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    • R Offline
      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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          • S Offline
            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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            • S Offline
              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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                • G Offline
                  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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                      • N Offline
                        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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                          • fuzzionF Offline
                            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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                              • jujuJ Offline
                                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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                                • KrisidiousK Offline
                                  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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                                    • M Offline
                                      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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                                      • M Offline
                                        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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                                          • KrisidiousK Offline
                                            Krisidious
                                            last edited by

                                            new upgrade... I5 2500k with 2 GTX 470s

                                            Capture.JPG
                                            1 gtx 470

                                            Capture2.JPG
                                            2 gtx 470 running sli

                                            stats
                                            Capture3.jpg

                                            By: Kristoff Rand
                                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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