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Subject: Graphics Card and Cpu


arrow1 ( ) posted Sat, 17 May 2003 at 9:58 PM · edited Wed, 27 November 2024 at 12:25 PM

I am looking at upgrading my computer from a 1.7 gig Athlon and GE Force 4 MX420 Graphics card. I need advice on the the most appropiate Chip and Graphics card to run Vue 4.12 and Poser Propack.Is a dual processer any advantage or would a 3 gig pentium suffice? Also it has been suggested a Raedon 9700 PRO or a 9800.Any advice from Vue users would be greatly appreciated.By the way I run on Windows XP Professional.

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arrow1 ( ) posted Sat, 17 May 2003 at 10:01 PM

Forgot to mention I have 768 megs of RAM.

Custom built computer 128 gigs RAM,4 Terabyte hard drive, NVIDIA RTX 4060 TI 16 GIG Gig,12 TH Generation Intel i9, Dual LG Screens, 0/S Windows 11, networked to a Special 12th Generation intel I9, RTX 3060 12 Gig, Windows 11,64 gigs RAM, Dual Phillips Screens, 2 Terabyte SSD Hard Drive plus 1 Terabyte Hard Drive,3rd Computer intel i7,128 gigs ram, Graphics Card NVIDIA RTX 3060 Gig,1 Terabyte Hard Drive, OS Windows 11 64 Bit Dual Samsung Syncmaster 226bw Screens.Plus INFINITY Laptop 64 Bit,64 gigs RAM.Intel i9 chip.Windows 11 Pro and Ultimate. 4 x 2 Terrabyte Hard Drives and 2 x 2 Terrabyte external USB Hard drives. All Posers from 4 to Poser 2010 and 2012, 2014. Poser 11 and 12, 13, Hexagon 2.5 64 Bit, Carrara 8.5 Pro 64 bit, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Creative Production Suite. Adobe Photoshop CC 2024, Vue 10 and 10.5 Infinite Vue 11 14.5 Infinite plus Vue 15 and 16 Infinite, Vue 2023 and 2024, Plant Catologue, DAZ Studio 4.23, iClone 7 with 3DXchange and Character Creator 3, Nikon D3 Camera with several lenses.  Nikon Z 6 ii and Z5. 180-600mm lens, 24-70 mm lens with adapter.Just added 2x 2 Terrabyte portable hard drives.


gebe ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 3:12 AM

I use a Radeon 9500 on a 2,8 Giga, 1 G Ram and XP PRO. Works great with OpenGL. Guitta


wabe ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 5:21 AM

I am not the windows expert at all - normally i would say, buy a Mac! Seriously, Vue on a dual processor machine only makes sense if you are doing a lot of animation work. Vue can only split work on several cpus for rendering animations (in terms of rendering a specific image of an animation on a specific cpu, not rendering one image on two or more cpus). So i would say, most important is RAM - as much as possible.

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Cheers ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 5:50 AM

Wabe said: "Seriously, Vue on a dual processor machine only makes sense if you are doing a lot of animation work." Well, I use a dual CPU PC for still renders, and my renders get done 70%-80% faster than if I use a single CPU equivalent PC. Even rendering a single image, Vue uses both CPU's...well worth the dual processors, don't you think? ;o) Cheers

 

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arrow1 ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 5:50 AM

Many Thanks to those that replied

Custom built computer 128 gigs RAM,4 Terabyte hard drive, NVIDIA RTX 4060 TI 16 GIG Gig,12 TH Generation Intel i9, Dual LG Screens, 0/S Windows 11, networked to a Special 12th Generation intel I9, RTX 3060 12 Gig, Windows 11,64 gigs RAM, Dual Phillips Screens, 2 Terabyte SSD Hard Drive plus 1 Terabyte Hard Drive,3rd Computer intel i7,128 gigs ram, Graphics Card NVIDIA RTX 3060 Gig,1 Terabyte Hard Drive, OS Windows 11 64 Bit Dual Samsung Syncmaster 226bw Screens.Plus INFINITY Laptop 64 Bit,64 gigs RAM.Intel i9 chip.Windows 11 Pro and Ultimate. 4 x 2 Terrabyte Hard Drives and 2 x 2 Terrabyte external USB Hard drives. All Posers from 4 to Poser 2010 and 2012, 2014. Poser 11 and 12, 13, Hexagon 2.5 64 Bit, Carrara 8.5 Pro 64 bit, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Creative Production Suite. Adobe Photoshop CC 2024, Vue 10 and 10.5 Infinite Vue 11 14.5 Infinite plus Vue 15 and 16 Infinite, Vue 2023 and 2024, Plant Catologue, DAZ Studio 4.23, iClone 7 with 3DXchange and Character Creator 3, Nikon D3 Camera with several lenses.  Nikon Z 6 ii and Z5. 180-600mm lens, 24-70 mm lens with adapter.Just added 2x 2 Terrabyte portable hard drives.


wabe ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 6:09 AM

to cheers, interesting to hear. But i you have a look into this thread from e-on support, they don't say a word that the dual processor will be the better choice: http://www.e-onsoftware.com/Support/ShowMessage.php?id=1031730942&stage=-1&chooseCategoryPage=&categoryName=&category=&subCategory=&superCategory= But if you feel that vue is running faster on your machine, great. I am thinking about a new Mac at the moment and Apple offers only dual processor machines in the high(er) end sector. So it's good to hear that...

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Cheers ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 7:59 AM

Hi Wabe, Vue is multithreaded, so it all depends if you want to make use of it. Some people get along fine with one CPU. I on the other hand prefer the benefits a dual CPU system gives me, like an increase in speed during rendering with multithreaded applications, and smoother multitasking in day to day use. Cheers

 

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forester ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 2:22 PM

Same here, Wabe. Dual processors significantly speed up both modelling and rendering. No question about it. They have considerably greater effect than more RAM, and much greater effect than the nature of the video card.



forester ( ) posted Sun, 18 May 2003 at 2:28 PM

Another thing that seems to make a detectable difference among my various machines is having Win2000 or XP Pro. Both of these appear to handle Vue better than any other Microsoft product, and better than my neighbor's latest MAC OS. (I'm not a MAC hater - in fact, I'm a serious UNIX fan, but this seems to be the fact.)



TheWingedOne ( ) posted Mon, 19 May 2003 at 8:03 AM

Just to add my two cents... I'm on a Mac as well and Vue does make use of my both CPUs while rendering a still (G4 MP500). But I think it also depends on the OS Vue is run under.I did a little test with my latest image and rendered it with the same size (1400x2100 px in broadcast mode) on my mac and on the pc in my office (AMD Athlon 2.16 GHz with 256MB RAM). The pc needed only half the time (8.45 hrs). But it's processors is about twice as fast, since my mac is nearly 3 years old. ;) To agree with the others...get as much RAM as possible and if you can afford a double-cpu machine get one. To forester: I have to agree that Vue runs better under a pc, but you shouldn't forget that Vue runs on pcs for quite awhile. The mac version exists since version 4, so there's still hope. No need to say, that there are new chips for the mac around the corner which might blow away the new pcs someday... ;P Yes, I'm one of those macaddicts. LOL. Best regards, Phil


forester ( ) posted Mon, 19 May 2003 at 10:07 AM

Hey, there's nothing wrong with MACs! Let's hope there are new chips as well. Guitta, this basic question gets asked often, and we all are pretty clear on the answers now. Would this be time to put this basic question, and the simple answers in a FAQ? Vue Version 4 runs faster on a PC than on a MAC. Vue is more stable in the Windows 2000 and Windows XP Pro operating systems than in any of the other PC operating systems. Vue probably is more stable on a MAC in the latest operating system. Dual CPU's bring about the greatest speed in rendering, and probably the greatest speed in modelling. Memory (RAM) is next most important in VUE performance. The memory size and chip properties of the video card have little to do with rendering speed (since that is controlled by the CPU), but provide significant other benefits in terms of the quality and characteristics of the final render. (Shadowing, etc.) Open GL is preferred for many reasons, as a video technology, but VUE users should disable the Open GL Background Thread setting when modelling. It does help to re-enable it when the composition is complete, saved, and the user is ready to render. (At least, I think these are the simple answers to this general question.) ?????



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