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Questions tagged [hardware]

Use for questions relating to Blender's performance and usage of computer hardware.

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Are mining systems suitable for use as a render farm?

I recently found a motherboard that accepts up to 8 graphics cards (and therefore GPUs) directly, without the need for riser cards etc. It is marketed as a Mining computer for mining Bitcoin etc., but it struck me that if you could plug in say 8…
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Viewport Performance - CPU or GPU?

Which piece of hardware affects viewport performance most (both playback and general just moving stuff)?
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Blender not starting

I am using Windows 10 32-Bits, and whenever I start blender I get this error message: I have tried re-starting it and also searching for the solution over the internet, but in vain, I have not found any solution. Please help...
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Backup automatically to a hard drive

Is there a way to automatically save my blender files to my external hard drive when I work from my desktop? Like saving it to multiple file paths. Someone on the blender community did create an add on, however it looks like it's only for rendered…
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Unable to scroll wheel zoom with a Wacom Intuous Pro - Seems to think I'm Pressing Shift?

I'm not sure if this is an issue with my tablet drivers, or with blender. I am using a Wacom Intuous Pro with touch is enabled so you can use two fingers to scroll wheel up and down. I've been using this for ages in blender and it's been no…
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Hardware used for render

I have some issues with renderings My CPU and GPU date from '11. Can someone give me some specs that will do the job quick and with high quality? Hope i did not bothered you with my question and am lookng forward to your advice Hope to hear from…
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Budget PC Build for Blender 2.8

I'm planning to build a pc for Blender 2.8, mainly for cycles rendering and sculpting. Will this build be sufficient for the task and for long term use? Ryzen 7 2700 Motherboard (supports crossfire) 32GB(3200) RAM 2x AMD RX580
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Adesso T10 stops working in Blender

I just purchased a new computer which has Windows 10 Pro installed on it - my previous computer had Win 8.1. I installed my Adesso T10 graphics tablet driver, etc. but have run into an issue where the tablet stops responding after about a minute…
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How to limit VRAM usage for Blender?

I have a computer at home with a GTX 1060, and an i5-4460. I use this computer for most of my rendering and 3D modelling. My school issues Chromebooks, which obviously I can't use Blender on. My solution is to use a VNC server on my main computer…
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Blender keeps Crashing on Chromebook

I have a chromebook that I installed crouton on (for those who don't know it just turns Chrome OS into a normal Linux System) and I tried using blender on it and it crashes after a few seconds even if I don't do anything. I know this is likely due…
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Wacom remote not working properly

I'd like to be able to use my wacom remote w/ blender but when I have Windows Ink enabled it lags in the viewport and when I have it off the radial menu function for the remote wont work. I'd like to abandon using keyboard all together if I can by…
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eGPU performance on Linux

I'm looking to improve my hardware, and I have decided to invest in a GPU (like the TITAN RTX, GeForce RTX 2070 Super, or something similar). I'd like to use this as an external GPU. My question is, does using an external GPU vs. an internal one…
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Would Blender run on Trident X Plus Gaming PC?

Please excuse my naive question - but I have only ever owned Apple Computers. I want to buy a PC computer that will handle Blender (and Unreal Engine, honestly). I am looking at an MSI Trident X Plus Gaming PC with an I9 9900 processor and NVIDIA…
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Just getting started, what hardware?

I am just getting stared in Blender and am enjoying the heck out of it so far. I have two systems I could work from and I'm trying to determine which would be better A 2.5Ghz i5 four core laptop with a 1060 Ryzen 5 3.7Ghz four core / 8 thread with…
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Blender 2.8 - Keyboard not detected

I'm trying out the latest Blender 2.8 beta (tried both 15th and 16th of December) and I can't get Blender to detect my keyboard. No key works. If I look in the user prefs/input it's completely empty. Is this a known bug or am I missing something? It…
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