So, as many others have stated in the forum - I love 3D-Coat but, I'm often perplexed/confounded by performance issues.
I've spent time reading about VRAM, about Page Files/Virtual Mem, System Mem, CPU specs, CUDA Performance, Lack of OpenCL support, extra channels per layer etc.
Thus, as I've been reading these various threads it occurs to me:
I can't seem to find a consolidated and authoritative resource on the subject. (Yes, I will read the manual but, it's not as COOL as a video.)
It ruins my experience with the program when I'm forced to troubleshoot performance.
It breaks my creative excitement and I imagine it does the same to others.
In fact, Ignorance ( my own and others ) of 3D-Coat's performance nuances may be a main factor in keeping it from being more widely adopted.
Moreover, while watching the fantastic official tutorial/feature videos on YouTube ( Note: A big "THANK YOU!" to the 3D-Coat team for all the videos they are a great feature. ), I've noticed that he's often operating at a much higher voxel resolution than I can achieve without experiencing issues etc.
I do have a decent system so I'd expect to be able to at least follow along with tutorials etc. and I imagine others may be affected by this as well.
Summing up - Given all the questions about what Video Card to use etc. maybe some experienced Guru or Gurus could compile a useful resource.
I'd be willing to pay for such a resource.
Something like "3D-Coat Performance Tips - Hardware and Concepts".
Now, if this exists - please by all means post your "Look here dummy..." links below because, these questions keep coming up on the forum.
Or if there's a sticky "Performance Tips&Tricks Thread" please list that with an appropriately pithy insult for my laziness at finding it.
If not, maybe someone is due to make some sweet cash by sharing their expertise.