Multi-core sketchuping
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I wonder if it's possible for SketchUp to take advantage of multi-core processors. Please. Thanks.
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Troy, unfortunately not, SU runs on the primary core only and I'm not sure if it will ever change. However it does not mean you are restricted as there is a solution available.
The new Intel i7 machines are multi threaded quad core with a 'turbo' function...In layman's terms:When you use SU with a 64 bit i7 machine it will notice that SU is only utilising one core and it will move resources from the other three and temporarily overclock the primary core so that SU can run faster and smoother. now lets say you are using SU with a render engine like Vray, you get the best of both worlds as it turbo charges SU and then for rendering your quad becomes an octo thread (four cores create four virtual cores) rendering machine able to address up to 24GB of Ram.
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That's a good solution for the moment (except for those like me who just got a new MacBook Pro recently), but i hope a future iteration of SU can be engineered to take advantage of the multi-core technology.
Thanks for your reply; i admire your work and dedication to this community. -
@solo said:
Troy, unfortunately not, SU runs on the primary core only and I'm not sure if it will ever change. However it does not mean you are restricted as there is a solution available.
The new Intel i7 machines are multi threaded quad core with a 'turbo' function...In layman's terms:When you use SU with a 64 bit i7 machine it will notice that SU is only utilising one core and it will move resources from the other three and temporarily overclock the primary core so that SU can run faster and smoother. now lets say you are using SU with a render engine like Vray, you get the best of both worlds as it turbo charges SU and then for rendering your quad becomes an octo thread (four cores create four virtual cores) rendering machine able to address up to 24GB of Ram.
Really? ...and I just upgraded my machine to a measly Q9450 a couple of months ago...
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How about an Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz quad core. I understand that it too provides, core overclocking (is that the term?).
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Honoulu, I think so, not sure however.
I did a quick test using a recent very high poly model (which taxes my old dual core @ 3.20ghz)
Using an i7 940 (standard...not over clocked) with a geforce gtx280, 12GB Ram and Vista 64bit, I made a video of how it handles the model then I duplicated the model several times and you can see the poly's, edges, etc and also on the right is the CPU fluctuations as the load and work required to run smooth pushes the clock speed by means of the turbo function, you will also notice that when the load is low the clock speed drops way down to conserve energy.
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Solo, Pretty neat:-) I will wait for Win7 to upgrade hardware. My current models are not so big or complicated that at 3GHz, with other apps in the background, I don't have much problems. Actually, network file access (not cpu speeds) is what slows me down the most. Of course as I get better with SU, and various render apps, I may decide to upgrade sooner. Right now, Win7 seems be the answer to my printer driver problems as it will come with a licensed Virtual WinXP with USB support. USB support in a MS Virtual Machine is a big deal because it may run older 32 bit printers that have no Vista (or Win7) 32 or 64 bit drivers. Some of my printers cost more then the computers, and I don't look foward to replacing them everytime I upgrade the OS:-(
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Yeah I'm looking forward to the official windows 7 release, I was tempted to get the beta but decided to wait and make sure that all the problems are ironed out.
Window 7 is gonna be the best MS OS to date I have no doubts, from what I've heard online is that it supports pretty much any and everything, It also works great with all the new chips and old ones.I wonder if any Mac users have tried windows 7 with bootcamp yet? and if so how does it work?
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@solo said:
Yeah I'm looking forward to the official windows 7 release, I was tempted to get the beta but decided to wait and make sure that all the problems are ironed out.
Window 7 is gonna be the best MS OS to date I have no doubts, from what I've heard online is that it supports pretty much any and everything, It also works great with all the new chips and old ones.I wonder if any Mac users have tried windows 7 with bootcamp yet? and if so how does it work?
I've been using the W7 beta and this thing is rock solid. I don't feel it's a beta at all. Completely different from the Vista beta. Going to install the RC when I get some spare time.
What I just found out about W7 is that, besides being really good in terms of backwards compatibility mode, they are also offering an XP virtual environment via VirtualPC just in case there should some oddball application that would require it. Haven't got to try that feature yes, as you need the RC installed. (plus, I've had no issues with any application.)
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