Modern kitchen models

[Acies]

My suggestions:
1. Make all textures 1024x1024.
a. You are currently using 1920x1920 - which ultimately will be recognized as a 2048x2048, which is a little too large. Use 512x512 or 1024x1024 for most of your models you make. If you make something "really cool" or a character a 2048x2048 might be warranted.

2. Make all textures .dds files
a. That way you can include "mip-maps" in the saved format. Mip-maps are smaller versions of your texture, which are used when you are looking at the modeling from a greater distance (creating better performance). The .jpeg format takes more space when loaded into video memory I believe and your computer has to "create mip-maps on the fly" - which ultimately means longer loading times.

3. Place all models in the same folder, or use the material editor to load textures/materials which occur in several models from the "same file". You currently have multiple instances of "the same texture".
a. It saves harddrive space, I'm not sure if it saves video memory space. : ]

4. Try creating specular maps. They can give nice life to your materials.

5. Work a little more on your metal texture.


If anything is unclear, or you're not sure "how to do it" I can either answer it or put up a short tutorial. Keep on modeling! Good work!