[whyrichard]

Hello,

Which windows OS is best for maxwell? I am running a 2009 mac pro quad in bootcamp... 8 gigs of ram...

... xp pro 32?
xp pro 64?
vista 64?
windows 7 64????


thanks,

r.

[kami]

If you got snow leopard, I'd go for Win7 64
if not, then vista 64 (since the bootcamp there has no win7 driver)

[deadalvs]

you might wanna try a 64 bit linux.

[msantana]

Take look at this, I conducted the tests myself:

http://maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopi ... 16&t=32056

[camel]

I had a 30% speed improvement by using Linux (latest ubuntu) 64bit last week compared to winxp 32 on same rendering/system.
measured on multiple SL's.. not just on one point.

on a quad core Q6700

Actually i tried 7 linux distro's... on some maxwell didn't work at all (latest Fedora and one other... hmm cant remember)

If only there was a version of Cinema 4D for linux.
(some say there is a production version of C4D for linux.. hmm.. wish i could buy it)

and i wish... there was a version 2 of Maxwell.. hehe

So Nicole, how many days left? :p
or as we say in Holland "hedde um al bijna kloar?"

[numerobis]

I had a 30% speed improvement by using Linux ...

i think i need linux for my rendernodes...

. . . 3 0 % ! ? !

[camel]

and its free...
i really like linux, I used to work alot with it around 8 years ago.
It handles memory/hd's/cpu so nice. speed improvement everywhere, network speed, copy file on hd speed, uptime (you can have it on for years).

Ill be doing some network testing on linux when i find some spare time.

But I think for render nodes it would be perfect, but as main os.. you still probably need some windows somewhere in your room.
Thats the law bill gave us

[macray]

and its free...
i really like linux, I used to work alot with it around 8 years ago.
It handles memory/hd's/cpu so nice. speed improvement everywhere, network speed, copy file on hd speed, uptime (you can have it on for years).

Ill be doing some network testing on linux when i find some spare time.

But I think for render nodes it would be perfect, but as main os.. you still probably need some windows somewhere in your room.
Thats the law bill gave us

And how long does it take to work it out how to use it, how to configure and so on? It's years since the last look I had on linux. nice to see, but far too much work to have it running. Even though win might not be the best - I prefer it for everyday working as I know how to get the result I want without having to mount and unmount drives if I want to use the DVD-ROM or just want it to eject the DVD.... how is it atm? just like win or mac os?