i want to get a new machine and was wondering about mantra/local houdiniROPs ….are they optimized for the P4?
i've seen benchmarks for other renderers which have had optimizations and they make a huge difference when compared to the AMD chips.
is this the case with houdini?
thanks
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Houdini6 does take advantage of the latest CPU features from both Intel and AMD.

This is especially true of the compositor, Halo.

The new AMD chipsets actually have 3D instruction sets based on the Alpha 3D instruction sets. They are very fast I got one and I saw big difference in render times and over all system performance.

Cheers,
Nate Nesler

P.S. I like your ocean. :wink:

thanks guys!
good to see that both work equally well with houdini as this gives me greater choice for a new machine.
i was just thinking this may not be the case after seeing some lightwave and cinema4d render tests. these two tools had P4 optimized renderers and left AMD well behind….i think it had something to do with SSE2 instruction sets or something along those lines, sorry not too familiar with this stuff.