My Work PC :
-Computer: Lenovo D20
-cpu: 2 x Xeon E5620 2.4GHz, Hyperthreaded 16 Cores
-Video Card: FirePro V7800 1gb, running 3 x 24" monitors
-ram: 6 x 4GB, 12GB per processor, 24GB total
-mb: whatever came with the computer
-hd: 500gb seagate barracuda (trying to convince IT for a SSD soon)
First off I have been having computer problems lately, I actually ended up here looking for answers about why my computer acts so slow in 3ds sometimes. I actually have an open ticket with ATI right now about the video driver for 3ds max design 2013. Wireframe does not always display properly with my V7800. I also got an error opening your file FYI, Missing Dll vrender2012.dr Class V-Ray Adv 2.20.03.
use 3ds max design 2012 x64 (from the autodesk infrastructure suite, no vray)
shaded : 1.9 fps
realistic : 0.86 fps
Wireframe : 1.9 fps
use 3ds max design 2013 x64 (from the autodesk infrastructure suite, no vray)
shaded : 3.5 fps
realistic : 2.7 fps
Wireframe : 1.5 fps
While running this on my desktop I saw all cores fluctuating(nothing consistant or over 30%), and the gpu at 0%. Its like the computer isnt even trying, yet it is still very choppy.
Personal Laptop:
-Computer: HP 8530w Elitebook
-cpu: Intel Centrino 2 T9400, 2.53GHz, dual core
-Video Card: Nvidia Quadro FX 770m, 512mb
-ram: 2 x 4GB, 8GB total
-mb: whatever came with the computer
-ssd: Intel X-25m 160GB
3ds max design 2012 x64 (student edition, no vray)
shaded : 2.2 fps
realistic : 1.1 fps
Wireframe : 2.1 fps
While running this on my laptop I saw 1 core at 100%, the other at ~40%, and the gpu at ~40%.
Hope it helps..
