Forum - Tips & Tricks - Help with recommended hardware 4 MZu? - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Forum - Tips & Tricks - Help with recommended hardware 4 MZu? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:19:17 GMT Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:19:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 Laptops don't have the same expandibily as desktops especially regarding CPUs and GPUs. Your two options are either buying a new laptop or upgrading/buying a desktop PC.
Personally I'd suggest the desktop option, since there's a bit more room to upgrade if you don't mind giving up a bit of portability.

To help ease the lag on your current laptop you could press f12 to disable lighting.
edited by MrDrWho13 on 07/12/2015]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:19:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from Danimal69
Drive: C:
Free Space: 234.2 GB
Total Space: 290.2 GB

Time of this report: 12/3/2015, 20:30:31
Machine name: LAURIE-PC
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1_st1.151104-1714)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: K50IJ
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4400 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3038MB RAM
Page File: 2475MB used, 3633MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:11:52 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from Danimal Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:11:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 Danimal wrote:
...which I did do. GTX 750 Ti (2GB) which should be here today. Maybe with that I won't be so afraid of using some of these new features! Thanks again!

Let us know how it goes!]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:28:09 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from Danimal Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:24:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from Danimal ]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:29:56 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from CloudNinja @MDW13 - yes, my APU & graphics card are in conflict - my graphics card overides my APU.
Thanks again!]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:37:23 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from mysto Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:13:53 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from ukBerty MrDrWho13 wrote:
the only way to really increase the loading times for sets is probably to get an SSD


I actually tried that MrDrWho and it made no difference. It's not the reading off the disk it's the displaying which seems to hold things up, so I think it's pretty much GPU all the way.]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:28:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 The first thing I noticed is that you have an APU (Which is a processor built to focus on the graphics) and a graphics card which is an unusual combination since half the APU will be rendered useless when you use your GPU (Graphics card) (That's as far as my understand goes anyway). So if you plan to upgrade your whole PC in the future, keep this in mind

However, your CPU (processor) seems pretty good in terms of cores and clock speed.

Onto the GPU which is the main problem here:
Muvizu is very reliant on the GPU since it's based on the Unreal game engine. By no means do you have to run out and buy a top of the range Titan X or anything, but you need something with a bit more oomph. Anything that's got GTX in the name should do, and the top rated card on amazon is the GTX 750ti: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-Graphics-GDDR5-PCI-Express/dp/B00ICUGOP0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442512773&sr=8-1&keywords=gpu

CloudNinja wrote:
The question now becomes, what models would I need to upgrade to make a noticeable difference? Is there a huge difference to spend $800 for a top of the line GTX 980 or $250 for the GeForce GTX 680 (which is the next level of upgrade from my GT 630 in the G3D mark top 10)?

The list on the benchmark site is just showing your card in comparison to the most popular cards, rather than giving you a representation of what's the next step.

Personally I have an AMD HD7770 2GB (Or R7 250X as the re-branded model is called) which works perfectly well.

I've found that the CPU is used when opening your sets and the GPU is used for everything else.

Oh an additional note - the only way to really increase the loading times for sets is probably to get an SSD, a better CPU (You'll have to change motherboard for this), or both.
edited by MrDrWho13 on 17/09/2015]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:11:34 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from CloudNinja The question now becomes, what models would I need to upgrade to make a noticeable difference? Is there a huge difference to spend $800 for a top of the line GTX 980 or $250 for the GeForce GTX 680 (which is the next level of upgrade from my GT 630 in the G3D mark top 10)?


thoughts?
.cn]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:36:23 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from ukBerty
Don't forget the top tip about copying away your fresh install and then regularly reverting back to it to maintain the speed of set loading.

So I would predict it's mainly the video card - http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GT+630 - it's not looking that quick. Upgrading the CPU may also help, but it's harder.

Hope this helps.]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:24:56 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5178-help-with-recommended-hardware-4-mzu.aspx Message from CloudNinja https://www.muvizu.com/Wiki/wiki/52/troubleshooting-recommended-computer-specifications - but unfortunately, I'm not a true geek :0).


Below are my PC's specs, could anyone be kind enough to recommend what I can do to significantly increase my PCs performace so that I don't have to reboot, can load or render scenes faster, etc?


My PC specs:
- Win 8.1 64 bit
- Processor: AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.70 GHz
- RAM: 8G
- Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
- DirectX vers 11


thoughts?
Appreciation in advance,
.cn]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:39:11 GMT