GPU benchmarks

[vlado]

Well, I just tested a FirePro W8000 with the 14th driver release, rendered in 2m 39s, which puts it on par with a GTX 580. Not bad, not bad at all. So I believe it now

Best regards,
Vlado

[dtolios]

Huh!? Can you post the resulting image? That would be unbelievable.

Best regards,
Vlado

Not good when the not even the devs believe it!

[vlado]

Yes, I will post here when there's news.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Valtiel]

Ah, well, one step closer at least. Could you guys at CG keep me updated to the status of this issue?

[vlado]

I upgraded to the latest SDK and driver beta. On Max 2013 Design, Win 7 x64, and VRay 3.0 trying on my 7950's (both or a single) the cmd window reports a big string of errors before crashing the V-Ray service. Maybe the universe just hates me alone? Slizer: which VRay RT were you using? 3 or 2.4?

We used 2.4; we do get the same problems with 3.0 and we are looking into fixing them.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Valtiel]

I upgraded to the latest SDK and driver beta. On Max 2013 Design, Win 7 x64, and VRay 3.0 trying on my 7950's (both or a single) the cmd window reports a big string of errors before crashing the V-Ray service. Maybe the universe just hates me alone?

Slizer: which VRay RT were you using? 3 or 2.4?

[Alan Iglesias]

He he...the amount of skeptisim here is amusing and certainly I don't blame anyone a bit - I'm skeptical as well. But hey, it's only software and if nVidea can do it, then certainly AMD can. I really hope they have broken through this time 'cause like I said, monopolies on this sort of thing are never good for the end users...And I have to say that speaking to them at Siggraph (two years in a row!), they certainly sounded interested...

Give me competitive marketing!

-Alan

[dmeyer]

+1, can't believe it either.

I want to believe, but the horror of past experiences still resonates.

[fraggle]

+1, can't believe it either.

I still dont believe. Can u record it all?

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Yes I did this.

I still dont believe. Can u record it all?

[werticus]

Yes I did this.

[savage309]

With only the GPU it is 1 second slower.

the CPU is a 6 core i7 too!

You have to restart Max in order the changes to take effect btw.

[werticus]

With only the GPU it is 1 second slower.

the CPU is a 6 core i7 too!

[vlado]

I don't know what that is.

Start menu > Programs > Chaos Group > V-Ray RT for 3ds Max > Select OpenCL devices for V-Ray RT - in the window that opens, make sure that only GPU devices are selected:

http://help.chaosgroup.com/vray/help...pu.htm#devices

Best regards,
Vlado

[werticus]

When benchmarking AMD, can you make sure that in the OpenCL device selector program, only the GPU device(s) is(are) selected? By default both GPU and CPU are enabled, I think.

Best regards,
Vlado

I don't know what that is.

I just re ran the test on 3dsmax 2014 as we upgraded this week: 1min 59s at stock 1000mhz so slightly faster again.