ChinnChilla

After some comparative rendering, I calculated an average gain in render speed of 16% with activated hyperthreading -even when the Windows Taskmanager states a mere 60% CPU load and some cores seem inactive.

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Bodo

Hey,

I tried to run two mantra sessions simultaneously but get an error. My license only allows one Mantra job at a time..

This weekend I will finally get back to the workstation and will deactivate hyperthreading (I thought it would increase render performance by up to 25% -it does in Cinebench 11.5).

Other than that, I will just have to reduce overall resolution to 720p from now on. Let's see how that will go.

Bodo

Hey Edward,

thanks for your reply.

In deed I am rendering to .pic file sequences and of course all mantra settings are thoughtfully chosen.

I just noticed that when using the ip output, the first lets say 30 seconds of rendering are occupying all cores properly, before averaging at 50-60%. The other option (sequence) never reaches those values. And most of the time 5 or 6 cores don't even get a job..

I will do some experiments with other render engines on the workstation soon.

Bodo