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Alienware Graphics Amplifier -- Anyone using it for Daz Iray renders?

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  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,512
    Richard Haseltine said:

    If you don't want documents on your C: drive you need to move the folders - go to C:\Users\YOU and for each document-type folder (Docuemnts, Pictures, etc) right-click on it, select Properties, go to the Location tab, and set the new default location. Once changed newly installed applications should respect the choice.

    THANK YOU! I did not know that. I'll give it a shot.

  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,512
    Ron Knights said:

    I totally ignore the directories that DAZ Studio creates. When I switched from PC to Mac, I just copied my stuff from a PC-formatted hard drive to a Mac-formatted hard drive. Everything worked just fine. I don't mess with manifests, data directories, whatever. I just tell DAZ Studio where to find stuff and use it. I still don't understand why DAZ insists on complicating things. I just want to Make Art.

    I happen to be one of those people who likes Smart Content, and that's why I use the standard installation directories. And I honestly don't think it's any less complicated than the Poser Runtime structure -- it's just that we're more used to it.

  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,512
    Fixmypcmike said:
    mmitchell_houston said:

     I still have the problem that the manifest files are still going to the C drive. I have not yet figured out how to move them.

    To move the manifest folder, edit the .ini file in your user account (default location is ...\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\UserAccounts) to read:

    OverrideManifestDir=Q:/DIM/ManifestFiles (for whatever path you want it to use).

    THANK YOU! I will give that a shot and see if it works.

  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,512

    At last! It works!

    I had been putting off setting up the Alienware Graphics Amplifier because there was that long installation process listed at the AlienwareArena. Of course, that was for when things went wrong. But, Im pleased to say, everything went right. I had already installed the GeForce 980 ti in the amplifier (as previously reported), so all I had to do was plug in three things:

    1. The power cord (it tood a good shove to get it in there -- the plug is a little recessed). The unit powered up immediately.
    2. One USB to connect the back of the Alienware Graphics Amplifier to the back of my KVMP (it's for the mouse and keyboard).
    3. The wide Alienware connector cable that goes from the back of the laptop to the back of the Amplifier.

    With everything plugged in, I turned on the laptop. The laptop screen came on, but not the monitor.  The laptop did its boot-up thing for a minute or so, and I was about to put the 980 ti Drivers DVD in when a notice popped up that the laptop needed to reboot for me to use the detected Alienware Graphics Amplifier. I rebooted, and BINGO. Both monitors had a picture (laptop and desktop). 

    I opened Daz Studio and it detected the 980 ti video card. I ran the Iray benchmark test and it rendered the scene in 2 min, 39 seconds!

    The Amplifier is a complete and total success... so far. I need to get another cable to test my second monitor, and to do some serious image work. But right now I'm a very happy camper.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,199

    Congrats on the Amplifier success≥.

  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,512

    If you're considering going with an Alienware Graphics Amplifier and a new 1070 or 1080 card, at this exact moment the best choice for a card that fits is an AMD Founders Edition card. There have been lots of reports that the others are too large or have driver issues. As stated above, I decided to avoid the driver issues and go with a Geforce 980 ti, so I am not speaking from experience: I am only repeating what I've read on the AlienwareArena.com forums.

  • mathiaskristofferssonmathiaskristoffersson Posts: 32
    Good to hear that you got it working. I've decided for my part that I need to keep it mobile and ordered a laptop with the gtx 1070 internal cards.
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