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    • C Offline
      chango70
      last edited by

      So... Do we have any initial results from the survey at all?

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      • SketchUp Guide TommyS Offline
        SketchUp Guide Tommy
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        Hi Everyone,

        Wow. I'm floored by the direction this post has gone. I think that creating a standardized test is great way to collect more objective feedback. If you're all cool with the idea, I'd like to launch version 2 of the survey which utilizes a particular model and the Ruby command "Test.time_display." We'd also like to gather more information about drivers, as rabbit recently mentioned, to further increase the relevance of the survey. Haha. I'm beside myself at the moment, I'm so excited 😄

        Anywho, back to the post that started this discussion. I created a gadget based on the results of my first survey. The content is hosted on the following page:

        http://sketchuphelp.googlepages.com/hardwarereportresults

        Enjoy!

        Regards,
        SGT

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          chango70
          last edited by

          Err.. Sorry for the silly question but, how do you open it?

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            juju
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            @chango70 said:

            Err.. Sorry for the silly question but, how do you open it?

            +1. Also tried by signing in with my Google login details. She don't work!

            Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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              ehaflett
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              +2, I got an 'Access Denied' error.

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                chango70
                last edited by

                Seriously! when I try to log in I just end up in googledocs? Whats happening?

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                • SketchUp Guide TommyS Offline
                  SketchUp Guide Tommy
                  last edited by

                  Hi Everyone,

                  I'm sorry for the confusion. It looks like there's a bug with the gadget. I'm going to keep playing with the settings to see what's going on.

                  Many thanks.

                  UPDATE:

                  Try going directly to the View mode for this spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pdV8e-LldOEpQw6k3-ovifg&hl=en

                  Regards,
                  SGT

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    I can see that spreadsheet just fine now.

                    Chris

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                      plot-paris
                      last edited by

                      it works for me too! thanks Tommy.

                      but I can't really see, what is the most important factor that influences SU's performance...

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                        chango70
                        last edited by

                        I can't see a thing!?? If its just a spreadsheet can't you just upload it here? Surely it can't be that big.

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                        • SketchUp Guide TommyS Offline
                          SketchUp Guide Tommy
                          last edited by

                          Hey Chris,

                          I just wanted to say that it was awesome to meet you in person at Basecamp. Thanks for chiming-in on this thread 😄

                          Hi chango70,

                          Hmm. That's strange. Try clearing your browser's cache. I'd prefer to show the online version of the data because I have the data in a gadget that can be controlled with filters. Likewise, the gadget will be updated when new surveys are completed.

                          Hi Everyone,

                          As I mentioned earlier, I haven't had a chance to draw conclusions from the data myself. However, playing with the filters has revealed some interesting correlations. For example, the Radeon X1600 appears to be working well on MacBook Pros running Leopard. Feel free to poke around with the filters and see what comes up. This is all good feedback for when version 2 of the survey launches, which will be much more objective.

                          Enjoy!

                          Regards,
                          SGT

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                            chango70
                            last edited by

                            Thx I got it! Thumbs up for the hard work.

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                              bellwells
                              last edited by

                              The links get me to a "sign-in" page and when I log in, I get a blank google doc. How does one view the spreadsheet?

                              Ron

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                                Chris Fullmer
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                                I see that I am already logged in when I click on the link. So can you enable the always logged in mode or something? If you're logged in when you click the link, it should take you right to the spreadsheet. Or maybe log in, and then paste the link into your browser that you logged-in in. See if that works,

                                Chris

                                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                All my Plugins I've written

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                                  bellwells
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks, Chris. For some reason, it's working fine now.

                                  Ron

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                                    chango70
                                    last edited by

                                    After reading this forum I've decided to get the following rig for my Architecture Diploma:

                                    Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550 (4 X 2.83GHz) 1333MHz/12MB (Overclocked to 3.6GHz)

                                    Memory (RAM): 4 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x2GB)

                                    Motherboard: ASUS® P5K WS: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 2 x PCI-E

                                    OS: Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit Edition + SP1

                                    HD: 300GB WD VelociRaptor® SATA 16MB CACHE (10,000rpm)

                                    Graphics Card: 512MB QUADRO FX3700 PCI Express + 2 x DVI + Stereo Display

                                    All for about £1500 from PCSpecialist

                                    Hope it will be a killer.

                                    What do you guys think?

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                                      remus
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                                      That does sound pretty killer chango, i can only dream of such machines 😄

                                      Only thing i would suggest is perhaps try to get some more memory, as if you plan on doing any renders (reasonably likely on an architecture course, i wouldve thought) they can really start to eat up the memory in larger sizes. Possibly worth getting a bigger HDD as well, youd be surprised how quickly you can use up 300gb.

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        chango70
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                                        My past experices of using Vray to do renderings is that actually the Ram requirement isn't high, sort of hovering around 2GB utilisation while the 2 cores were working flat out. Is that because 2 core can only use 2 GB? Has anyone done really heavy textured renderings?

                                        Thanks for the suggestion Remus, Ram is so cheap these days I might as well get 8GB.

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                                          remus
                                          last edited by

                                          I dont really know much about vray, although in indigo its certainly very easy to run out of memory on large renders.

                                          Either way having more RAM isnt going to hurt.

                                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                            plot-paris
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                                            I experienced, that the ram is especially necessary, when doing renderings with high resolution.

                                            I processed a scene recently, which contained more than one billion polygons. the ram used by indigo was mere 70 MB, because my resolution was only 800 x 600.

                                            when I tried to render the same scene with a proper resolution, my computer ran out of memory...

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