Forum - Tech Help - Finding the right computer for Muvizu - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Forum - Tech Help - Finding the right computer for Muvizu - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 18 Aug 2014 03:01:25 GMT Mon, 18 Aug 2014 03:01:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from oziabla http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/leaked-nvidia-800-series-benchmarks-show-massive-performance-jumps/

So either wait for an 800 series card, or take advantage of the inevitable price drop of the 780 when the 800s arrive.]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 03:01:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ukBerty oziabla wrote:
Yeah got it, sorry. Been ultra-busy. Will have a look tomorrow.


Just in case anyone is interested Oziabla's Quadro loads my sets in around 40% of the time that it takes my 660ti. The rest of our PCs are about the same.

This proves that with Muvizu it's all about the video card, which is hardly surprising.

Thanks again Oziabla]]> Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:18:09 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from BrianGray 5400 RPM will help ALLOT. Also Windows 7 as the minimum OS will be better for several multimedia speed and security reasons. I know lots of people want a Laptop for multimedia development but truth is you can get MUCH MORE POWER for LESS MONEY with a Desktop. Hope this helps.



Sincerely, BrianGray.]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:36:48 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from oziabla Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:24:32 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ukBerty oziabla wrote:
UKberty - by all means. Send me a dropbox (or similar) link.


Oziabla - I have sent a private Muvizu message with the link and details - check the inbox on your account. Let me know if you've got it as sometimes the messaging system can be erratic.]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:49:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from MrDrWho13 Muviwho wrote:
Thanks! Do you think that THIS


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/7288011.p?id=1219262036899&skuId=7288011

laptop would work for Muvizu? Or one like it?

I would say aim for something that's £500 or more if you don't want to have lag issues.]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:45:54 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from oziabla
UKberty - by all means. Send me a dropbox (or similar) link.
edited by oziabla on 11/08/2014]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:00:09 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ziggy72 http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Quadro+K4000&id=2272


Stick with the 660Ti is what that's telling me ]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:02:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ukBerty
That's interesting - I too have a 660ti like Ziggy but wondered if upgrading to something like a Qudaro might improve things. My issue is not rendering so much as loading sets. Some of my sets are 180MB+ and can take 5-10 mins to load (hence I run two versions of Muvizu at the same time - one is usually just loading something).

I've tried everything to speed it up - the 660ti, i7, 12GB RAM, SSD HDD for c:\ and often reinstalling Muvizu (this does seem to help but I'm not sure why - I have a copy of the software when it was a fresh install and I just keep replacing the Muvizu program folder with this).

Could I trouble you to do a test for me - could I send you a couple of sets for you to time how long they take to load - I can't see how else to test it - we can talk card specs but I don't know which resource Muvizu is short of.

What do you think ??]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:51:50 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from oziabla
I'm using a latest i7 desktop with 32 GB of RAM, 12 TB of disk and a 3GB nVidia Quadro 4000 video card.
http://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-Quadro-K4000-Graphics-PNY/dp/B00BLTE7X0/ref=pd_sim_e_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EZ0C8E1GEYSRY2HDNJA

And while most would agree that this is a fairly powerful machine, I can still make it splutter at times.

So save your pennies and buy something that can actually do what you want it to do. And don't get a laptop unless you absolutely need one.]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:01:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ziggy72


(It's an Nvidia 660Ti, btw)]]> Sat, 09 Aug 2014 18:53:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from primaveranz Sat, 09 Aug 2014 06:13:13 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from Muviwho

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-celeron-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/7288011.p?id=1219262036899&skuId=7288011

laptop would work for Muvizu? Or one like it?]]> Sat, 09 Aug 2014 04:58:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from ziggy72 ]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:51:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3779-finding-the-right-computer-for-muvizu.aspx Message from Muviwho
I switched computers, installed Muvizu onto my laptop (it took hours) and when it finally finished, it wouldn't let me run it because I don't have the right graphics card or something.
So I looked again at the system requirements:
Window XP or newer.
2.4 GHz processor
Grapics card with "Shader model 3"
2.3 GB of free hard disk space

I want to try to install Muvizu on another computer, but I don't understand the system requirements, and I want to know what I'm doing and be sure it will work before spending hours waiting for it to install.

1. Windows XP or newer. My laptop was a windows XP, but would anybody care to list what the "newer" are or give me a link to a list?
2. How do I find out if my computer has a 2.4 GHz processor?
3. Ditto for the "Shader model 3"

So if anyone knows how to figure this out, it would be great to have some help! Thanks!]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:20:11 GMT