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How are render speed from 6.6 to 7.0 to 7.5?
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How are render speed from 6.6 to 7.0 to 7.5? // Roundtable
Post by davidjohnson // May 19, 2008, 5:49am
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I am thinking of upgrading, but want to figure out if render times are going to increase or decrease as I move up? |
Post by jamesmc // May 19, 2008, 5:55am
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Times will decrease for the most part. trueSpace doesn't really have any visual way to check render efficiency other than time, so that's the only factor you have to check with.
In other programs, they use render chunk graphic symbols and I can definetely tell a significant time savings going from dual core to quad core.
Commercial render farms are using 8 core processors now!!!! |
Post by Jack Edwards // May 19, 2008, 7:23am
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I suspect your render times are pretty much the same for model side since it's not really changed any.
The advantage in upgrading as far as rendering goes, would be in getting access to VRay. Which has very fast GI rendering. The realtime DX9 render is very nice also for rendering out 1000s of frames per minute for prototyping animations.
The other advantage is the Workspace modeling tools which are quite a different approach from model side as you can see in the recently released modeling course.
You may want to wait for 7.6 though, since there will likely be upgrade specials. ;) |
Post by splinters // May 19, 2008, 7:57am
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You seem to have overlooked the HDRI option in model side which was not there in 6.6. Hard to tell if rendering is quicker as most users have moved up their technology as well. Also, I rarely render using anything but HDRI anymore and it is much faster (and better ) than an IBL...:D |
Post by spacekdet // May 19, 2008, 10:19am
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Your hardware will need a similar upgrade.
Be sure you meet or preferably exceed the recommended specs. (http://www.caligari.com/products/trueSpace/ts75/Brochure/specification.asp?Cate=BSpecification)
Don't be me and try to run it on a computer manufactured in the last century. |
Post by transient // May 19, 2008, 2:42pm
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I am thinking of upgrading, but want to figure out if render times are going to increase or decrease as I move up?
You could get dribble.
It's only 35 bucks, and works with the new ts as well if you feel like upgrading. You can have anti-aliasing maxed out, dof, micro-displacement and sss on at the same time with a negligible increase to render times. I think it has a very lush, filmic look to it; and probably has the best motion blur I've seen (which is also very quick to render).
It also uses bugger-all memory, which is really nice.
It has a few bugs and a couple of features that aren't there yet, but overall it's better than vray for truespace at this stage imo. And you don't need to upgrade to 7.5 to use it - I'll hold that thought before things get ugly.;)
A bit ot, but it would be nice to have a fully functional, bug free, quality renderer in truespace some day. Hopefully, by 2009, this will be the case.
To sum up: I'm using 6.6 (with dribble) and thoroughly enjoying it.:cool: |
Post by frank // May 20, 2008, 5:11am
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I'll second what transient said about Dribble.
If it winds up not being what you want speed-wise, you're only out a nominal amount, but you still have access to a fine-quality renderer. If you go with a whole tS upgrade, you run the risk of not liking the new system, but for substantially more money. |
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