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3ds Max Workstations Recommended Best Configurations by @Xi Computers

3ds Max 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. Produce professional-quality 3D animations, renders, and models with 3ds Max® software. An efficient toolset helps you create better 3D and virtual reality (VR) content in less time.

During Modeling and Animation activities, 3ds Max will not take advantage of many CPU cores. The best performance for such tasks is achieved with the fastest top core speed. The Intel® Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 are favored to the XEON® CPU delivering the best performance/price ratio for such tasks. The foreground renderer included with 3ds Max since 2018 is Arnold. Arnold renderer is designed to take advantage of as many CPU cores as possible with hyper thread capabilities, where the i9 X-series and even dual Xeon CPU are recommended. At the lower end of the budget the Ultra 9 represents the optimal value with 8 Performance-cores + 16 Efficient-cores and 32 Threads with a high clock turbo boost spread. @Xi also provides professionally overclock versions, favoring an absolute top core or all cores at higher frequency to deliver optimal balanced Design and Rendering 3ds Max performance. For the higher budgets we suggest the Scalable dual Xeon with a total of 24 Cores, 48 threads. Autodesk certification is mainly for NVIDIA® Quadro® video cards for 3ds Max, however GeForce video cards provide a better performance/price ratio due to the DirectX 11 optimized architecture. @Xi is supporting both NVIDIA RTX™ (previously Quadro) Professional Graphics and GeForce RTX™ video cards use with 3ds Max. 3ds Max also can take advantage of GPU rendering add-on like Redshift and Octane. In the GeForce section we show the top configurations optimized for multiple GPUs rendering both X-Series and Xeon based. SSD drives are a must and faster NVMe M.2 recommended when dealing with big drawings. For budgets and requirements beyond the Platinum configurations our technology consultants will be happy to provide customized optimal quotes.

FASTEST GEFORCE RTX BASED 3DS MAX WORKSTATIONS & LAPTOPS

TOP WORKSTATIONS
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ 64TR Workstation
  • AMD® Ryzen Threadripper™ PRO 7965WX
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 ECC Reg memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • 2.5/10-Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro (23H2)

As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $6,674* estimated quote price
Platinum Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 295K Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $4,235* estimated quote price
Pro Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265KF Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $6,355* estimated quote price
Gold Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ 2P64X Workstation
  • 2x Intel® Xeon® 4510 processors
  • 64GB DDR5-4800 @4000MHz memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro (23H2)
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $8,512* estimated quote price
Titanium Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 295K Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $3,715* estimated quote price
Silver Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265KF Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060 Ti Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $2,865* estimated quote price
Lite Desktop
TOP LAPTOPS
Xi PowerGo XT
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XT Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX processor
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 @4000~+ memory
  • 18" QHD+ 2560x1600 Display
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $4,808* estimated quote price
Gold Laptop
Xi PowerGo XT
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XT Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX processor
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 @4000~+ memory
  • 18" QHD+ 2560x1600 Display
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080 Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $3,988* estimated quote price
Platinum Laptop
Xi PowerGo
  • Xi® PowerGo™ Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX processor
  • 32GB DDR4-5600 memory
  • 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD Display
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $2,567* estimated quote price
Titanium Laptop
Xi PowerGo
  • Xi® PowerGo™ Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX processor
  • 32GB DDR5-5600 memory
  • 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD Display
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060 Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $2,397* estimated quote price
Pro Laptop
Xi PowerGo
  • Xi® PowerGo™ Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX processor
  • 32GB DDR5-5600 memory
  • 15.6" 1920x1080 FHD Display
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5050 Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $2,337* estimated quote price
Silver Laptop
Xi PowerGo LE
  • Xi® PowerGo™ LE Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H processor
  • 16GB DDR5-5600 memory
  • 16" 1920x1200 FHD Display
  • Integrated Intel® Arc™ Graphics
  • Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi 7 BE200 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $1,668* estimated quote price
Lite Laptop

FASTEST NVIDIA RTX BASED 3DS MAX WORKSTATIONS & LAPTOPS

TOP WORKSTATIONS
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ 64TR Workstation
  • AMD® Ryzen Threadripper™ PRO 7965WX
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 ECC Reg memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • 2.5/10-Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro (23H3)

As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $10,044* estimated quote price
Platinum Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285K Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $7,085* estimated quote price
Pro Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265KF Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $6,915* estimated quote price
Gold Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ 2P64X Workstation
  • 2x Intel® Xeon® 4514Y processors
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 @4000MHz memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 6000 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • 10G Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro (23H2)
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $12,492* estimated quote price
Titanium Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285K Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 4500 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $5,215* estimated quote price
Silver Desktop
Xi MTower PCIe
  • Xi® MTower™ PCIe Workstation
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265KF Liquid Cooled
  • 32GB DDR5-5200 memory
  • Optional Monitor
  • NVIDIA® RTX 4000 Ada Graphics
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts and no monitor starting at: $3,650* estimated quote price
Lite Desktop
TOP LAPTOPS
Xi PowerGo XL
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XL Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 185H processor
  • 64GB DDR5-5600 memory
  • 16" 3840x2160 4K Display
  • NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada 16GB Graphics
  • Built-in Intel Killer™ Ethernet E3100 LAN
  • Killer™ BE1750(w) WiFi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4
  • 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $6,711* estimated quote price
Gold Laptop
Xi PowerGo XL
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XL Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 185H processor
  • 32GB DDR5-5600 memory
  • 16" 3840x2400 QHD+ Display
  • NVIDIA RTX™ 3000 Ada 8GB Graphics
  • Built-in Intel Killer™ Ethernet E3100 LAN
  • Intel Killer™ Wi-Fi 7 BE1750(w) + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $3,181* estimated quote price
Pro Laptop
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Xi PowerGo XL
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XL Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ i9-13950HX processor
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 memory
  • 16" 2560x1600 QHD+ Display
  • NVIDIA® RTX A2000 Ada 8GB Graphics
  • No Built-in Ethernet LAN, WiFi only
  • Intel® Wireless-AX AX211 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $3,160* estimated quote price
Silver Laptop
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Xi PowerGo XL
  • Xi® PowerGo™ XL Laptop
  • Intel® Core™ i7-13700H processor
  • 32GB DDR5-4800 memory
  • 16" 2560x1600 QHD+ Display
  • NVIDIA® RTX A1000 6GB Graphics
  • Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Intel® Wireless-AX AX201 + Bluetooth 5
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 Pro
Preorder. As suggested configuration before discounts starting at: $2,040* estimated quote price
Lite Laptop
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*Published Prices. Prices shown (provided by way of a Quotation or a Pre-Configured List) are subject to change without prior notice to the prices in effect at the time of Quotation or placing an Order. Seller reserves the right to make any corrections to prices quoted due to availability, clerical errors or errors of omission. In the event of any specific requirements (including without limitation any design, specification, ordered quantity, or shipment changes) representing a price increase.
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