lagging Daz
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Any ideas on why it would lag every time I turn dials.
I have:
16 GB RAM
AMD FX-8350 8-core 4.00GHz
so, I have a high end gaming tower, so it should really be lagging from dial turning
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What graphic card are you using
....I listed it
I'm seeing your CPU and amount of RAM listed but no graphics card.
I'm not up to date on AMD CPU's but from the reviews I'm seeing that one doesn't include an integrated graphics chip.
The DS viewport uses OpenGL on the video card to render. Almost all modern games use DirectX instead of OpenGL so most modern video cards are tuned for DirectX rendering which means that even a high end gaming card can suck at OpenGL.
One thing you can try doing is going into the Interface tab of your DS preferences (Edit->Preferences->Interface) and changing Display Optimization from None to Best. That helped me a lot.
you listed RAM and a processor
Unless it's listed under the computer System, then I wouldn't know what it is
The Device Manager says:
AMD Radeon HD 7800
so that could either be 7850 or 7870, which bother are high end cards, next level is 7900 series and I avoided that because of the price when getting the tower built for me
Go to edit > preferences > interface and turn off display optimization and set the texture resources to performance and see if that helps. Another possible idea is when you do things, see if you get a yellow progress bar in the lower right. That would indicate something has smoothing on and it's updating every time you alter something.
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Also, if you're on Windows 7, right click on your desktop > screen resolution. You should have an Advanced Settings link to click somewhere on the right side. Click that and see if the adapter info that pops up tells you the exact card, or if it still only says the series.
How much is in your scene? lots of heavy models will bring many PCs to a crawl
just a body, hair, and pants...noting else
Hmmm, strange that.
I have no video card amd, my video card is a gtx560se, but as to its board amd 7800 series( Radeon HD 7870 a.k.a Pitcairn XT, and Radeon HD 7850 a.k.a. Pitcairn Pro) , seems to have support
DirectX 11.1 / OpenCL 1.2 / OpenGL 4.2 / C++ AMP
DO you have to download something for the card to support the DirectX and OpenCL stuff, or is it already on the card?
Well, you'd need the card's drivers installed and preferably up to date. From you being a gamer, I'm hoping you already have the drivers installed.
I'm assuming the drivers are installed...or the card wouldn't be showing up (and I would hope the people I paid to put the computer together knew to do that), and I think I checked to see if the card had updates...and it didn't
That if I checked right
download this software, it shows you everything that is on your video card
http://www.aida64.com/
I haven't used AMD in forever, but you could get your GPU info from AMD Catalyst, or whatever the equivalent for it is nowadays. Aida64 is device manager on crack. lol
you could post a screen ...?
example:
Vata, you can get to his screen by going to Help > Troubleshooting > About Your Video Card in DS
says:
Current OpenGL Version: 4.2.11931 Compatibility Profile Context
Incredible! ... Apparently it's all right. This problem looks like a bone, hard to crack!
My other computer (phenomll x6 1090T / nvidia gt9500 / 8 gigs of ram) was slow only after long and long working hours, but that before I add fans.
I honestly do not understand what's wrong with your system
I have 1 fan in the case
Yesterday it said it was overheating at 43c...so I took the router off the tower case (I have to fan slots up on top) so maybe that'll stop it from over heating
You have only 1 fan in the entire case? That's not really enough. You need multiple intake fans and at least 1-2 exhaust. Your graphics card could be overheating.
They added 1, the case is out in the open, not stuck inside a hole in a desk
The number one reason for lag is clothing / models that have Smoothing modifier applied. I think you had some other questions about Graphics cards when your system was being built. Those questions and the current fan issue makes me think you need a new computer tech.
They did their job...you think they did a crappy job...because? Just because they only added 1 extra fan...They asked where I would be placing it, and took that into an account. And my tower is only about a month old, THEY said if I have issues, to bring it to them and it wouldn't cost extra
Answered your own question there. High end video cards are terrible about overheating.
I would love you to back up you claim in saying "you need more then 1 fan" do you towers not stay in an AC home?
Mine sure as hell does, with a ceiling fan on, PLUS the tower is out on top of a desk, not stuck in a hole (like I know many people do with them) my card is at 33c right now and has been for 8 hours.
I think jestmart had the right idea. Go into "mesh smoothing" and turn off interactive update until you're ready to render and see if that helps.
I think so...hair that's made for Genesis (ones i have on the head) don't lag like the models with V4/M4 hair
thanks for the help
Also do the same for clothing and shoes. :)
Good luck!
If smoothing was the issue, that could've been solved by post #7. Just saying (considering I'd already mentioned it lol).