Comments for SolidMuse http://www.solidmuse.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Punch Holder by PJ http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-punch-holder/#comment-1767 PJ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:49:55 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=49#comment-1767 Hi Anna, Ive just bought a Dell Precision with an Xeon Quad 3.3GHz, Quadro 2000 and 8 gb ram. Punch holder benchmark came back at 57 secs, but when scrolling in and out there is lag and the rotating is a little jerky even with single parts. Ive tried setting the power option to high performance but problems still there. Im running SW2010 sp0. Heeeelp Paul Hi Anna,

Ive just bought a Dell Precision with an Xeon Quad 3.3GHz, Quadro 2000 and 8 gb ram. Punch holder benchmark came back at 57 secs, but when scrolling in and out there is lag and the rotating is a little jerky even with single parts. Ive tried setting the power option to high performance but problems still there. Im running SW2010 sp0. Heeeelp

Paul

]]> Comment on Core i7 2600 vs Dual Socket Xeon X5690 with Modo 501, 750 Frame Animation by Richard Naces http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/06/core-i7-2600-vs-dual-socket-xeon-x5690/#comment-1763 Richard Naces Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:28:49 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=530#comment-1763 Got and i7 at home and XEON at the office. My personal i7 do the job faster. Xeon gives me only 4 rendering squares but my i7 gives me 8 squares. I have tested it many times on the same 3dmax file, same settings.... i7 is better. Got and i7 at home and XEON at the office. My personal i7 do the job faster. Xeon gives me only 4 rendering squares but my i7 gives me 8 squares. I have tested it many times on the same 3dmax file, same settings…. i7 is better.

]]> Comment on Core i7 2600 vs Dual Socket Xeon X5690 with Modo 501, 750 Frame Animation by Jeremy H http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/06/core-i7-2600-vs-dual-socket-xeon-x5690/#comment-1757 Jeremy H Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:39:09 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=530#comment-1757 The Core i7s are a great processor! Taking overclocking out of the picture, your numbers imply something quite exciting: a single 6-core i7 like the 3930X would come out about even with a dual 6-core Xeon. Maybe faster. The savings from cheaper motherboards, CPUs, RAM, and reduced electricity consumption puts the i7 waaay ahead on lifetime cost of ownership - to the tune of, I dunno, maybe $2,500 per node? Does that seem about right? Remarkable if true. I'd love to see more real world benchmarking along these lines for other apps like Maya/Mental Ray, Lightwave, RenderMan... The Core i7s are a great processor!
Taking overclocking out of the picture, your numbers imply something quite exciting: a single 6-core i7 like the 3930X would come out about even with a dual 6-core Xeon. Maybe faster.
The savings from cheaper motherboards, CPUs, RAM, and reduced electricity consumption puts the i7 waaay ahead on lifetime cost of ownership – to the tune of, I dunno, maybe $2,500 per node? Does that seem about right?
Remarkable if true. I’d love to see more real world benchmarking along these lines for other apps like Maya/Mental Ray, Lightwave, RenderMan…

]]> Comment on SolidWorks 2012, First Impressions by Denny Metcalf http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/09/solidworks-2012-first-impressions/#comment-1731 Denny Metcalf Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:36:10 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=562#comment-1731 Hi Anna, I'm glad you highlighted the UI improvements and the value in some of the smaller additions that a lot of people take for granted. That's something that's a bit intangible to sell and doesn't have the wow factor of newer features and functionality, but it certainly adds tremendous value to end users. A lot of people are hard set in their own methods, and that's fine, but for those of us that are willing to keep an open mind on how we interact with our software, these improvements, albeit often redundant, are a major time saver. Hi Anna, I’m glad you highlighted the UI improvements and the value in some of the smaller additions that a lot of people take for granted. That’s something that’s a bit intangible to sell and doesn’t have the wow factor of newer features and functionality, but it certainly adds tremendous value to end users. A lot of people are hard set in their own methods, and that’s fine, but for those of us that are willing to keep an open mind on how we interact with our software, these improvements, albeit often redundant, are a major time saver.

]]> Comment on SolidWorks 2012, First Impressions by Rick McWilliams http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/09/solidworks-2012-first-impressions/#comment-1691 Rick McWilliams Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:13:42 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=562#comment-1691 Maybe DS will now be able to generate a price list for Solidworks and Catia products. No wonder this has taken so long. It is very difficult to do pricing for geometry that is unreliable. Maybe DS will now be able to generate a price list for Solidworks and Catia products.

No wonder this has taken so long. It is very difficult to do pricing for geometry that is unreliable.

]]> Comment on Punch Holder by Solid 3D Designs » Blog Archive » New Computer Build for SolidWorks http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-punch-holder/#comment-1666 Solid 3D Designs » Blog Archive » New Computer Build for SolidWorks Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:33:26 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=49#comment-1666 [...] found in Programs/SolidWorks xxxx/ SolidWorks Tools, the results are listed below. I also ran this TEST at Solidmuse.com many people use for [...] [...] found in Programs/SolidWorks xxxx/ SolidWorks Tools, the results are listed below. I also ran this TEST at Solidmuse.com many people use for [...]

]]> Comment on Core i7 2600 vs Dual Socket Xeon X5690 with Modo 501, 750 Frame Animation by DD Will http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/06/core-i7-2600-vs-dual-socket-xeon-x5690/#comment-1621 DD Will Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:44:08 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=530#comment-1621 For multi-threaded app's, a dual Xeon x5690 set-up will be around 110% faster than a single 2700. Benchmarks have already shown that a single x5690 is around 30% faster than a single 2600 for multi-threaded app's, and adding a second CPU to a system will increase this by around 80%. Your title is a bit misleading seeing as you are actually talking about 3 nodes. For a single stand alone system, the dual Xeon’s is easily the winner, if you have the cash, but building a 2600 render farm would be more cost effective. For multi-threaded app’s, a dual Xeon x5690 set-up will be around 110% faster than a single 2700. Benchmarks have already shown that a single x5690 is around 30% faster than a single 2600 for multi-threaded app’s, and adding a second CPU to a system will increase this by around 80%. Your title is a bit misleading seeing as you are actually talking about 3 nodes. For a single stand alone system, the dual Xeon’s is easily the winner, if you have the cash, but building a 2600 render farm would be more cost effective.

]]> Comment on Core i7 2600 vs Dual Socket Xeon X5690 with Modo 501, 750 Frame Animation by Anna Wood http://www.solidmuse.com/2011/06/core-i7-2600-vs-dual-socket-xeon-x5690/#comment-1599 Anna Wood Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:10:55 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=530#comment-1599 Alex, I am running the 2600 at standard clock speeds. It is not overclocked. My dual Xeon system is the one that is overclocked. I would say it is a very fair fight. Cheers, Anna Alex,

I am running the 2600 at standard clock speeds. It is not overclocked. My dual Xeon system is the one that is overclocked. I would say it is a very fair fight.

Cheers,

Anna

]]> Comment on Punch Holder by Anna Wood http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-punch-holder/#comment-1598 Anna Wood Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:04:03 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=49#comment-1598 It is true AMD cpu's are just not up to snuff for speed in SolidWorks. They haven't been since 2006 and the first release of the Core 2 Duo's by Intel. It is true AMD cpu’s are just not up to snuff for speed in SolidWorks. They haven’t been since 2006 and the first release of the Core 2 Duo’s by Intel.

]]> Comment on Punch Holder by Elliot http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-punch-holder/#comment-1578 Elliot Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:24:51 +0000 http://www.solidmuse.com/?p=49#comment-1578 hey guys, ran the benchmark on my home pc. Athlon II x4 build as i saw there aren't any AMD cores listed. the time was a little disappointing at 157.76s. rebuild appears to only be a single threaded process, is this true? AMD chips are not really competitive in single threaded applications. even being beaten by a core 2 duo :-( bad times.. hey guys, ran the benchmark on my home pc. Athlon II x4 build as i saw there aren’t any AMD cores listed. the time was a little disappointing at 157.76s. rebuild appears to only be a single threaded process, is this true?
AMD chips are not really competitive in single threaded applications.
even being beaten by a core 2 duo :-( bad times..

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