While using SketchUp + Vray does feel like you’re making a bit of a compromise, I’m happy to report that while rendering, I can still use Adobe suite apps and they work flawlessly. Also, surprisingly, the Mac has been running cool, I can count on one hand the number of times the fans have had to kick in despite the frequency with which I use Vray. I’d suggest getting 32 gigs of RAM though if you’re planning to use it for massive models as I’m just a student and my models tend to be on the small to moderate size in terms of polygons.Īnother thing to note is that if you plan to use Windows based software, boot camp doesn’t work anymore and Parallels definitely comes with a performance compromise. Interactive render is surprisingly usable although obviously it won’t perform as well as a dedicated PC setup or a laptop with dedicated Nvidia graphics.Īll in all, I’d say it’s performance is on par with a PC with say, a GTX 1060. VRay works well enough for me as long as I skip to CPU rendering. It can also output final images or animations when the. Vision is a rasterizer, a game engine meant to be used as a real-time scene viewer. The technologies used differ quite significantly as well. I have the 16” MBP and you can feel free to ask me anything. V-Ray Vision is a feature of V-Ray for SketchUp, Rhino and Revit, while Vantage is a standalone application that can import and render V-Ray data.
