mesht Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 does viz2008 support dual-core xeon? i have a macpro with winxp pro x64, and when i render, it shows 4 cpu but only 2 threads are utilized. the multi-threading box in ticked, and my task manager shows 4 processes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 There was some discussion about this in the past, and from what I remember, VIZ is only 32bit, so unless you buy MAX, you aren't going to get true multi-treaded performance. However, Mental Ray and Radiosity (or Advanced Lighting) should use all your processors. If you are doing a regular scan-line render, you might not see more than two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesht Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 hmm...guess either have to wait for the x64bit version or upgrade to max did a test render using Mental Ray and it only shows 3 threads. so i guess it is really limited to that since it's 32-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 No, 32-bit OSes and apps can support 4 CPUs if they so desire. That's not what's causing the problem (though I couldn't tell you what is, not knowing anything about Viz 2008...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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