Blender and 64-bit processors...
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tbaldridge
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I wonder, who here actualy has a Athlon 64. I should look into how hard it would be to upgrade my existing system. I suspect that the ratio of coders with AMD64s to those who just use AMD64 is much bigger than we would expect.
Asus L5000D with AMD64. Blender runs on Debian IA32 and Debian pure64 installation. Debian users could test apt-build to build blender from source and use compiler switches for optimization. I did a quick test with apt-build install blender and apt-build yafray. Yafray rendertimes on debian pure64 were about 60% to a Pentium4 2,4Ghz, 1GB Ram on a simple suzanne modell. Sorry, no time to do intensive performancetest.
I just bought an Athlon 64 3000+ about two months ago and ordered parts for my Athlon 64 3400+ yesterday.
I make a living using Blender for 3D-animation, so hardware is mostly an investment for me. That's the reason why I want to look in how far my work on Blender could be improved by leveraging the architecture.
I guess most people who buy a new machine nowadays get a 64.
I make a living using Blender for 3D-animation, so hardware is mostly an investment for me. That's the reason why I want to look in how far my work on Blender could be improved by leveraging the architecture.
I guess most people who buy a new machine nowadays get a 64.