advise needed.
i got a problem rendering 3D with Matel Ray, its very slow.. is there any solution?
is it got to do with my pc or there is some setting that i can do to fasten my PC performance?

this is my computer details:
Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU
Q660 @ 2.40GHz
2.41 GHz, 3.25 of RAM

thank,
dan.

maybe u need a gc?

This post has been edited by UnknownH: Nov 5 2009, 06:17 PM

my graphic card is NVIDIA GeGorce 8800 GT.. enuf?

ur procs and ram no problem, maybe is ur gc....

I believe to achieve more performance when rendering 3D stuff, you need those nVIDIA Quadro FX graphic card as it's designed for such heavy duty work. But it'll cost a little more to a bomb!

This post has been edited by FarCry3r: Nov 5 2009, 07:11 PM

hmm.. anyone interested in NVIDIA GeGorce 8800 GT??
can trade in?
how much that Quadro FX GC cost?

you guys phailed betul la.... if you're unsure then better don't simply say ler.

3Ds Max mental ray is rendered using CPU la.. it has ntg to do with your GC. GC is only for when you are previewing in your viewport. Your Quad Core is more than enough for rendering *obviously* the only problem is just your render settings. Maybe you're using too much occlusion type shadow or your scene has too much lights or your texture maps are too hi-res... who knows the possibilities are endless but its definitely your render and scene settings.

I see, sorry for the misinformation though, as I thought Mental Ray was rendered using as other 3D stuff.

no probs mate

nah mental ray rendering is different from your GC rendering

Graphics 3D Rendering - 1 frame takes 2minutes
Games 3D Rendering - 60 frames in one second

Thats why if one day mainstream graphics card can be used to render 3D graphics, those 3D artists will be flying high already.. but there is one type of render engine (mental ray is a rendering engine btw) which can use GC power to render which is nVidia Gelato but I've never tried it yet..

Thanks J-slade...
the setting in 3D max i learn from tutorial.. they say do this do that.. so i follow only.. end up 1 pic took me around 20sec.. 1min video 25 frames took me 500 sec... i will try to look for more tutorial... thanks J-Slade anyway..

lol 20 seconds per frame you consider slow? You should ask these people in this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/54654 on how long they take to render 1 frame..

and like I mention in my post above... for me, the sweet spot is 2 minutes per frame... my final year project which was only 3 mins took me 1 week plus to render. And 1 week plus means really 24hrs/day render.