Is the only way to make a material like this look good, to have 600k+ faces?

[SterlingRoth]

you could use a shader based technique as laid out in this thread:

I need ideas on realistic carpet material [Solved]

I’m working on my own project to make a room that has carpet for the floor. I have Blender 4.3.2. [Carpet-room] I would like to make carpet similar to the picture above and I would also like to know if I should use particles or if it can be made using procedural textures. Are there any tutorials on how to make carpet with particles or something similar? [Carpet-Texture] I want to make a carpet more like in the picture above. Something that looks comfortable for the feet and no rigid like har…