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    3ds max Render Speed Test

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Xellon, Mar 4, 2011.

  1. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    I saw this on another forums before and thought I'd post it here as well. However, I'm not sure which forum most 3d software users would visit but I thought I'd just put it here.

    Download THIS file (random file I found on net) and using 3ds max, just hit the render button.

    Plz don't change any settings.

    Post how long it took to render, your processor, gpu, hardrive, and ram. For the hardrive, make sure u list the drive u installed max on.

    17.7 seconds.

    i7-720qm
    5870m
    500gb 7200 rpm
    8 gig 1066mhz
     
    Xellon, Mar 4, 2011
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  2. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

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    I did it at my machine at work for the fun of it (I work at a VFX house) and sent it to the farm.

    It took a quarter second. lol
     
    apachehavok, Mar 7, 2011
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  3. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    no way, did u just hit the render button? Not even XM processor could render it that fast.
     
    Xellon, Mar 7, 2011
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  4. Duct Tape Dude

    Duct Tape Dude Duct Tape Dude

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    But how about *evil voice* ONE HUNDRED XM PROCESSORS?!

    Farms generally have more than just one or two pieces of silicon working together.
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Mar 7, 2011
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    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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  6. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    Awesome. I didn't think the firepro could pull that off but thats awesome. Since I believe the firepro is cheaper and are better for games. But I suspect the Quadro 3000 might be able to do better perhaps. At least thats what everyone says, that nvidia makes better drivers. But I'll take a firepro since its cheaper xD and near 5 seconds is just wow.
     
    Xellon, Mar 7, 2011
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  7. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah the farm is just a tad over 12,000 processors lol

    I think it took longer for image to get transferred to my screen then it did the actual render. hahaha

    And yes, no one uses ATI in major VFX houses. The drivers suck and are slow :)

    Just for fun I did it here on my work machine excluding the farm.
    2.22 seconds.

    Dual hex core xeons
    64gb ram
    QuadroFX 5800
     
    apachehavok, Mar 7, 2011
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  8. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    my q3000 wont match my fp7820, but im sure the 5000 will.
    and its true that most houses use Quadros but many do use the FP's now. take for Example the movie AVATAR it was done exclusively on FP 8000's.

    I dont do anything professionally but from what I hear both side of the pro GPU's are good for drivers now. just some software doenst support ATI/AMD Stream

    im actually impressed my wifes laptop can do that render half as fast as your desktop.
     
    crazycanuk, Mar 7, 2011
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  9. NeRo45

    NeRo45 Notebook Evangelist

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    22 Seconds on Thinkpad T61p

    2.6ghz Dual Core
    4gb RAM
    Nvidia Quadro 570m
    Windows Vista x64 Business
     
    NeRo45, Mar 8, 2011
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