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    • R Offline
      red44
      last edited by

      Anyone got a new Mac Pro to test?

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        red44
        last edited by

        New Imac 27 inch as spec'ed here http://store.apple.com/nz/configure/MB953X/A?mco=MTM3NjczMzI with 8Gb Ram & i7 processor. Running SU 7.1 on Snow Leopard.

        Shadows on - (47-53*) frames per second
        Shadows off - 22 frames per second**

        compared to old G5 PPC Dual 2.3Ghz, with 2.5Gb RAM NVidia GeForce 6600 GPU

        Shadows on - 30 frames per second
        Shadows off - 14.6 frames per second

        and 1st gen Macbook Pro - (ATI Radeon X1600 2Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2Gb Ram Leopard, SU 7.1)

        Shadows on - 27.3 frames per second
        Shadows off - 9.2 frames per second

        Pretty impressive improvement I guess, but can't help wondering what the Mac Pro might be capable of... No software/OpenGL issues yet to report but will post back if I find any....

        *Is SU caching something here? Upon repeated testing I'm getting different results (shadows on = same as shadows off & frame rate increases to 53), even after closing SU and reopening Test file... Am I missing something here?

        **The results on the Imac back up Jopperman's results with similarly spec'ed Graphics card (512Mb difference on GPU) and RAM but on a different operating system and other hardware specifically CPU...

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        • BoxB Offline
          Box
          last edited by

          For reference I just tested my Asus Eeepc running XP and SU7.1.

          The test shows it is pretty slow but it all works if you want something portable..

          http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s296/storeben/SU/Test.jpg

          I've opened two very high poly models, and they certainly orbit and zoom quite happily, I imagine any work on them would take forever though.

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            SnowTiger
            last edited by

            It appears I don't know how to get both images to upload in the same post ... so here's the other one.


            Test-Time-Screenshot-3.jpg

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              SnowTiger
              last edited by

              I hate to say it.. but I will.
              I seem to be "smoking" all you fellers.
              Here's my score.

              BTW - I am running Vista Ultimate with 4 Gigs Ram and 2x (PCIE SLI) Nvidea 8800GT's

              "EDIT" .. I guess I haven't "smoked" everyone. I didn't notice there are 6 pages to this Thread ..... DOH !


              Test-Time-Screenshot-2.jpg

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                SnowTiger
                last edited by

                And this is with Shadows ON

                PS> Sorry I don't know how to post multiple images in the same Reply Post. !!!


                Test-Time-Screenshot-4.jpg

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @snowtiger said:

                  PS> Sorry I don't know how to post multiple images in the same Reply Post. !!!

                  You just add another one...

                  BTW Chris; you must have given some wrong email address the other day as it was returned to me...

                  Gai...

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                    glenn
                    last edited by

                    Hey,
                    Anyone try this test with SU8 yet?
                    I"m interested to see speed compared to 7.1
                    Thanks,
                    Glenn

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                    • bmikeB Offline
                      bmike
                      last edited by

                      @glenn said:

                      Hey,
                      Anyone try this test with SU8 yet?
                      I"m interested to see speed compared to 7.1
                      Thanks,
                      Glenn

                      tried. does not work, get an argument error.
                      looks like the file / code will need to tweak.

                      mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                      • P Offline
                        pmolsen
                        last edited by

                        Ran it successfully on SU7.1 and SU8. Medion akoya MD97310 (from Aldi). 15.4 fps on SU7.1. 27.6 fps on SU8.

                        speed test1.jpg
                        speed test2.jpg
                        speed test SU7.jpg
                        speed test SU8.jpg

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                          naikrovek
                          last edited by

                          SketchUp 8:

                          fps.PNG

                          hardware.PNG

                          Not bad for a $500 PC and $50 video card.

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                          • Wo3DanW Offline
                            Wo3Dan
                            last edited by

                            How come my old dusty machine is performing rather well? / what am I doing "wrong"?
                            (PC=5.5 years of age, almost retired)

                            Micromaxx/Medion
                            AMD Athlon 64/3000+
                            Clockspeed 2.00GHz 1.5GB
                            NVIDIA GeForce FX5700

                            With SU8 pro (didn't test SU7) and testing the original file:

                            1. nothing changed (hidden geometry and shadows off) => around ~62.7 frames/second
                              (shadows on didn't seem to matter that much, same results => ~62.5 frames/second)
                              2)edges+profiles on, hidden geometry (and shadows) displayed => ~35.8 frames/second

                            ~ indicates that I did run the code line multiple times.
                            After changes to settings like 'hidden geometry' only the first run drops down frame rate.
                            After that a constant higher rate as stated above.

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                              fuzzion
                              last edited by

                              To lazy to cut n paste.

                              72 frames displayed in 3.963sev
                              Avg. frames = 0.055 seconds
                              18.3 frames/sec

                              System spec

                              2 year old FX gateway laptop

                              64bit VIsta
                              6gb 1066mhz dual chan ram
                              centrino 2, dual core 2.33ghz , not sure about fsb
                              9800 GTS 1GB Nvidia card
                              Intel Chipset

                              "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato

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                                mac1
                                last edited by

                                wo3dan
                                So much for all the hype about new machines. Are you running on a AGP_ bus also? Try toggling the transparency select on the face styles and see if it makes much difference. It did for me
                                fussion
                                It appears you are running too slow for these test conditions. Do you have problems with model display?? Suggest you run the GLview 322.exe and see what type of OpenGL you really have. Also toggle the transparency on the face styles and see if that makes any difference for you. My testing showed the extents of the model play a roll. Make sure to hit zoom extents before running test

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                                  juju
                                  last edited by

                                  SU 8.0.4811

                                  juju.jpg

                                  juju pc.jpg

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

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                                    Krisidious
                                    last edited by

                                    mine... I'm depressed, although I do have 4 monitors.

                                    test.jpg

                                    By: Kristoff Rand
                                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                      bentleykfrog
                                      last edited by

                                      Wow, some unusual results here. I've had some discrepancy between Sketchup v.8.0.4811 and Sketchup v.7.1.6860

                                      Under v.7.1.6860 I got:
                                      Sketchup 7.1.6860 test result
                                      But under v.8.0.4811 I got:
                                      Sketchup 8.0.4811 test result
                                      After some troubleshooting, I found that disabling "Enable Transparency" in the Styles window gave this result in v.8.0.4811:
                                      Sketchup 8.0.4811 (No Transparency) test result
                                      Its unusual, I disabled "Enable Transparency" under 7.1.6860 and there was no noticable difference in the animations performance, but this is different for 8.0.4811. I'm not sure what is going on here but for consistency in results I think the style in the file should be updated to disable the transparency.

                                      Here's my stats:
                                      Mac Pro (1,1) with a modified 8 core x5355 @ 2.66 GHz (2 processors)
                                      16gb DDR2 ECC ram
                                      Ati Radeon HD 5770 (apple version)
                                      SATA II
                                      Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

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                                        Masta Squidge
                                        last edited by

                                        since i like this kind of stuff...

                                        Q6600 quad core @ 3.2 GHZ.
                                        EVGA GTX465SC core unlocked to 448 cores and overclocked 10%

                                        No shadows:
                                        sutest.PNG

                                        Shadows:
                                        sutest_shadows.PNG

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                                          masrulpilami
                                          last edited by

                                          does anyone know how to test it in SU8?=D

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @masrulpilami said:

                                            does anyone know how to test it in SU8?=D

                                            Exactly the same as in SketchUp 7

                                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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