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                     Don't take my words at face value, it's more a reflection that I did when I thought about it.
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                     First, you'll need a Thunderbolt 3 connection. Very few PCs have them, the best prepared for that are the Mac. But Nvidia and Mac... This is clearly not an out-of-the-box thing.
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                     Then you will need a good dose of RAM. 16GB is the bare minimum on Mac, 32GB will still be more comfortable. And do not expect to do much with less than 1TB of hard drive. With Apple's all-welded policy, you will not be able to increase your configuration later and it's overpriced.
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                     For PC, it's nearly the same, except maybe for the Nvidia thing.
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                     Add to that the cost of a box and the price explodes. For what? For a configuration that will be unable to cool properly and, at best, drastically limiting the CPU and perhaps even the GPU if the ventilation of the box is not perfect.
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                     For me, this solution can eventually be a pis-aller for occasional use, but no more. Personally, I am moving towards a very good desktop solution for the same price, keeping my 2012 Mac laptop which is still very good.
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                            Don't take my words at face value, it's more a reflection that I did when I thought about it.
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                            First, you'll need a Thunderbolt 3 connection. Very few PCs have them, the best prepared for that are the Mac. But Nvidia and Mac... This is clearly not an out-of-the-box thing.
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                            Then you will need a good dose of RAM. 16GB is the bare minimum on Mac, 32GB will still be more comfortable. And do not expect to do much with less than 1TB of hard drive. With Apple's all-welded policy, you will not be able to increase your configuration later and it's overpriced.
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                            For PC, it's nearly the same, except maybe for the Nvidia thing.
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                            Add to that the cost of a box and the price explodes. For what? For a configuration that will be unable to cool properly and, at best, drastically limiting the CPU and perhaps even the GPU if the ventilation of the box is not perfect.
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                     Thank you for the response. To clarify, for me this is not an either/or situation. I need a decent laptop for other reasons. So my choice is to either have a laptop with some bump-ups and externals as a compromise, or both a laptop and desktop. In theory doing it once would save money. (High RAM is already given for me. HDs can be external, so that just leaves the GPU.) I'm unfortunately not capable/willing to spend extra $$ for a separate desktop at this time if I am just using it for rendering purposes. I'd have to explore that option more to make it viable if an eGPU is a no-go.
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                     I was indeed thinking of getting a Mac laptop (yeah, I know among these circles that is hearsay. But that's what I need).  That would cover the Thunderbolt concern, but since you mentioned Nvidia, that is an issue.
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                     I completely forgot the fact that eGPU support for Nvidia cards is completely missing on the Mac. Given that DAZ pretty much requires Nvidia, that becomes a no go. A brief look shows it is still possible, just unofficially. Might still be doable, but your point definitely stands.
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                     But are you also saying that a PC Thunderbolt class laptop would still be problematic given the CPU stress? Does the rendering stress just the GPU (which would be accommodated by the external box) or the CPU as well?
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                     The CPU stress is more during the scene creation. I have a GT650M, then for me the stress is always x'D, but the scene creation clearly stress an i7 2,6GHz / 16GB / 1TB SSD, even on Mac OS and I get some lags on medium sized scenes.
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                     The creation of this scene was enough to really stress the CPU and have lags.... And I don't speak about the render :cryingface: With a good cooling system, I'm sure it would be easier...
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                     The Mac vs. PC debate is irrelevant to me. Every tool has its place. But that does mean when evaluating doing a new task, I need to check to see how well the tools I already have (and need) fit into that use case.  Or if I have to get entirely new tools to fit this usage. In most cases 'use what you have' is the best solution even with compromises.
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                     So, I have an MSI laptop with an 18.4" screen.  I wouldn't consider it as a laptop, more of a desktop replacement.  The two power bricks are huge, and the battery life sucks.  Plus it's heavy...  the backlit mechanical keyboard makes me very happy though, although I'd prefer a mechanical 10 key as opposed to repurposing the trackpad as a 10 key...
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                     It has dual GTX 1080s, which combined are about 20-30% faster than a single 1080 Ti.  And it has a Thunderbolt 3 port.
                     <br/>
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                     I've been considering a TBolt 3 enclosure as an option.  Supposedly you can daisy chain TBolt 3 devices, but I'm not seeing a lot of 'real world' usage reports on this as far as GPUs are concerned.  And if you don't mind spending a LOT of money, there are dual GPU enclosures.  We are talking thousands of dollars, just for the external box.
                     <br/>
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                     As for a single GPU solution, most of the boxes I've looked at are over $300, and of course there's the issue of finding an external box with sufficient power to comfortably run say a 1080 Ti.  Plus, that box would need a wall socket somewhere...
                     <br/>
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                     The upside is that rendering on an external box means you aren't baking the insides of your laptop with rendering.  As for how well these works, again I haven't seen a lot of feedback on this via google searches.  I'm sure there are usage cases out there, but I haven't stumbled across the 'yeah I render all the time with an external GPU TBolt box with Daz' post as of yet.
                     <br/>
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                     There are some fairly sweet 17" gaming laptops that might do OK with rendering, that have one and sometimes two GTX 1080s (or lesser options like the 1070).  They can get rather pricey though.  Rendering with an internal GPU sucks battery life, so keep that in mind.
                     <br/>
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                     The reason I'm strongly considering an external enclosure for the GPU is VRAM.  After the Windows 10 VRAM tax, I only have 6.4 GB available for scenes, which I seem to be able to max out fairly often.  I do a lot of renders with multiple (say 4+) characters, which is enough to fill the VRAM and kick me to CPU only often enough.  A 1080 Ti has 11 GB of VRAM (so that'd be 9 GB of VRAM available after the VRAM tax).  Also that new Nvidia Pro 24 GB card for $2300 that was announced in the last few weeks is looking more and more attractive, if I don't end up doing a remote desktop build.
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                     Supposedly we have some RTX 20xx mobile GPUs in the pipeline, but it may be several months before laptops with those hit the market.
                     <br/>
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                     So, I'm intrigued with this topic as well, and would love to see 'real usage' examples using an external GPU with performance benchmarks using Daz Iray, as opposed to just 'yeah it's possible' posts...
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                        Might as well weigh in here.
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                        So, I have an MSI laptop with an 18.4" screen.  I wouldn't consider it as a laptop, more of a desktop replacement.  The two power bricks are huge, and the battery life sucks.  Plus it's heavy...  the backlit mechanical keyboard makes me very happy though, although I'd prefer a mechanical 10 key as opposed to repurposing the trackpad as a 10 key...
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                        It has dual GTX 1080s, which combined are about 20-30% faster than a single 1080 Ti.  And it has a Thunderbolt 3 port.
                        <br/>
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                        I've been considering a TBolt 3 enclosure as an option.  Supposedly you can daisy chain TBolt 3 devices, but I'm not seeing a lot of 'real world' usage reports on this as far as GPUs are concerned.  And if you don't mind spending a LOT of money, there are dual GPU enclosures.  We are talking thousands of dollars, just for the external box.
                        <br/>
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                        As for a single GPU solution, most of the boxes I've looked at are over $300, and of course there's the issue of finding an external box with sufficient power to comfortably run say a 1080 Ti.  Plus, that box would need a wall socket somewhere...
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                        The upside is that rendering on an external box means you aren't baking the insides of your laptop with rendering.  As for how well these works, again I haven't seen a lot of feedback on this via google searches.  I'm sure there are usage cases out there, but I haven't stumbled across the 'yeah I render all the time with an external GPU TBolt box with Daz' post as of yet.
                        <br/>
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                        There are some fairly sweet 17" gaming laptops that might do OK with rendering, that have one and sometimes two GTX 1080s (or lesser options like the 1070).  They can get rather pricey though.  Rendering with an internal GPU sucks battery life, so keep that in mind.
                        <br/>
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                        The reason I'm strongly considering an external enclosure for the GPU is VRAM.  After the Windows 10 VRAM tax, I only have 6.4 GB available for scenes, which I seem to be able to max out fairly often.  I do a lot of renders with multiple (say 4+) characters, which is enough to fill the VRAM and kick me to CPU only often enough.  A 1080 Ti has 11 GB of VRAM (so that'd be 9 GB of VRAM available after the VRAM tax).  Also that 24 GB card for $2300 that was announced in the last few weeks is looking more and more attractive, if I don't end up doing a remote desktop build.
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                        Supposedly we have some RTX 20xx mobile GPUs in the pipeline, but it may be several months before laptops with those hit the market.
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                        So, I'm intrigued with this topic as well, and would love to see 'real usage' examples using an external GPU with performance benchmarks using Daz Iray, as opposed to just 'yeah it's possible' posts...
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                     There's also the NVidia Tesla that's just been released, though again.. It's super pricey, $11,000 pricey.
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                     Did you not find anything on the DAZ Forums? As surely someone must have used or at least tested it and given their opinion.
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                     I want to thank everyone for their response. I did a little more research on the topic based on the suggestions here, and wanted to provide an update since there seemed to be interest in the answers.
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                     I found plenty of general comments about using Daz on laptops and a few with egpus but very few of them said anything at all about performance and/or impact on the laptop. (and yes, I'm a mac user but I also looked for info on laptops in general.. )
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                        I have a MacBook 15" Mid-2012 with 2.6ghz i7, 16gb of RAM, a 2tb SSD and a GeForce 650M with 1gb of RAM. I also have an external monitor setup so I can have two screens working at the same time
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                        I was blown away. The CPU and the 650M would take 3 hours. The 1050 ti took 16 minutes!!! That's over a 11x improvement!!!
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                        Here is the log info:
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                        2018-06-19 17:51:22.686 Finished Rendering
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                        2018-06-19 17:51:23.101 Total Rendering Time: 16 minutes 48.74 seconds
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                        2018-06-19 22:39:28.016 Finished Rendering
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                        2018-06-19 22:39:28.458 Total Rendering Time: 2 hours 56 minutes 37.48 seconds
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                        5) And one last thing, I dont know if its necessary but I'm sured its helpful. When you game or render, your macbook is overheating a lot, it always does even when I used to render on CPU. I just bought a not so expensive cooling pad, and now computer sits on it. Again, I don't know if its needed, but just touching mac when I render scares me
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                     That's perhaps not a good sign...
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                     So as far as I can tell, it is perfectly doable. Still not sure about advisable though.
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                     Do these benchmark times seem any good? That makes a significant difference.
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                     So one lassstt question for excellent folks --- how much to budget for a desktop would make the difference "eh, I can do this hack for now", and "Forget it, it's worth it". So what type of budget would you usually have to invest in a (starter) rendering desktop? I assumed that the minimum would be at least 1 to 1.5k.
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                     That Blender test took 2 hours?  Wow!  And 13 hours without the external box?!?
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                     Anyways, back on point, we were discussing some desktop builds in another thread.  $1,500 to $2,300 seems like a good place for a decent build which includes a GTX 1080 Ti, 16 GB of ram, an SSD/large HDD combo (Daz loves to suck up storage space as you collect assets and make scenes), and an 8 core processor.  Actually, you can manage a 16 core 1950x Threadripper build at the high end of that range.  The 16 cores are nice for those times when you are working with that large scene that goes CPU only...
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                     You may be able to put together/find a box for less.  The biggies are, as has been suggested in other threads, 16 GB of ram and preferably an Nvidia card with at least 8 GB of VRAM (6 GB on a really tight budget).  The less VRAM, the more CPU only Iray renders that you may see.  Of course, if you are doing the 3Delight thing, then the graphics card isn't nearly as important.
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                     If you are rendering 1 or 2 characters without backgrounds (and overlaying them ingame over a background images), then you can get buy with less VRAM, plus your render will generally go much faster, since you aren't also rendering tables, etc. along with the characters.
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                     Thought I'd chime in, as I own an eGPU and I render my VN Sisterly Lust on it.
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                     Because I had the funds from my Patreon account and some of my own money I was able to buy a GPU enclosure (Asus ROG XG Station) and a card (Titan Xp). I was able to hook it up to laptop using a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter and with one of the scripts posted on egpu.io it worked! There are downsides, apart from needing the script. I wasn't able to upgrade the firmware of the eGPU for example, in the case of the ROG this can only done via Windows using a Thunderbolt 3 cable. Also, you can't hot-unplug the enclosure, something which is possible with Radeon cards.
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                     Now I can work everywhere on Sisterly Lust on a single machine, without having to maintain two asset libraries. The actual rendering is done in batches while I sleep.
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                     The Titan Xp chews happily through any scenes so far, so I'm very happy with that card.
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                     I've been impressed with how 'seamless' things have been, well after updating to Daz Studio 4.16 at least.   Daz Studio CAN use the eGPU to drive the Iray viewport with no hiccups really.  The trick is that the eGPU box needs to be plugged in before you boot, so that the system can 'access' it properly, but other than that, it transfers scenes across the TBolt 3 cable just fine, and is plenty fast.  I'm sure it'd be slightly faster across a PCIe-16 interface of course, but for rendering, I'm just not noticing it, as the 3060 by itself is faster than my dual GTX 1080s, for a couple of reasons - faster cores, new raytracing capabilities maybe, faster memory.
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