Anyone else with xeon 5355 and a supermicro x7dwa-n

[Morbid Angel]

wow looks bad
I would suggest a few things, like try rendering in another packedge, maybe maya or something. Try rendering in vray standalone, see if it makes difference.

[stevesideas]

I have only got 3dsmax..vray stand alone ? is that even available yet ?

Jacob, I really would appreciate you telling me which motherboard you have...

[Morbid Angel]

I have only got 3dsmax..vray stand alone ? is that even available yet ?

Jacob, I really would appreciate you telling me which motherboard you have...

standalone has been out for long time, of course in beta form.

[stevesideas]

Just to close this thread and in case anyone is interested.. I got a new board back, 8gig of memory, and a supermicro super server case. I found an article that explained how the snoop feature on some boards (in bios) causes major performance issues. I found this in the bios and turned it off, and hey presto, my xeon system is finally performing how it should...faster than the qx6700...at last

Thanks for all the advice..

[DaForce]

wow really!! amazing.

So it was a stupid bios feature all along.. ha... good to hear its all fixed

[stevesideas]

Cheers..I know, one setting and it changes so much. It is a feature that is supposed to increase performance, but for me it was totally the opposite. Maybe its better for different types of applications. Surprised it is on by default.

That feeling of, "crap, ive wasted so much money", has gone

[DaForce]

And that is certanly a good feeling to be getting rid of.

What a stupid feature.. crazy.

Enjoy the "free" speed increase

[Preisler]

@steveiouk

Good you worked it out!

...so how mucht faster is it now compairing to the Quad core?

Preisler

[stevesideas]

Its about 1.8 times faster (ish). With the quad core and dual system together, it zips through renders so much faster.

[Preisler]

Thanks for the info!

Preisler