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The New 4.9 Pro Beta 64bit

winddancer6440winddancer6440 Posts: 49
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smileyheartI love it!!!!

The render time for Iray is way down, The size of renderers is way up. It resembles the first addition finally.

Just loving the ability to render large full HD in 2 hours, 4000 pixels. Please Please keep this for the next version!

 

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  • GatorGator Posts: 1,320

    Are you sure render settings didn't change?

    I do hope it's twue though, that render speeds got a big boost!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047
    ...bugger, as I no longer have net access on my workstation I cannot DL it since with betas that can only be done through the DIM. For now I am stuck with maually downloading to an old 32 bit notebook that has wireless, then transferring to the DIM install folder on the main system via USB stick.
  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    I haven't noticed much of a boost with Iray but then I normally don't time those kinds of things...I just set the render and walk away or go to sleep :P

    Laurie

  • BobvanBobvan Posts: 2,653
    AllenArt said:

    I haven't noticed much of a boost with Iray but then I normally don't time those kinds of things...I just set the render and walk away or go to sleep :P

    Laurie

    Watch TV ect

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    kyoto kid said:
    ...bugger, as I no longer have net access on my workstation I cannot DL it since with betas that can only be done through the DIM. For now I am stuck with maually downloading to an old 32 bit notebook that has wireless, then transferring to the DIM install folder on the main system via USB stick.

    Why can't you do that with the beta?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047
    ...you need the DIM on the computer with a connection to the Net. There never has been a manual download option for public betas.
  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    kyoto kid said:
    ...you need the DIM on the computer with a connection to the Net. There never has been a manual download option for public betas.

    Download with DIM on the laptop, USB-stick it over to the DIM downloads folder on the workstation.

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321

    I mentioned in another thread that I did a same-scene render time comparison using 4.9.17 (? The older version) using the previous and the newest Nvidia drivers, and 4.9.4 with the new drivers. Older version/older drivers was the slowest, but 4.9.17/newest drivers was about 10% faster than 4.9.4 with the newest drivers. Same scene. 21 minutes vs 23 minutes. for 2000 iterations.
    Also, just updating the drivers made the scene look the same after 1500 as the older drivers at 2000 iterations.
    I think the performance improvements are because 4.9.4 requires the latest Nvidia drivers, not anything to do with the new Studio, which actually seems a bit slower.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047
    edited July 2017
    Fixmypcmike said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...you need the DIM on the computer with a connection to the Net. There never has been a manual download option for public betas.

    Download with DIM on the laptop, USB-stick it over to the DIM downloads folder on the workstation.

    ...purged all the 3D stuff off the notebook when I brought the workstation online so I don't have the DIM and the Daz Programme on it anymore.  Small HDD and limited memory as it is 32 bit.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    kyoto kid said:
    Fixmypcmike said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...you need the DIM on the computer with a connection to the Net. There never has been a manual download option for public betas.

    Download with DIM on the laptop, USB-stick it over to the DIM downloads folder on the workstation.

    ...purged all the 3D stuff off the notebook when I brought the workstation online so I don't have the DIM and the Daz Programme on it anymore.  Small HDD and limited memory as it is 32 bit.

    Just install DIM for downloading, you don't need to keep anything on the laptop.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047
    edited July 2017

    ...yeah, but where do I find the file then for the manual transfer?

    Again this system has limited resoruces to load in the entire DIM product download folder.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    kyoto kid said:

    ...yeah, but where do I find the file then for the manual transfer?

    Again this system has limited resoruces to load in the entire DIM product download folder.

    Just download the Public Build (Beta) and its plugins, you can filter on Public Build.  You don't need to have all the downloads on the laptop.

  • dragotxdragotx Posts: 1,147
    kyoto kid said:

    ...yeah, but where do I find the file then for the manual transfer?

    Again this system has limited resoruces to load in the entire DIM product download folder.

    In DIM, open up settings and hit the Downloads tab.  The folder listed in "Download to" is where it saves everything it downloads.  

  • MusicplayerMusicplayer Posts: 515

    Why do we need to download betas using DIM, what's the issue or problem with having them as a manual install just like the normal program ?

    Have always wondered why, and never seen an explanation.

    smiley

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    Musicplayer said:

    Why do we need to download betas using DIM, what's the issue or problem with having them as a manual install just like the normal program ?

    Have always wondered why, and never seen an explanation.

    smiley

    Beta versions of any software are generally intended for people to test and report on the performance thereof, whether good or bad, rather than something that is fit for general use. They may be, but it's often better to limit access in case it's not.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,986
    daywalker03 said:
    Musicplayer said:

    Why do we need to download betas using DIM, what's the issue or problem with having them as a manual install just like the normal program ?

    Have always wondered why, and never seen an explanation.

    smiley

    Beta versions of any software are generally intended for people to test and report on the performance thereof, whether good or bad, rather than something that is fit for general use. They may be, but it's often better to limit access in case it's not.

    As far as I am aware it's to make sure that the beta and the production builds don't clash - not soemthignt hat could be handled cleanly with the stand-alone installers.

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