Quote - Going from an i7 classic (920?) to an i7-4xxx should get you a 100% increase, probably more!

 

not really

i am in i7-975x and i can only go to 6core i7-990X  --->33% of gain for less than 800$ the cpu

going from i7-975x old hardware to newer i7-4770 (without extreme cpu) costs  more than 800$ (motherboard+memory+cpu...)  and only to gain 10% of speed

 

going from i7-975x old hardware to newer 6core cost more than 800$ (maybe 1500$) (motherboard+memory+cpu...) and the 6cores cpu is even more expensive and i'm nt sure there is a 2x factor of performance gain.

you see, i'd better to go to 6core i7-990X (or lower i7-980 6 cores) to gain 25 or 33% of speed for less of 800$.

changing memory to another one won't bring me 10% of speed

changing video card to newer neither

changing ssd to newer not at all (i'm stuck at sata2)

i can change only the CPU or the software to hope gain 10% (software) or 33% (hardware)

 

in one hand the software costs 250$ for 10% of assured speed, and in the other hand 800$ for 33% gain .

 

if i render a animation wo take 60min :

• changing software will take 50min for the render

• changing the cpu will take 40min to render at least

 

so i have to be sure of the gain time of poser 2014 render engine compared to the old poser 2012 render engine

 

a trial version would be pleased for me to test....