System Recommendations Fall 2021

Tier ! Tier " Tier # !"#"$%& )#*"$+",)%*" %,.%#/", Tier ' is the minimum Tier - is the minimum No majors will require Tier ! systems" but required for these majors( required for these majors( they are listed to help direct students who » Communication Design » "D ! Experimental Animation seek a higher performance device# » Critical ! Cultural Practice » #D Computer Animation » Illustration » Industrial Design » Interaction Design » Film ! Screen Arts » Photography » New Media ! Sound Arts » Visual Arts

-D Graphics 0 Design Illustrator1 InDesign1 Photoshop Any Any Digital Photography 0 Print Nuke1 AfterEffects1 Premiere1 Audio 0 Video Editing iMovie Pro Tools1 Logic1 Resolve & Fusion1 Any Final Cut Pro

-D Animation 0 Compositing DragonFrame1 TV Paint1 Animate Harmony Any

Maya1 Zbrush1 Mari1 Any including MtoA1 3D Modeling 0 Animation Substance Painter 0 Designer Redshift rendering

3D Lighting 0 Rendering Maya 4previews1 limited rendering5 Any

Interactivity Processing1 Touch Designer Unity 3D Any including Oculus Rift1 Vive Pro

Any including Solidworks1 Design for Digital Fabrication Tinkerine Suite Rhino1 Modo Modo rendering Any including Solidworks VFX 0 Simulation Maya simulations

Example Products Tier ! Tier " Tier #

Apple $% » Macbook Pro » Macbook Pro » Macbook Pro

Apple $Desktop% » iMac » iMac Pro » iMac Pro or M1 Chip iMac » » M1 Chip iMac »

Windows $Laptop% » Dell XPS » Dell G&Series » Razer Blade » New XPS '( » Dell Precision Mobile » Razer Blade » Lenovo Thinkstation

Windows $Desktop% » Dell Inspiron $All&in&One% » Dell XPS Tower » Dell Alienware » Dell Inpiron $Desktop% » Dell G&Series Tower » Dell Precision Towers » Lenovo P&Series Tiny » Lenovo P&Series » HP Z&Series » HP Z-Series

System Components Tier ! Tier " Tier #

Memory $RAM% +,') GB '),#" GB #" ! GB or M1 Chip

Processor Type $CPU% i( or i- Intel i(, i-, or M1 Chip Intel i- or i./ / AMD Ryzen, M1 Chip

Processor Core Count *&core *&core! +&core !

Processor Clock Speed $Base Frequency% '0+ Ghz # Ghz #0( Ghz! or M1 Chip

Graphics $GPU% Intel HD/ UHD/ Iris or Iris Plus Nvidia Quadro/ Geforce GTX or RTX1/ Nvidia Quadro or Geforce RTX/ Quadro K Integrated Graphics/ AMD Embedded AMD Radeon, or M1 Chip or P Series1/ AMD Radeon, or M1 Chip Graphics, or M1 CPU

Graphics Memory $VRAM% n/a *GB ! VRAM, or M1 Chip +GB ! VRAM, or M1 Chip

Graphics Cuda Computer Score n/a #02 )02

System Storage $SSD% "() GB ('" GB ' TB

Project Storage Cloud/ Portable USB Cloud/ Portable USB Internal HDD/ Cloud/ Portable USB

Display built&in '."2 × '2+2 or higher Dual Monitor/ '."2 × '2+2 or higher

Peripherals pen tablet/ webcam ! mic pen tablet or pen display/ webcam ! mic pen tablet or pen diplay/ webcam ! mic $see program major for requirements%

Internet wifi or LAN connectivity wifi or LAN connectivity wifi or LAN connectivity