Z-Brush is actually pretty Ram efficient. ( I use it myself )

Unless you plan on jumping the mesh to the 6-7 million poly range, a gig or two of Ram is more than sufficient. I run it fairly well on my laptop when I'm killing time at work and it's nothing special.

Tip: If you're serious about Z-Brush, get VERY serious about a Wacom Tablet or something similar. Trying to model in Z-Brush with a mouse is just mind-numbing.

You can also hide portions of the mesh you're not working on to keep things rolling smoothly because even on a horsepower system, 7+ million poly's are going to bring it to a halt in a hurry

I recommend training DVD's from Digital Tutors and / or Gnomon workshop. Some free tutorials are probably available on the Digital Tutors site. Both are excellent though I tend to find the ones from Gnomon a bit on the long / dry side. ( They haven't figured out the edit key yet )

And ya, you should be able to use a PCI based gfx card if you can still find one.

-Daye

Last edited by Daye; 01/30/07 10:12 PM.