity bills compared to a desktop. GPU will demand a lot of power. For that reason I might change to a laptop some day, electricity bills are killing me 😅

[@submerg5d383]

Screen space is the worst thing about using a laptop

[@TheDucky3D]

Yep! If you can, I always plug in a monitor to it which helps that a lot!

[@alexgansert9936]

A docking station solves all of this. I had to switch to a laptop at work and the docking station allowed me to plug in 3 monitors and essentially use my exact same setup. I just keep the laptop monitor off when it’s docked. Only downside is the CPU runs hot on the laptop

[@bibsonsilentre5384]

Good thing we can use hdmi to hook up to a larger monitor 🙌

[@ak_fx]

I use a laptop and don't have a computer, works perfect for me and I wouldn't have it any other way tbh. I hot a legion 5 pro 16" with an rtx 3060 and ryzem 7 5800h. Renders are fast enough for me and most projects. I would say tho, managing temps is important. Proped up on a book so the laptop gets more airflow. Having a laptop cooler or a cooler room helps too. Another *big* thing is vram, laptop with mobile gpu's tend to have less vram which gets exponentially more important the more textures and verts u have in your scene.

[@AydinCemY]

Dude the similarity of our rig from the gpu to book made me smile

[@fadhil4008]

I have the same specs too but Legion 5 non pro model. Yes I can agree with you! VRAM is kinda the issue however I found that RTX 3060 Mobile performs as well as the desktop version for 3D stuff. A bit below when it comes to gaming but I buy the laptop not for gaming anyways

[@T1Ledlie]

I'm running almost same specs but an R9 5900hs, I make my Zephyrus G14(only machine) fold like a tent, resting on the bottom of the chassis and top of the lid, with the hinge being the highest point. Gives completely unrestricted airflow.

[@azarelthecreator7098]

I have an omen 17 with i711800 and rtx 3060 ram upgraded to 32gb. It is one hell of a laptop. I undervolted it and use an angled stand to get good airflow and i dont deal with crazy high temps anymore. I may at some point replace the thermal paste with something better still. I love this laptop. Ive used premiere, resolve, after effects cinema 4d for many many years for work and recently took on blender and kind of love it.

[@amirhavyt]

Does the 3060 handle rendering well?

[@Robert-um2oe]

@@amirhavyt i have 3060 and it does well

[@YarHarFD]

High poly meshes - need tons of ram. Video editing/coloring - vram. 8gb+. Rendering - best nvidia card you can afford.

[@TheDucky3D]

Yep!!

[@GlassCanvas]

Blender on a i5 or i7 surface laptop is fine for editing. Rendering without the dedicated GPU will be slower. Roughly 4x longer. Do a low resolution preview and then render overnight. More RAM is better. It is very dependent on the scene complexity and render size. Be efficient on your scenes. Less polygons and learn how to optimize render settings.

[@YarHarFD]

@@GlassCanvasresolve doesnt even run without a dedicated gpu with at least 2gb vram. Even then you are only going to be able to do primary corrections. Definitely not doing 8K anything without a recent gpu. Throw video editing out the window on a low end laptop unless the footage is light codec. As for Blender, you can get by with animating low poly scenes or using evee or something. You will not be sculpting high resolution meshes. A 2mm remesh will blow it up. Booleans? Fuhgettaboutit

[@Brixxter]

I've been using a laptop these past 2 years and I'm doing alright. I can't do animations in Cycles with it though, that would take weeks.

[@UTINNIDESIGNS]

You can, But heat build up could be an issue I literally burned a hole in my motherboard on my dell computer G7 7770 running a RTX 2070 due to the motherboard getting so hot I even had a fan on it and had it elevated and it still got that hot. More than likely a design flaw. It’s repaired now via Dell

[@caradellinowazer2988]

I never did 3D on anything else than a laptop or notebook...and just one of them sports NVIDIA - which is, -of course- the best of them all. After all, a better machine basically just gives you better times. Good ideas, good composition etc. comes from yourself, a good computer just helps you getting faster to the result, but not necessarily to a better result 😉

[@AprilD.Shelton]

Hey, if Nvidia is letting you keep the laptop and if you don't have a need for it, have you thought about having a contest to give it away to someone with an older laptop who doesn't have an RTX card? Say to someone who has Nvidia GTX 1050 TI like me? 😉 Just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. Thanks for the advice on laptops and the Blender tutorials.

[@gamay9519]

I just love your videos man

[@TheDucky3D]

Thank you!!

[@christianbehler4309]

I think, a blender channel is not the appropriated placing of the advertised laptop due to the lack of a numpad. Nevertheless, thanks for your great tutorials, Ducky!

[@FlareNee]

Thanks for the video. I was looking at laptops the other day and was wondering what is good enough. since the 40 series is coming out. I’m hoping to get a 30 series laptop. It good to see even the 3060 can do some decent work!

[@GlassCanvas]

I use Both the Microsoft Surface Studio Laptop with an i7, 32GB & RTX3050 Ti and the Macintosh M2 MacBook Air, 48GB. Both are fine and handle Blender, Photoshop, etc. editing very well. Cycles rendering is almost as fast on the M2 MacBook Air but runs much cooler and battery life is far longer. On the PC I am getting 2-3hrs when the RTX is rendering, the fans run fast and exhaust is very hot while in the M2 MacBook Air I am getting better than 8 hours battery (just runs long enough that I don’t run out) even with cycles rendering and runs much cooler. Typically I keep them plugged in but on the go the M2 can go all day on battery. current Blender 3.2.2 on both computers. Native metal Blender on the Mac. Laptops are fine. Just get enough RAM and SSD. The PC has touch screen which is great for drawing.

[@SkysimAir]

Kind of silly. A powerful laptop costs more than a desktop PC with the same power. Students won't probably have a RTX3060 in a laptop. Also, the display is tiny compared to a 24" or 27" monitor.

[@cpjworks]

Would recommend the 2022 Lenovo Legion 5i Pro with 12700H and 3070 Ti (8GB, 125-150w) as IMO probably the best power and value laptop available at the moment (in the UK you can get it for £1500 in their frequent sales). You'd have to spend a lot more to get better performance. Can easily upgrade the RAM and storage yourself too. Loads of ports, very good cooling, excellent screen, and a great keyboard with numpad.

[@fadhil4008]

I don't think the power limit on GPU matters too much for 3D designing. But yes, Legion is a great value

[@mayzalravianza2581]

@@fadhil4008what do you think about strix g16 (JV version)?

[@ankharastudios]

Between these 3 laptops i've seen of recent on your channel, what's the best pick for 3d animation and Video editing? 1- the Dell XPS 17 2- ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 OLED 3- Concept D 7 Ezel pro

[@Deltaforce8472_]

I was using a Laptop with an i7-6500U CPU and GTX 940M GPU and yeah... It works very good but on the stuff with skulpting and up to 700.000 vertex it starts lagging. And yes the rendering took also longer but it works. Right now I bought a new computer with 3070 and i5 10400F so it will be a lot better Ps I bought it. It will be delivered in a few days xD

[@TheDucky3D]

That’s awesome, congrats on the new computer I know how exciting that is

[@zzador]

Just bought a notebook with 12th generation Intel i5 CPU + 8 GB RAM + Geforce RTX 3050 4GB. I'm a bloody beginner (with some preknowledge from the 90ties) so this should be sufficient I guess. The only fear is that the 4GB video ram could overflow in complex scenes but from my experience as long as you don't use high res texture maps and use procedural textures instead it is quite hard to fill 4GB with scene data.

[@nikk6372]

How its working now... please share your 2months experience...

[@zzador]

@@nikk6372 Working excellent so far. My fear that the VRAM is not enough was only confirmed once when I tried to render a heavy asteroid field with dynamic displacement on every asteroid. For 95% of all my scenes the 4 GB VRAM are enough.

[@nikk6372]

@@zzador ohh great... Thanks for your reply 😁.... Actually im also A beginner and im planning to buy a laptop with same specs as yours (but the gpu is-3050 6gb vram version), and i think im sure now that it ill work just fine 🙃

[@zzador]

@@nikk6372 The RTX is the real deal. Don't waste any time on EEVEE anymore and just use cycles. The speedup was unreal.

[@nikk6372]

@@zzador yhh... Thanks 😁

[@unboxbar]

I use a laptop with I7 7700HQ and GTX 1050 2GB for 3d modelling and CAD modelling. First time I updating my gpu driver using NVIDIA Studio driver since I use outdated OEM NVIDIA driver ( my laptop warranty is expired ). My work is make CAD modelling with little rendering only for showing final result of my design and I usually using local renderfarm ( geforce gaming cafe on my country ) since I found the computer component is too expensive cause by crypto mining.

[@BradmyrEdits]

I worked for Dell XPS tech support around the time they bought out Alienware. Those laptops overheat and break down a lot. How do these new XPS laptops fare? I hope the quality has improved compared to a decade ago

[@marigoldmusic33]

Not like I can get a desktop, the m1 MacBook Pro was expensive enough!

[@horriblypink]

I have some Tuf Gaming laptop with a GeforceGTX not entirety sure the specs. Just some laptop bought for me a year ago when my old PC died. Really the short answer to the question is Can you? Yes, but should you really be? Not really. what I have if fine for any school assignment and will run just about any Blender Tutorial. But once you get into serious Render projects with Cycles or really any kind of textured animation it chokes really hard, and there are some Blend Files from Patreon Artists I can barley open with out a crash. the biggest Issue I have found anyway especially with .STL files and 3D is Storage space is always an issue. However for Any Artist just starting out, doing school, and Considering some "Gaming Laptops" cost the same price as JUST a Graphics card alone. a LapTop will do the Job and is the right choice for pretty much every new Artist or student. Start with the laptop and grow your hardware as you grow as an artist.

[@kewa_design]

Im using a MacBook Pro 2021 with 14" and cant complain

[@SerMattzio]

I have an ASUS FX-503 VM, and despite being a few years old it's great for static Cycles renders. Heat is definitely an issue, though. I am hoping to upgrade to a monstrous desktop ASAP, just so things are much more efficient. Especially Cycles animations and Liquid Simulations, both of which are a nightmare.

[@WhoIsHe_55]

I would like to know some affordable laptops to pick from on a budget if you could list them here

[@gamingcorner8254]

Will a laptop with i5 gtx1650 and 8gb ram be good enough for using in school?

[@TheDucky3D]

Depends on how much you put it through but I think you should be fine

[@fullyleaded]

I know the advice is to get an NVIDIA GPU and Macbook Pro's dont have those, but in case someone is thinking of getting a Macbook Pro for Blender, dont.

[@rtyria]

Mac ain't what it used to be.

[@bettsmorgan11]

My m1 max kills blender scenes. 64gb of vram.

[@ak_fx]

@@bettsmorgan11 it really won't be enough with any intensive scenes mainly cause of vram

[@fullyleaded]

@@bettsmorgan11 Mine is only 64GB of regular RAM. It's ok for quick sketch models but thats it. Animating is completely pointless unless you dont need the laptop for a week while it renders. The laptop looks nice too. its a nice grey color and feels solid. It's light so it's not heavy to carry. Get's quite hot though.

[@nishantsingh1259]

I use a laptop with 12gb rx 6800m gpu and a r9 5900hx cpu with 32 gb ram and it runs fast ✌️

[@thecompetitor4418]

G15 advantage edition?

[@metycream3739]

What an angel! You save my broken head!

[@MultiKwolf]

You're a God sent, Thank you.

[@malawisupasoldier7478]

Get a 17 inch workstation laptop with a dedicated gpu and voila You can get upto 64 or 128gb ram on those plus can out lots of storage and they can have large GPUs

[@ethangoldwyre]

when he says NVIDIA GPU, think NVIDIA RTX GPU, it halves the time for any render compared to a GTX model. unless you are paying a LOT less, it's generally a bed idea to go with GTX at this point in time.

[@LambdaHDvideo]

Just as a note: yes, currently Nvidia have quite a bit better productivity performance, especially in laptops, BUT AMD GPUs tend to have quite a bit more VRAM than Nvidia ones, so if you are working with high detail sculpting for example, the video memory might be a priority Also, all of this could change in a few generations too, so 2 years from now Nvidia might not be a clear favorite

[@thecompetitor4418]

And they still lunch the laptops 4000 series 8gb ram smh

[@ralfbaechle]

i don't quite agree with you on laptops. The Achilles tendon of laptops is the cooling system. It magically attracts dust. The issues start slowly. At first the fan comes on earlier. Eventually it will run almost permanently. Once the point where the system no longer can defend itself against overheating through heat dissipation is reached the system will throttle more and more often. Eventually the fan will seize. Any half-decent laptop will notice that at least on powerup and will immediately switch itself off to avoid hardware damage. At that pointeither a pricy repair or some DIY is required. And boy, do modern laptops suck. Often disassembling them even for mundane thing such as cleaning is something close to destruction.. Big chunky laptops tend to be more service friendly than ultracompact ones. Screens is something where one can spend a lot of money. Consumer grade laptops tend to be optimized for watching media which means they have really shiny screens. Makes colours pop. Which at a glance appears to be something good for the 3D artist as well. Until you try to use it in a room with other bright light sources, especially windows. Brighter screens may help but are more expensive again and they kill battery life at high brightness settings. Screens with a matte finish avoid the glare poblem but tend to be available mostly on "business" or other high-end systems. Yet I wouldn't want anything else. Once CPU and GPU are going full blast don't expect to have a battery time even within a lightyear from what was advertised. It will remind of a 1970s muscle car racing while running from a one gallon tank ;-) Then there is ergonomy. You may feel comfortable with using a laptop now but the posture such a small system forces on you will kill you over time. I am typing this on a laptop and of course I am ejoying the mobility of the system. But I came to the conclusion I still need a desktop and will continue to need one. Having only one is a rstriction. And with hardware failing ot the most imopportune time there's another argument for having two systems.

[@makeitlastmedia]

I use a razor blade laptop with rtx 3080 in it

[@BrunoKrost]

Good video, may I ask you how to get the most of a laptop for 3D?

[@pedrogorilla483]

What do you think about the Apple M1 laptops? They seem really good for creative work, not sure how 3D software performs on them.

[@GlassCanvas]

I just got the M2 AirBook. It runs blender fine. See my other post. Just make sure to download the native Metal version of Blender.

[@kirillchirkov]

Anyone tried M1 Pro or M2 MacBooks? For cycles animations

[@insane3953]

Yes, I have M1 pro (3300 euro). My girfriend make a render 4 Times Fastweb than me, and she gas a Asus tuf Rtx 3050 (999 euro). Stay away for now. My MacBook is incredibile fast, the problem is just the ‘connection’ between Mac and blender. I think that in 2 years, MacBook will be so good for blender.

[@traktoructuzada1349]

Thank you for the video. Looked at the laptop Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 With RTX3050 on board and ryzen 5600H

[@shehzadrayeen6886]

Is it good for blender ? Please answer, I am also going to buy

[@traktoructuzada1349]

@@shehzadrayeen6886 Yes, it is quite. Added another stick of RAM. And all is well. The most important thing is Numpad. And so the average Raeder takes me 3-5 minutes, with light and glass and so on. Because I am often away, I had to take a laptop for a while. And for me, the plus is very simple in terms of appearance.

[@traktoructuzada1349]

@@shehzadrayeen6886 But I think it's worth looking at the new generations with the 40 series

[@shehzadrayeen6886]

@@traktoructuzada1349 yes brother,but budget is an issue, and. I am Student/beginner .

[@traktoructuzada1349]

@@shehzadrayeen6886 I'm new to this too 1.5 years only. In terms of budget depends on the country where you are. It cost me $949

[@gamay9519]

Hlw bro thanks for give this ossum type of content And I lourn so mainy things From your videos 🌜Thanks bro🌛

[@TheDucky3D]

Thank you! I’m glad you like the videos

[@ShohSlaought-hh6qe]

Did you face blue screen problems

[@ALIVESCREENS]

This is how Ducky3D is able to do all of this. He lives in a timewarp THE CLOCK NEVER MOVED!

[@ArthurBizkit]

Good eye 🤣

[@sigmamale6143]

Good observe

[@abu-zulaikhastudio]

Thanks 🙏

[@mayzalravianza2581]

hey do you think asus strix g16 (JV) version can handle such as 3d animating? if not will you recommend something in that range of price? thankyou❤

[@ShutterlabCreative]

If you're going to distill advice for a buying decision down to 1 part/1 brand (who happens to be your sponsor) it would go a long way to your credibility to discuss the brand's position in the market relative to its competitors. Of which there's only 1. Why is Nvidia so much better than AMD when it comes to use with Blender would be a great place to start. Obviously you're killing it. Also, I love your content, but this feels a bit salesy. For a video of this length about laptops and 3D I expected a lot more technical information about how blender utilizes different parts of a system and how to mitigate the inevitable shortcomings of working mobile.

[@EditStudiosOfficial]

Can we use Nvidia RTX A500 GPU for blender?

[@baconiris8859]

I have the dell Inspiron with a 12th gen i7 and the internet Iris graphics(they were out of the nvidia graphics)

[@usmonmakhmudov4918]

Can you guys recommend any Apple products or hp asus dell is the best ones?

[@LizardGuy50]

its possible but its so painful 30 seconds per frame while eevee rendering isnt uncommon on mine

[@Rayu25Demon]

Blender crashes on my laptops just for sculpting on a low poly object

[@andredelavega1231]

I know this is a little off point, but could anyone suggest a prebuilt desktop for animation, and what's the downside using a docking station with a laptop.

[@avfx111]

using a docking station is just more expensive , no other downside. 18gbps average usb 4.0 speeds yield you around 95% of the gpu performance

[@paramdhama8410]

I really need of this video

[@TheDucky3D]

I hope it helps

[@NVIDIA-Studio]

🙌🙌🙌

[@eonratslear981]

Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine? A crummy (Nvidia) commercial?

[@RayAvidLebon]

Is this compatible with the Oculus Quest 2? (Trying to find a computer I can connect it to to test Unity scenes in as a game creator... and also play 3D steam games. ^_^)

[@samotrololol200]

Im guessing you can simply plug your quest 2 with link cable or use virtual desktop, just like you would on a desktop pc

[@onlinenerd4423]

no one is in my situation with processor intel core i3-1005g1 and 8gb ram and intel uhd graphics 620

[@gtanup8428]

what about mac for 3d ?

[@YOUmommaHAX]

I use an Imac 27inc 5k screen with a Radeon pro 570 and it feels useless so I switch to cpu and the viewport lags so easily and crashes its a nightmare I want to get a pc with a high end nvidia card next should be much better

[@oyo_omni]

Eevee 🛐

[@ScoopDj]

this laptop is a good machine but extremely expensive (about €3500) to have a 60W RTX 3060, better other gaming machines such as the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro or Asus Zephyrus G14/15 with video card power from 80 to 120/150W and cheaper too.

[@JohnBelley86]

I'm sorry but if you're going to do stuff that pushes your computer you should build a desktop, this is just bad advice. If you get a good laptop you're spending around the same amount, so why not build something that is designed to dissipate heat? You're not rendering out and about on a laptop, you don't need to spend thousands on one just because it's mobile. That is a really silly reason to use mobile designed GPUs and CPUs to render your work. They are designed to work off batteries, that's why they're all clocked slower than desktop CPUs. There are so many reasons laptops are not suited for rendering and you know most of the kids watching this aren't getting laptops with RTX3080s in them, they're getting integrated GPUs. So don't tell them they can use a laptop, it'll be a skillet by the time they finish your tutorial. On top of that, even the best manufacturers these days are stacking unshielded lipos right next to heat producing hardware, so when you push it you're taking years off an internal battery and they don't even last 3 years most of the time. Look up Razer gaming laptops with battery bloat if you don't believe me, there's an entire subreddit of complaints and pictures and people asking "is this normal" as their 1 year old laptop looks like it's inflating.

[@abdulshabazz8597]

Incredibuild, AWS, Azure

[@thefloridagoose]

Ya kno cuh. I reall fwy cause imma goo$e.

[@Johnat_19]

Would a MacBook work ?

[@kasmedify]

Omen 15 5900hx rtx 3070 32gb RAM just good for blender

[@lewessays]

Building a pc is great and wholesome but if you have a hectic life and travel around a lot..it isn't that great lol

[@TheDucky3D]

Your right about that!

[@avfx111]

I use a laptop with an i3 5005u and 6gb of ddr3 ram. and no graphics card. I lag after hitting more than 250k vertices and im planning on buying a new laptop soon. it is probably going to be the 4050 or 4060 version of the rog zephyrus g14

[@xxsaru]

Mi brother ..que tú hagas un canal con todos estos videos traducido al audio latino ..sería la veerga mi brother .....y sería una entrada .para más dinero para ti ...ojala lo hagas Mi brother

[@parasrawat9439]

Suggest me a laptop for 3d animation

[@Elarabdu]

how

[@prasad5899]

Your are to good man

[@TheDucky3D]

You too

[@jhnbtr]

Go mac m1 if you really need a laptop.

[@Esteflozada]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Dalligaming]

Please sir suggest me laptop under 60000 rupees for 3d animation

[@HoldenArt]

Anyone out there use a chromebook with Blender? How do you like it?

[@rtyria]

My first experience with a chromebook was so bad that I avoid them like the plague.

[@Pazu84Vaucluse]

Your video is sponsored so not so objective imo