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Thanks for the info, I will have to look at Corona. I have to test some stuff out why my file keeps generating a daylight every time I open it.

The Arnold rendering engine seems to be buggy. Everytime I open a 3dstudio max file using the Arnold rendering engine a new daylight appears. My file may have multiple daylight icons. I'm getting into a habit of deleting the icon when I open the file. Is this normal? Has anyone figured out how to get the perspective camera correction to work? This is crucial for architectural rendering!!!

The work computer with the extreme HD setting: FPS: 40.9 Score: 1710 Its almost identical to my gaming card running at the extreme HD setting. My gaming card does alot better when the settings are turned down compared to the Quadro cards setting turned down. This is probably due to the memory. It looks like this Quadro card is way overpriced compared to the performance.

I monitor the CPU through the task manager / performance tab / Resource Monitor. Is there a better way? I ran the Unigine Valley on my home computer with the extreme HD setting: FPS: 40.6 Score: 1698 I'll have to do the same on the work computer next time I'm at work.

I havn't seen the CPU ever go above 3.0Ghz... Do I have to turn a setting on to get the 3.6Ghz boost. My home computer will boost to 4Ghz when rendering.

Sorry for the delay. I was finishing up a project and finally installed unigine demo. My home computer: 73.1 FPS Score: 3059 Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz (3599MHz) x4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM 21.21.13.7254/Intel® HD Graphics 4600 20.19.15.4444 (2048MB) x1 The work computer: 48.2 FPS Score: 2020 Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz (2993MHz) x24 NVIDIA Quadro M4000 21.21.13.6926 (4095MB) x1 Both had the same settings at "high" Looks like the $1000 quadro card isn't performing as good as my gaming card at $200

Thanks I'll have to download that. I found an interesting article about the M4000: http://www.engineering.com/Hardware/ArticleID/11461/Quadro-M4000CAD-Applications-Cant-Handle-This-Much-Power.aspx Sounds like the card is weak at 3d... I'm starting to think these Quadro cards are way overpriced for the performance.

I'll have to figure out how to run the benchmarks on both computers. The work computer does render very quickly! The only complaint I have is the sluggish feeling when modeling within 3dstudio. I just tested the same file using 3dstudio 2015 on the same machine and it runs slightly better but still should be faster then my home computer.

The Following are the Info: Home Computer: Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) - Turbo 4.0 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM - 2gigs 16 gigs of RAM 7200 RPM Hard Drive Windows 10 - 64bit Work Computer: Intel Xeon® CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00Ghz (2 Processors) NVIDIA Quadro M4000 - 8gigs 64 gigs of RAM 2 Solid State drives - raided for speed Windows 10 - 64bit

I just got a new computer at work. Dual processor with total of 24 cores with 64 gigs of ram and a Quadro M4000 4gig memory. I'm using 3dstudio Max 2017. 3dstudio seems to run very sluggish with a fairly complex model. I opened the same file on my home computer which is an alienware computer designed for gaming. Single 8 core processor with 16 gigs of ram and a Geforce 760 2gigs of ram. The model runs alot smoother! Any reason why my home computer is faster at manipulating a model? At home I'm using 3dstudio Max 2015. Both computers are running windows 10 and video drivers are up to date. any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for the quick response. The lighting levels for the autodesk rendering seem off. The center of the tennis court is roughly 2400 lux. Typical office lighting is about 500 lux. The tennis court seems rather dark. Am I reading this wrong? I'll have to go through the tutorial to get a better understanding of the proper way to set my scene.

I'm trying to accurately show the lighting conditions in a space. I'm currently using 3dstudio max Mental Ray and the lighting analysis feature. I have the building oriented properly and using the daylight system with the correct location date and time. I'm using architecture & design materials. The light levels feel way off. I'm getting roughly 1100 fc for an interior space with no artificial lighting. There is an over head door and several windows. All the openings are on the North side of the building. The rendering is very dark. How accurate is the lighting? There seems to be a lot of settings I can change to manipulate the rendering such as exposure control. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I just installed the new service pack and still this lag exists. Anyone else still getting this. I'm forced to close max and reopen...I may have to revert back to 2015 I use groups all the time and can't change my work flow!!

I like using Director. The version I use is 11.5. Its really old but still does everything I need it to do.

I figured it out! I noticed each time I started rendering the animation it over wrote the cached file temp.fgm. So after it finished rendering the first frame and the temp.fgm was written I copied it into a different folder. Now when I render this animation on different computers I can specify that file. This saves alot of time!