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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: rtgwbmsr on 18 November 2002, 12:01

Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 18 November 2002, 12:01
A good one for a Mac Commando:

Is Bryce 5 G4 optimized? Does it run any faster on a G4? I searched tirelessly on Bare Feats and found nothing.

I do a lot of heavy-duty work in Bryce, and it would be nice if it would run faster, and I might be willing to spend more on the Mac I am getting...
Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: trc3 on 18 November 2002, 12:59
I've never used bryce, but I've used final cut pro on my g3 400Mhz and my friends g4 733Mhz and there was a BIG diffrence.  From rendering to just playing the video the g4 was like 10 times faster.  But of course on my dual 1Ghz is much faster then both...  :D  I say throw down as much as you can afford, you wont regret it.
Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: hm_murdock on 18 November 2002, 13:00
holy God it's cool.

I'm sure that Bryce is AltiVec accelerated. And beyond that, I think it uses OpenGL for display. OpenGL is Altivec accelerated. And under Jaguar, you'd get the benefits of Quartz Extreme.

And then, later, you could always step up to Maya   (http://smile.gif)
Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 18 November 2002, 14:11
I use Maya too.

Maya fucking FLIES open on a single 733 G4 w/512, meanwhile my Athlon 1700+ w/768 takes 30+ seconds.

I use Bryce for scenes not involving organic shapes (people, plants, etc) 'cuz Bryce takes forever and a day to render organic shapes (9+, refectives, and Super AA takes 11 hours on the 1700+)

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 18 November 2002, 14:23
quote:
Originally posted by trc3:
I've never used bryce, but I've used final cut pro on my g3 400Mhz and my friends g4 733Mhz and there was a BIG diffrence.  From rendering to just playing the video the g4 was like 10 times faster.  But of course on my dual 1Ghz is much faster then both...   :D   I say throw down as much as you can afford, you wont regret it.


Well DUH! What did you expect? Clock speed increase + G4 = SPEED

Yeah, I think I am going to lay down the big bills on this one.
Title: Bryce on a G4
Post by: trc3 on 18 November 2002, 15:08
quote:
Originally posted by The_Muffin_Man/B0b:
Well DUH! What did you expect?


Honestly I didnt expect as much of a diffrence as there was.  Im mean of course its gonna be faster but it was just more then I had anticipated.