I'm an incoming university student who's looking for a laptop to work on light 3D modeling/texturing, some rendering, scripting, and writing papers on the go. The plan is, if I have to work on very intensive rendering or modeling, that I'll use my laptop to remote into either the lab computers or my main workstation (6-core AMD FX-6300 processor, 24 GBs of RAM, 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R7 360 Series for video card, 223 GB Solid State Drive and 1TB hard drive, but planning on upgrading the OS and harddrive space). My current pick is the ASUS ZenBook UX430UN-IH74-GR.
I can't post the link since I just joined, but here's its specs:
PROCESSOR
CPU Core: Kaby Lake R
CPU Brand: Intel
Cores: Quad-Core
CPU Type: Core i7
CPU Speed: 8550U (1.8GHz)
Smart Cache: 8MB
FSB: 4 GT/s
Turbo Boost Speed: Up to 4.0GHz
CPU Main Features: Hyper-Threading Technology
Virtualization Technology: Intel 64
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
Idle States
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Intel Flex Memory Access
Execute Disable Bit
Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel Identity Protection Technology
Intel Secure Key
Intel Smart Response Technology
OS Guard
Intel AES New Instructions
Intel Speed Shift Technology
Intel Optane Memory Supported
MEMORY
Total Memory: 16GB
Memory Type: LPDDR3
Memory Speed: DDR3L-1866
Maximum Memory Supported: 16GB
Memory Configuration: 16GB onboard
SOLID STATE DRIVE
SSD Interface: M.2 SATA
SSD Capacity: 512GB
SSD Configuration: 1 x 512GB
VIDEO
GPU Type: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Video Memory: 2GB
I apologise for the format.
I'm planning on using programs like Maya, Mudbox, and possibly Zbrush and Substance Painter, but I never used the later two programs and, if I have to, I'll probably just use my main PC.
How would this laptop fair with working on 3D modeling in my case?
