3dsmax, Maya and others... Prof.Performance

[PATER]

Hi there... first Post!

I have a question how Parhelia performes in professional graphics-applications like 3dsmax or maya. I'm a maxer and need a graphics-card with high poly-processing-power. Anti-aliasing and other cool features of the "P" ounds cool too...

i think Parhelia should easily manage that but we got a few other surprises too... so, can anyone do a few tests with 3dsmax?

Are there any special Driver-Plans from matrox to unveil parhelias full potencial in these high-end apps? (how you could do with the elsa-maxtreme-driver/softquadro) (how great would be adaptiv tesselated nurbs, displacement-mapping or other cool things in the viewports...)

Waiting for the Professionals...

PATER

[thop]

there was one review that did test the parhelia in cinema4dXL (cinebench) and it was faster than the 4600 and 8500 by about 20%. dont remember which one it was.

[PATER]

nope... not enough...

still waiting for real performance-measures... nobody who has the card yet has 3dsmax? hm...

[HaloFX]

Nope, but they sure seem to have Quake.

[Ant]

3dsmax? I don't think I've seen that game yet when did it come out?

[thop]

there is a chance Ant that your avatar is 3DSMAX

[Ant]

Nope its an ant! Actually it's an electron micrograph of an ant

So are there any set benchmarks that can be setup and run with 3DSMax just on the off chance I bumped into a Parhelia in the street and asked it back to my place for a little benchmarking?

[Ryu Connor]

http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=45000354

Give this a look, Ant.

[Kosh Naranek]

For ppl usually reading reviews as the ones we have seen on Parhelia, this kind of info is of no importance at all.

The don't use the software you mention and can't afford it anyway.

Will P shine in those programs ... don't think so due to it's low core clock.

It might perform slightly better, but not by much but it would be nice if it could excel in at least one area.

[Wombat]

You don't want to buy one Kosh? Fine. Don't be a dick though. Whoever pissed in your cereal, it doesn't mean you have to disrupt every conversation where people are actually seeking information.

[Kosh Naranek]

Being a dick ?

Is my assumption wrong ?

Where in my post did I say anything about getting a Parhelia ?

It's not my fault Parhelia turned out the way it did, so don't take it out on me.

[Kosh Naranek]

Oh well ...

I better stop posting on MURC at all.

Since I'm not getting *blip* I'm obviously not welcome anymore.

[Ant]

Children stop squabbling or daddy's going to smack you very hard

[R.Carter]

Has anyone tried running the GLmark benchmark on a Parhelia yet?

I'd be interested in seeing the results...

[seether]

To put this thread back on track...

I'm definitely interested in moddling performance. Doc M. mentioned the likelihood of a 10bpp 3DS plugin. And along the same vein of 3DLabs cards, less than eye-popping performance in game beces does not necessarily equate to similar performance expectations in the stuff you can do with a comp that you can't do with a playstation

I'll be keeping an eye open for Maya optimized drivers for one thing. Damn it would be nice to have a $400 car that purportedly "sucks ass " with games (considering its performance is by no means sub-par in any relation other than expectations to the latest cheap gaming-only cards, since I can destroy 99% of the kiddies with their 4600s in deathmatch anyway ), if it can throw around wireframes smoothly (with accuracy as well) and help render at a decent speed. I mean, a $400 POS that can at least hang with the game cards AND the low/mid range DCC cards sounds great to me.

Kind of like a Quadro, only with the added laundry list of convenience features like TH, etc... , and good IQ + rendering accuracy - all for half the price

I came across some 3D app benches last night from some 3D sites - I'll see if I can't find out what and where those programs/plugins are for everyone.