So I pulled the Trigger and bought Thea and I must say I am liking the interface and stability....Just need to learn the UI on the Studio Part and find the best driver for my Dual GTX 780. Thea in SU is very easy to use. Thanks again for the advice...!

Ok thanks for the info...Yeah have not been able to get the RT to work for quite sometime...Initially it worked but think something got messed up when I changed GPU drivers..?

Do you know if Thea uses the GPU for rendering in SU? (Regular or RT)

Any tips on how to maximize my machine to help address Sketchup Lag? I am stumped...I use groups, layers, etc but still get quite a bit of lag...my model size can range from like 30mb to 100mb. Just wondering if you or any one else has noticed a "break point" in file size where excesive lag starts in SU models. ?

Thanks again for the info about the GPU in VRAY.

Hey everyone,

     I have been a "lurker" on this site for a couple years now and I am finally fed up with my slow performance in both sketchup (2015) and Vray (2.0) to the point of actually writing a post. As I was checking out Posts this one from Valerostudio caught my attention. OK so this is my deal...
      I custom ordered a decent Alienware 18 Laptop with a pretty stout (at the time)  Dual Nvidia GTX 780 m about 18 months ago (will list all vitals below) Sorry if this is too much info guys but better safe than sorry....right?  :astonished:   If I can't get past these issues it sounds like I might need to try Thea? 

So my biggest problem is that I feel I am not even coming close to harnessing the power of my Machine/Dual GPU? 32 gb ram I have tried countless settings on both Vray and Skethchup and I still have: 

• Stupidly long render times
• Unreliable render completion - Lots of froze Building Light Cache, etc, etc,
• Have never been able to Use RT function in Vray in spite of trying multiple settins on GPU, VRAY, Cuda settings, OPEN GL, SLI, etc, etc
• Slow or Laggy Sketchup perfomance in spite of using Simple Style, using groups, purged unused,etc, etc

I am hoping that someone can help me with this issue please...?

I am sorry in advance if I have:

                    -  Posted this in the wrong location on the forum (I have searched this site for posts that would apply to me and 
                        nothing seemed to help me... 
                    - Left out vital info for you guys to help me with a solution 

Thanks in advance for any help and have a good night!!

Computer info & specs:

OS Name​Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Version​ 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

System Manufacturer​ Alienware

System Model​Alienware 18

System Type​x64-based PC

Processor​Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical

GPU

DUAL NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

GPU DRIVER VERSION: 350.12 (not sure exactly why I landed on this one but tried newer drivers and it was a disaster)

Adapter Type​GeForce GTX 780M, NVIDIA compatible

Adapter Description​NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Adapter RAM​(1,048,576) bytes

Installed Drivers​nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver Version​ 9.18.13.5012

BIOS Version/Date​Alienware A10, 9/24/2014

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) ​32.0 GB

Total Physical Memory​ 31.9 GB

Available Physical Memory​ 27.6 GB

Total Virtual Memory​ 63.9 GB

Available Virtual Memory​ 59.0 GB

Page File Space​ 31.9 GB

@valerostudio said:

I have been using Thea for about 2 weeks now and all I can say is that it has been fantastic. I really love the ease of use, the UI, simplicity of the settings, the flexibility, and most of the all the development team has been very responsive to my questions and suggestions.

I did shell out the money for a TitanX card and that has been life altering. It's a terrific render engine and I think the integration into SketchUp along with the Presto engine is a ton of fun! I was initially worried about learning yet another render engine's parameters but it really only took a couple of days before I felt really comfortable with it.