AlienWare M18 et Rhino 8

[theoutside (Kyle Houchens)]

see this thread-

TLDR is:
nvidia graphics card with 4gb vram PER MONITOR you choose to run.
lot of ram
big hardrive

I always go big when I buy a machine then use them for many years.

If you are buying a new laptop READ THIS

If you are in the market for a new lap top to run rhino. Most importantly, Look for one with a **standalone video card. Specifically an Nvidia RTX(recommended) or higher end AMDcard **. More vram and more rendering cores (Called cuda cores on an nvidia card) are better. Mac users should be looking at a Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4. Rhino requires 4 gb vram for each monitor you connect. If you are connecting 3 monitors, you need 12gb vram minimum. Laptop Machines that are referred to as “hybrid” mu…

fwiw for a “really good” spec you are close to $4k.

for that money, you may want to look at Boxx computing, or Titan Computing and get a full custom rig for less money.