Finally Got the Dream System
Finally Got the Dream System
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Hello,
Well, I finally got that dream system I'd posted about previously.
In short
x2 Quad Core Xeons X5365 3 GHZ CPU's
Nvidia Quadro FX 5600
x2 150 GB 10,000 RPM WK Raptor X NCQ 16 MB Chache Running Raid 0.....as well as a host of other goodies.
All told around 11.5k in the system and software.
I purchased this system in order to speed up rendering times/animations etc.
In my 1st little benchmark test I rendered a rather ornate glass bowl in the default environment. With caustic, shadowing, etc. The end result images were fairly identical.
The render time to file was a full 90 minutes faster than my previous system. A Dell Precision 490, running Duo Core Xeon proccessor.
As far as animations... A simple 10 second fully rendered rotation takes around 15-20 minutes to save to file, as opposed to "who cares, it ain't worth trying" on the previous system.
As far as modeling performance. I can actually use freeform, and deform surfacing features without pulling my hair out.
All in all, happy with the system, and although miles short of a render farm it's likely the best I'll ever see! Only problem is, now I want one at home.
Does anyone have any tips as to how to maximize the rendering performance times?
I have set the graphics card preference to Solidworks, and that's about it. Can the graphic card be utilize in any way to speed up the render times?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Craig
Well, I finally got that dream system I'd posted about previously.
In short
x2 Quad Core Xeons X5365 3 GHZ CPU's
Nvidia Quadro FX 5600
x2 150 GB 10,000 RPM WK Raptor X NCQ 16 MB Chache Running Raid 0.....as well as a host of other goodies.
All told around 11.5k in the system and software.
I purchased this system in order to speed up rendering times/animations etc.
In my 1st little benchmark test I rendered a rather ornate glass bowl in the default environment. With caustic, shadowing, etc. The end result images were fairly identical.
The render time to file was a full 90 minutes faster than my previous system. A Dell Precision 490, running Duo Core Xeon proccessor.
As far as animations... A simple 10 second fully rendered rotation takes around 15-20 minutes to save to file, as opposed to "who cares, it ain't worth trying" on the previous system.
As far as modeling performance. I can actually use freeform, and deform surfacing features without pulling my hair out.
All in all, happy with the system, and although miles short of a render farm it's likely the best I'll ever see! Only problem is, now I want one at home.
Does anyone have any tips as to how to maximize the rendering performance times?
I have set the graphics card preference to Solidworks, and that's about it. Can the graphic card be utilize in any way to speed up the render times?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Craig






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Otherwise, it looks like this system will help greatly.
Jeff Mowry
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I just recieved Photoshop CS3 Extended, which supports 3-D models, this may solve some of our problems in visualizing in "realistic" environments with perpective matching.
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http://www.bunkspeed.com/hypershot/hypershot.html
Pete
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Pete
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Please keep in mind that we don't specialize in doing renders (i.e., an expert will find many things wrong with the image I'm sure). We're a small company that designs in Solidworks and wanted a way to present to clients very quickly without having to prototype. I've seen incredible results from people on this forum using Photoworks and other programs, but we just didn't have the time to really get proficient at it.
This scene was created in less than five minutes. I assigned materials, played with a few settings and hit render.
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I must say, the software looks really promising! A very good option for engineering firms who like to produce decent quality renderings without weeks of tweaking to get things just right...
About photoworks, I noticed in SW2008, using the realview scenes, I can also do decent quality renderings quite a bit faster than SW2007 could, I'd say about 50% faster...
Stefan Hamminga
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Look at the animations of Realview in 2008 on this page here...
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Pete
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