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MultiThread Rendering doesn't work
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MultiThread Rendering doesn't work // Hardware
Post by DesignDevil // Feb 19, 2009, 9:34am
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Hi togehter,
i have a problem with my PC here. I have 2 identitcal PCs (AMD ATHLON 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+).
On both i have installed TrueSpace 6.6
One PC can render with or without Multithreading enabled and i can see it. With MT i see 2 Scanlines rendering the Image.
The second PC doesn't render WITH MT enabled. Its always one scanline and the Rendertime doesn't change.
Here the timing of my Testscene:
PC 1:
With MT enabled: 29Sek.
With MT disabled: 54Sek.
PC2:
With MT enabled: 55Sek.
With MT disabled: 55Sek.
If have the newest CPU Driver installed and TrueSpace reinstalled without any change. Has anybody a idea?
Thanks |
Post by TomG // Feb 19, 2009, 9:56am
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Well, it goes without saying that something is not identical :) Otherwise they would both give the same results. Since tS is identical, then it can't be that.
That leaves motherboard, graphics card, memory type and timings, OS (including patches), any differences in software (special drivers on one, a performance increasing or fan cooling or other system monitoring software on one), etc.
HTH!
Tom
PS - same results with tS7.6? Since it's free, and has tS6.6 built in, might be worth using that. |
Post by DesignDevil // Feb 19, 2009, 10:05am
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Well, yes, there are a few small differences but Windows himself should handle the MultiThread and trueSpace should be able to Render in this way - or not?
What i a found out ist that in my taskmanager i can only see 1 core and this is definitive wrong...i try to investigate in this direction. |
Post by Changa // Feb 23, 2009, 11:20am
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Check your BIOS settings. MT can be enabled/disabled from there. |
Post by DesignDevil // Feb 23, 2009, 12:38pm
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Oh, i forgot...i found the solution. On my BIOS was ACPI disabled and i installed Windows with this option. Conclusion: Windows can see just one CPU.
Stupid is that you can not tell Windows that he has now 2 CPUs. So you have to reinstall it.
I reinstalled Windows and now it works very well. |
Post by Bobbins // Feb 23, 2009, 11:36pm
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In Device Manager, expand the 'Computer' section.
If you right click the expanded selection (the name will vary depending on your OpSys and hardware) and select 'Update driver' you can try a scan for changes which should detect the processor type.
WinXP was more friendly than Vista in doing this as you could manually specify ACPI/MPS uni- or multi-processor types. |
Post by DesignDevil // Feb 23, 2009, 11:42pm
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Yes, that's right. But it was specified as "ACPI PC" and it was not possible to choose "ACPI Multiprocessor".
Anyway, now my system runs as i want and btw. it's now cleaner then before ;) |
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