Surface Pro 3?

#1

Hey guys!

Been a while since I posted here, but I needed some informed opinions on a portable work machine so who better :wink:

Right down to the nitty gritty! Recently changed teaching institutions and need to bring my own machine if I want to work at any kind of speed. A friend recommended the Surface pro 3, and Iā€™ve been looking up reviews and comparisons against the portable cintiq, but what Iā€™m really missing is some user opinions by people whoā€™re using it for similar purposes as me.

What Iā€™ll be using it for:

Running tutorials on Photoshop, Game Maker, Zbrush, Maya and perhaps some UDK.

From that list I imagine UDK may be an issue? As Iā€™ve struggled getting it to run on a few borrowed laptops - so confirmation either way would be wicked.

But otherwise yeah, Iā€™m eyeing the i5 model as I donā€™t want to go nuts on something which will only be used when Iā€™m not at my desktop. Would love to know how people find it for sculpting and general running speed etc.

Much love !

#2

http://surfaceproartist.com/ Have you seen this site?

#3

Thanks Simon,

Iā€™ve been on that site once I believe - Iā€™ve seen that chart of functioning softwares for certain!

Very handy list; though it doesnā€™t include Unreal :confused: Plus Iā€™d like to go beyond ā€œdoes it openā€ and get some opinions on real-world usability. I mean my girlfriends laptop can run Mayaā€¦so long as I donā€™t mind severe camera clipping and visual glitches, or Photoshop so long as I donā€™t mind working at a tiny resolution to avoid cursor lag whilst painting.

Gotta make sure the money I dump into this doesnā€™t provide the other-half with ammo to beat me with :stuck_out_tongue:

#4

I tried UE4 on mine and Unreal doesnā€™t run good on it. You can use it to block levels and such with lighting turned off but donā€™t expect good performance out of it. You will be fine for stuff like 2d/mobile games though.

Everything else runs incredibly well. I use Houdini(runs great), Maya (very hard to use due to no UI scaling yet) , Zbrush (runs great), Photoshop (runs great, no lag)

Also tried the modo trial which ran great.

Overall I would highly recommend it, one of the best purchases I made for art.

#5

Brilliant! Thanks Sheep, exactly the kind of info I was looking for!

A shame about Unreal, but of all the softwares listed, that one is the least important fortunately.