Carrara & Vista & Dual Core? - Polyloop

rcoble · 27th November 2006, 20:14

I have been a Ray Dream / Carrara user since it was owened by Fractial Design. What's that 20 years? Anyway its time for a new computer, and I was wondering how Carrara will work with Vista, and is it dual-core aware? Etc. I don't follow the latest computer tech advances untill I need a new computer. It seems a lot changed in the last few years.

markbremmer · 27th November 2006, 23:35

From what I've been reading by PC users on the dual core machines, Carrara works like a charm.

I still have some RayDream manuals around...for doorstops. ;)

Mark

loloallo · 28th November 2006, 18:51

On my E6600 Dual core , i can render pictures with two cores when activating multithread. That's really nice.

Trunks · 28th November 2006, 23:11

Maybe you are VIsta ready, but it would probarly take some time before Carrara is Vista ready.
At the moment Carrara uses the Opengl API as base for rendering and for the 3d environment. Opengl was chosen as a base for cararra because It supports multiple platforms (Including MAC and the PC), But Microsoft plans to support opengl in Vista only under an API layer. (which basicly means, that Microsoft Makes Opengl slow on purpose). This will result in slow rendering in Carrara when windows Vista is used as operating system.

So the current owner of Carrara allmost has to completely reprogram the core of Carrara to get desirable results on windows Vista. So don't count on it that Carrara 5 will be vista ready. It's to much work to give this huge patch for free. They will probarly sell it, and/or use it in carrara 6.

rcoble · 2nd December 2006, 22:06

Thanks, thats the info I was looking for about Vista. So If I stay with XP Pro will I be geting the use of the dual/quad core with carrara? ie 4x faster renders?

Sardtok · 3rd December 2006, 18:35

Yes, you will get multi-threaded rendering, but with quad core, don't expect 4x faster, expect maybe about 3.5x...
Dual core, you can't expect an exact 2x faster render either, but rather somewhere around 1.8x or so, but yeah, you will get two threads, kind of like network rendering...

27th November 2006, 20:14	#1 (permalink)
rcoble Vertex Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12	Carrara & Vista & Dual Core? I have been a Ray Dream / Carrara user since it was owened by Fractial Design. What's that 20 years? Anyway its time for a new computer, and I was wondering how Carrara will work with Vista, and is it dual-core aware? Etc. I don't follow the latest computer tech advances untill I need a new computer. It seems a lot changed in the last few years.

27th November 2006, 23:35	#2 (permalink)
markbremmer Escaping to 3D worlds... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 176	From what I've been reading by PC users on the dual core machines, Carrara works like a charm. I still have some RayDream manuals around...for doorstops. ;) Mark __________________ Mark Bremmer Beginner, intermediate and advanced Carrara tutorials are here.

28th November 2006, 18:51	#3 (permalink)
loloallo Rêveur à points cardinaux Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 1,457	On my E6600 Dual core , i can render pictures with two cores when activating multithread. That's really nice. __________________ Laurent. Core Duo 2 E6600, Ati X1650, 2Go, Win Xp Et un tas de logiciels qui ne font rien sans imagination. Mon site Tout s'arrange toujours, même... mal.

28th November 2006, 23:11	#4 (permalink)
Trunks Vertex Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	We'll have to wait..... Maybe you are VIsta ready, but it would probarly take some time before Carrara is Vista ready. At the moment Carrara uses the Opengl API as base for rendering and for the 3d environment. Opengl was chosen as a base for cararra because It supports multiple platforms (Including MAC and the PC), But Microsoft plans to support opengl in Vista only under an API layer. (which basicly means, that Microsoft Makes Opengl slow on purpose). This will result in slow rendering in Carrara when windows Vista is used as operating system. So the current owner of Carrara allmost has to completely reprogram the core of Carrara to get desirable results on windows Vista. So don't count on it that Carrara 5 will be vista ready. It's to much work to give this huge patch for free. They will probarly sell it, and/or use it in carrara 6.

3rd December 2006, 18:35	#6 (permalink)
Sardtok Box modeling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 217	Yes, you will get multi-threaded rendering, but with quad core, don't expect 4x faster, expect maybe about 3.5x... Dual core, you can't expect an exact 2x faster render either, but rather somewhere around 1.8x or so, but yeah, you will get two threads, kind of like network rendering... __________________ --- The Zigg (Take me off for great justice?)

2nd December 2006, 22:06	#5 (permalink)
rcoble Vertex Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12	Thanks, thats the info I was looking for about Vista. So If I stay with XP Pro will I be geting the use of the dual/quad core with carrara? ie 4x faster renders?

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