Workstation specs question

Development Getting Started & Setup
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Hi,
I’m looking to buy a workstation that can run Unreal Engine 5 and features like Nanite and Lumen fast and smooth. These are the specs I’m pretty sure about:

  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070 16gb
  • 64 gb ram
  • 500gb+2tb SSD

The only thing I’m still trying to figure out is the CPU. Could anyone help me by telling me if an AMD Ryzen 7950X (16 core) would be enough, or is a Threadripper 5965WX (24 core) required for certain things (like Nanite and Lumen)? That would of course make things a lot more expensive so I just want to make sure I’m not overspending on something I don’t actually need…

Would really appreciate any help or suggestions in this decision!

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It’s way over the top, unless you want to develop things for ‘art’, ie, not games.

You have to remember that Lumen and Nanite are supposed to be accessible to gamers, the means people with a 1600 range card.

So any from 2000 series upward is fine. 3000 is better, but I’d stay away from 4000 for now, as they are frying everybody’s PSUs.

Same with the CPU, Ryzen or Intel will be fine, recent tech, but it doesn’t have to ‘bleeding edge’.

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Hi @ClockworkOcean, thanks for your response!
Can you clarify what you mean with “art”. Ideally I’d have the possibility to create cinematics or walk around 3D environments with VR goggles. Creating and directing animation is basically what I’m referring to. But nothing like virtual productions on big screens if that makes sense.
Let me know your thoughts!

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Yes, cinematics, that’s the kind of thing I mean.

Of course, if you’re writing for VR ( somebody else’s ), then it needs to run very efficiently.

Then maybe you want a 3000 series :slight_smile:

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It’s more than enough. And if you can afford (and find) the 4070, get it - a more reasonable TDP with this one. One note - why do you think it’s shipping with 16GB vRAM?

Nvidia had to pull out a product amidst naming conventions confusion. Just be mindful of that, my bet is the 4070 is going to get 10-12 GB max. Other than that, I’d gladly follow a 4070 16GB to the source if you produce a clickable link :eyes: