I created a complicated video to test the dynamic hair function in Poser Pro 2010 (64 bit).  I am using a single computer with an Intel Core I7 990x 3.46 G six core processor and Windows 7 64 bit.  When I render an image I am showing 100% usage of the processor, but when I am calculating collisions for the dynamic hair I get a very different result.  When calculating collisions for the hair I am only using about 12% of the processor’s power and it seems to run very slowly.  I wrote to SM about this and they said that was normal but they were trying to make the hair collisions work more efficiently.

I have noticed that in the Poser Pro 2012 list of improvements, they list dynamic hair as one of the improvements.

My question is whether anyone has heard about this improvement and if so, what the new usage might give as a processor percentage.  I didn’t find any useful information on the SM site.

I guess the real question is whether switching to PP 2012 from PP 2010 is worth the time and money.  Any input on any of the differences you may have noticed between the two would be helpful.

Poser Pro 2012 SR3

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Intel Core I7 990x 3.46G 6 core

24G RAM

EVGA GTX580 R Video Card

Single HP LP2475 1920x1200 monitor

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