Something I think some should at least know about, are that while blender is a clear safe haven for those of us without tons of money to throw around ( most of us), that it doesn’t come without some glaring ‘flaws’, if you will.
I have a decent system, no i7 here, but a amd x3 Athlon 3.2 ghz, 8 gb ram with HD 7750 2gb, so I do fine.
Latest drivers for everything.
I know blender uses OGL, and Ive heard complaints that in windows, that OGL had/has? iffy OGL handling, but I’ve experienced no issues of anykind anywhere else.
I have a very laggy experience trying to change a material color, and a very laggy preferences window , just moving it around the screen where I want it, and I see black around some edges, and no other 3d app does this.
I have constant headaches on say just a 33k mesh when trying to UVmap, or just move it in edit mode.
I’ts a wonderful thing to hear about Maya LT so when that option comes and I need it, I’ll jump right on it, as given the issues I have with blender, if I had the money right this moment, I’d be jumping real fast.
lag is annoying…very annoying if its a 3d app or a browser , or whatever so given I’ve never seen this lag in any other 3d modeler, I guess blender just doesn’t like my system ? ( wish I knew why)
cheers
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