Dual Core vs. Quad Core SketchUp/vRay
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Hi
Just recently found out that SketchUp is a single core program (I'm pretty new to it), however, rendering with vRay uses multiple cores.
I might be updating my laptop soon, 2.5Ghz core 2 duo, and I'm looking at the quad core 1.73Ghz i7. Would the i7 run SketchUp slower than my current laptop, but improve rendering times?
Best,
Martin -
Exactly. i7's are great for rendering. Having only 1.73 ghz for Sketchup though, isn't very much. You'd have to find someone who's used something similar though to find out if it's really that cumbersome though.
-Brodie
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The good thing about the i7 processor is that it has a feature called turbo boost. That means that it can selectively overclock its processor cores when the overall processor load is low. This is a benefit for single-threaded applications like 3D modellers (like SU). I haven't got an i7 laptop myself, but I helped a friend choose one, and I seem to remember that the 1.73 GHz processor he finally chose can turbo-boost up to something like 3 GHz (you can find the exact specs in the Intel webpages). So it is likely that you shall be OK, but that there will not be a mind-shattering increase in SU performance.
Anssi
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