I have to fight back a little bit!

Aydan wrote:
> [...]
> also you can set the number of threads running, which means if you set
> this to 3 you'll have one core free for other stuff.

Yes, but instead of repeating what the others said, you could have told
us how this option is called. Is my guess, that the ini
option "Work_Threads" does the trick, correct? Is there an option in
the menus of the windows version?
Simply saying "there is an option for that" does not count!

Also, when crying out "RTFM" you could at least provide a link to the
manual in question. You could provide a link to documents that explain
the things that he misunderstands.

Greetings
Urs

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Urs Holzer wrote:
> Simply saying "there is an option for that" does not count!

It does because he is using a beta version. And that feature actually has 
been discussed before in the appropriate newsgroup. It is neither new nor 
hidden, it is in the release notes somewhere! Beta users can at least be 
expected to read those, I guess...

	Thorsten

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"Aydan" <hes### [at] hendrik-sachsenet> wrote:
> also you can set the number of threads running, which means if you set this to 3
> you'll have one core free for other stuff.

Wow! The things you can do with computers these days...

-Mike

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Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> Urs Holzer wrote:
>> Simply saying "there is an option for that" does not count!
> 
> It does because he is using a beta version. And that feature actually
> has been discussed before in the appropriate newsgroup. It is neither
> new nor hidden, it is in the release notes somewhere! Beta users can
> at least be expected to read those, I guess...

Yes I have to apologise. Indeed, if someone uses a beta version one can
expect that he reads the release notes and searches the newsgroups. (And
asks beta-questions in povray.beta-test.)

You are right Thorsten and I will keep my mouth closed now ...

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> If its meant to do it, then fair enough, just seems a bit silly to take up
> every processor in the machine to render (at 100%) unless there is a
> setting to change the render process priority.

- Sir, we just finished preparing mining equipment in the other 3 gold mines
you own. Now you will get x4 more gold! :)

- Cool.. but wait, now my all gold mines will be used at 100%? Nooooooo!
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? *waah* *waaaaah*

- uhm....

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On Wed,  2 Jul 2008 11:10:33 EDT, "Stonefox" <the### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>wow,
>
>you lot seem pretty mad at me.
>
That's normal ;)

>I was only wondering if it was normal.....
>
Yes that's normal :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Stonefox nous illumina en ce 2008-07-02 01:36 -->
> Hi all,
> 
> is it normal for PovRay 3.7 to max all of my 4 cores on an Intel Q9450 to 100%
> for the duration of the render?
> 
> It does render stuff pretty quick (renders the advanced/balcony example in under
> a couple of minutes) but maxing everything at 100% is a tad worrying and the CPY
> temp rises along with it.
> 
> On PovRay 3.6, when I render advanced/balcony it uses about 35% of the total CPU
> usage (Core1: 80%, core2: 30%, core3: 15%, core4: 15% [rough figures based on
> graph])
> 
> The temp on the CPU hardly moves when using PovRay 3.6.
> 
> Does this sound like a bug in 3.7?
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
POV-Ray 3.7 have been made from the ground up to be able to exploit every and 
all CPUs and cores available. It's one of the main object of the current 
devlopment: to be able to harnest the full power of todays multicore CPUs.
So, it's use of all 4 cores at 100% is perfectly normal and working as intended.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
You know you've been raytracing too long when you stop using a protractor to 
measure angles because you can do it just by looking.
Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo

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Stonefox wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> is it normal for PovRay 3.7 to max all of my 4 cores on an Intel Q9450 to 100%
> for the duration of the render?
> 
> It does render stuff pretty quick (renders the advanced/balcony example in under
> a couple of minutes) but maxing everything at 100% is a tad worrying and the CPY
> temp rises along with it.
> 
> On PovRay 3.6, when I render advanced/balcony it uses about 35% of the total CPU
> usage (Core1: 80%, core2: 30%, core3: 15%, core4: 15% [rough figures based on
> graph])
> 
> The temp on the CPU hardly moves when using PovRay 3.6.
> 
> Does this sound like a bug in 3.7?
> 
> thanks

If your processor isn't ever pegged at 100%, you should have bought a 
slower (and less expensive) processor.

...Chambers

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That doesn't look normal to me... It doesn't look anything like the cross 
product of two coplanar vectors!

Rarius

PS I'll see myself out!

"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
news:c5jp64dci253a8i3v8d8328a0lshdrv6qj@4ax.com...
> On Wed,  2 Jul 2008 11:10:33 EDT, "Stonefox" <the### [at] hotmailcom> 
> wrote:
>
>>wow,
>>
>>you lot seem pretty mad at me.
>>
> That's normal ;)
>
>>I was only wondering if it was normal.....
>>
> Yes that's normal :)
> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

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On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:18:33 +0100, "Rarius" <rar### [at] rariuscouk> wrote:

>That doesn't look normal to me... It doesn't look anything like the cross 
>product of two coplanar vectors!
>
>Rarius
>
>PS I'll see myself out!
>

Ho, ho, ho :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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