Does houdini work with the graphics card of new mac book pro ?

# AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
# Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory5

Thanks for any answers….

no one knows ??

Yes it does but not all features are supported. Some of the advanced options aren't supported (shadows sometimes work for example).

I am using the same configuration on a 17" MacBook Pro.

Thanks Jeff.

Does it display the volume and textures correctly in the viewport ?
Thanks.

* Non-workstation cards, such as GeForce and Radeon, can be used at your own risk. They may be used for learning and personal use but they are not supported as you may experience display problems, slow performance, and the software exiting unexpectedly.

I have problems rendering more complex particle simulations with an iMac and an ATI Radeon HD 5670, so I guess the same would apply for the macbook pro.

Volumes, yes. No problems there. High Quality with HDR toggled on works very well.

As for textures, I have not had any issues either in the viewport.

Make sure you are really up to date with Snow Leopard updates too.

Thank you guys for the info.

Another question Jeff, do you use Solid State Drive or the normal hard drive ?


# 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 RPM
# 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 RPM
# 128GB Solid State Drive
# 256GB Solid State Drive
# 512GB Solid State Drive

Which hard drive do you suggest ?

Thanks.

I use the 500GB Serial ATA Drive @7200 RPM

I don't know enough about SSD's to comment on this.

I do know that Hard Drives fail though, whether it is a disk or SSD.
On the mac, I take the easy road and use Time Machine with a 1TB vault to back up the laptop all the time. I'd put the money there.

cool, thanks Jeff.

It's more expensive than Houdini………….. @_@