hi, would be nice to have some info about your systems configuration right now.
CPU, Ram, GPU etc.
Me, like WAS don`t think your budget is good enough to buy into something up to date.
You won`t get anything worth the money. Interaction, Preview and Rendering will be painfully slow, I guess.
If possible, I`d also would buy into a good workstation. It`s just more fun - and easier to upgrade later.
What about refurbished or used labtops?
I bought a Asus ROG STRIX GL703GM-EE026T Gaming labtop from 2018/19 in January which cost me around £ 550.-.
Intel Core i7-8750H @2.20GHz / Max Turbo 4.10 GHz
6 Core / 12 Threads CPU
RAM 16.0 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / 6GB VRAM
17" Monitor at 1920 x 1080 / 120Hz
SSD 250 GB for the OS
m2 250 GB for Data
RAM is the only real shortcoming here when used with TG.
Simply not enough to work on larger scenes with populations. But it runs TG ok.
It is by no means a replacement for my desktop pc but it is running fast enough to use DaVinci Resolve + Fusion, TG, XSI + Houdini.
I mainly bought it for music software.
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Or, if we knew if/when TG will run native on the new MACs...wait for that and invest a little more, perhaps?
I suggest to take a look at
dell.co.uk to get a overview of what you can buy nowadays with the money you have available.
I always found their prices at a good level when I started looking for new hardware.
CHeers, Klaus