You're right of course. I was just trying to point out that none of us really know what is going on here. I don't think any of us here are software/hardware engineers, and even if we were, none of us worked on either the P4 processor or Vue software, so we don't know what is causing the problem, and we probably never can. All we can hope is to figure out what cpu works well with Vue. So far, I'd have to say my P4 prescott 3.0 ghz sucks...or more specifically that it sucks rendering vue scenes.

I only pointed out the cache issue because your information is incorrect and I don't think that misinformation about the cache will help us figure out what is going on here. I have an AMD XP 2400+ and it has 256 k cache. The 2600+ to 3200+ models have 512. I know this because I was evaluating all these factors when I was trying to figure out exactly what system to buy for the best vue rendering. I probably spent 3-4 hours going over this and in the end, I still made a poor decision it looks like. So yeah, I'm pissed at e-on/vue, intel and also at myself. Well maybe not pissed. In the end, the machine renders well and vue runs fine on it. So what can I complain about. I only spent $700 on the machine anyway...so even if it is slower than I expected it isn't too bad.

On the other hand, I love vue. It really isn't crappy software. But is has a ton of bugs, many more than I've EVER dealt with using any commercial software in my entire life, 10 yrs + using computers professionally. It is extremely frustrating dealing with all vue's bugs (I've probably notified vue tech support of 10+ very serious bugs and they fix some, let others slide...). I guess you could say I love to hate Vue Pro. Venting on the forums is the only way to let the frustration with Vue out...their tech support just says "we'll look into it." Most of the time nothing ever becomes of it.

I think the other poster was right...we should set up some benchmarks or something. But then there are a lot of weird factors that can influence render times...motherboard, memory speed, etc. In the end, maybe it is too much work for too little gain. I think the real moral of this thread should be...don't buy a P4 prescott if you want some kick-@$$ render times! Stick with AMD Athlon XPs! ;) EDIT: please post here if you want to do benchmarks and we can start a new thread, but if no one is interested, maybe we should forget it.

Message edited on: 08/17/2004 15:14