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does anyone have any input as to how much faster vw runs on these machines?

was wondering if we could have a bench mark file that could be used.

not sure if this would work but i have a file of all the roads in vermont and my zoom & pan are sluggish (mac mini)

something like that. vw could say it runs so fast on this machine or that.

any suggestions?

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I can't currently help on the panning and zooming part, but here is a way to get a relative comparison of rendering speeds.

The attached VW file (Total Timer V1 v2010.vwx 3MB). is set up in Perspective view. This is so the rendered area is cropped and not dependent on the screen size. Open the File and double click on the Total Timer V1 script. Check all the boxes in the dialog box that opens and click OK. The script will run through all of the rendering modes and then give you a list of the time each render took.

On my MacBook Pro 2.43 GHz, Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of ram I got the following times:

OpenGL 0.2

Fast RenderWorks 0.6

FRW w/Shadows 0.8

Final Quality RW 1.2

CustomRW 1.1

Fast Radiosity 2.0

Final Quality Radiosity 22.4

Custom Radiosity 21.8

The Custom options may change depending on your custom settings.

The times will vary depending on what else your computer is doing at the time. For the most consistant results restart your computer. Launch VW and nothing else and run the scripts.

Post your times and machine specs back here. If we get enough information maybe we can do a table showing relative speeds.

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That's a very cool Idea and Script!

On my Macbook Pro with Nvidia Gforce 9400M:

Open GL: 0,3

Fast RW: 0,6

Fast RW w/Shadows: 0,7

FQRW: 0,8

CRW: 0,8

Fast Radiosity: 1,1

FQ Radiosity: 19,4

Custom Radiosity: 19,3

On my Macbook Pro with Nvidia Gforce 9600M GT:

Open GL: 0,3

Fast RW: 0,5

Fast RW w/Shadows: 0,6

FQRW: 0,7

CRW: 0,7

Fast Radiosity: 1,0

FQ Radiosity: 19,4

Custom Radiosity: 19,1

Edited by Horst M.
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Desktop

OpenGL 0.0

Fast RenderWorks 0.2

FRW w/Shadows 0.2

Final Quality RW 0.1

CustomRW 0.3

Fast Radiosity 0.3

Final Quality Radiosity 5.4

Custom Radiosity 5.4

Windows 7 64 bit VW 2010LMRW

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.66 ghz 6GB Memory

NVidia Ge Force 9800 GT

ASUS Laptop

OpenGL 0.5

Fast RenderWorks 0.6

FRW w/Shadows 0.4

Final Quality RW 0.7

CustomRW 0.6

Fast Radiosity 0.9

Final Quality Radiosity 13.4

Custom Radiosity 13.4

Windows 7 32 bit VW 2010LMRW

Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 4GB Memory

NVidia Ge Force GT 130M CUDA 1GB

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Pat,

I think there is a little mistake in the chart.

I did both tests for my previous Post (#142359) with the MB Pro Laptop, to check if there is any Speed difference between the two built in Graphics Controllers.

I haven't done the test with the MacPro 4x2.66 /8GB ... yet

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pat thanks for the speed test that you posted.

i know you cannot do a test on pan & zoom but how about a script that selects all text, changes font and size, then deselects.

i have all the road names & the roads for the state of massachusetts in one file and when i select the all the text things really hang up (30 min)

i can send the file to you

is this the same as rendering? or is something different?

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NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (better battery life)

OpenGL: 0.3

Fast RW: 0.6

Fast RW w/Shadows: 0.7

FQRW: 0.8

Custom RW: 0.8

Fast Rad: 1.1

FQRad: 22.5

Custom Rad: 22.2

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GT (better performance)

OpenGL: 0.3

Fast RW: 0.6

Fast RW w/Shadows: 0.7

FQRW: 0.8

Custom RW: 0.8

Fast Rad: 1.1

FQRad: 22.3

Custom Rad: 22.2

MBPro, 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo

OSX-10.5.8

Dan J.

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pat thanks for the speed test that you posted.

i know you cannot do a test on pan & zoom but how about a script that selects all text, changes font and size, then deselects.

i have all the road names & the roads for the state of massachusetts in one file and when i select the all the text things really hang up (30 min)

i can send the file to you

is this the same as rendering? or is something different?

Send me the file and I will probably take a subset of it (don't want the test to take too long). Maybe down to where it takes 2 minutes on my machine.

Maybe do two tests. One for selection (which is mostly a screen redraw thing due to the selection highlighting). One for redraw (switch between two saved views with nothing selected). And maybe throw in a good old fashioned math function just for ducks. Anyone have a favorite?

The email in my signature will take up to a 30MB file.

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Hi,

her are the times for my desktop Mac

MacPro 2x 2x2,66GHz (Intel Xeon)

RAM 5 GB

ATI X1900 512MB

OS X 10.5.8

OpenGL: 0.5

Fast RW: 0.7

Fast RW w/Shadows: 0.7

FQRW: 0.6

Custom RW: 0.6

Fast Rad: 1.1

FQRad: 15.0

Custom Rad: 14.7

@Pat, I doublechecked the times for my MB-Pro, with the same result as before.

Edited by Horst M.
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Aloha, Pat:

27" iMac i7 with 16GB RAM and second 30" cinema display connected to the imac. Rendered on the main iMac display.

OpenGL: 0.3

Fast RenderWorks: 0.4

Fast RenderWorks w/Shadows: 0.5

Final Quality RenderWorks: 0.4

Custom RenderWorks: 0.4

Fast Radiosity: 0.9

Final Quality Radiosity: 9.5

Custom Radiosity: 9.5

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Did another test after restarting the Mac and just VW running...

Couple seconds of improvement on the last two settings.

OpenGL: 0.3

Fast RenderWorks: 0.5

Fast RenderWorks w/Shadows: 0.5

Final Quality RenderWorks: 0.4

Custom RenderWorks: 0.4

Fast Radiosity: 0.9

Final Quality Radiosity: 9.3

Custom Radiosity: 9.3

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