Modo is my modeler, and when I was browsing the forum @ Luxology I saw a few users rendering the Ajax Head with different render apps.
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=5028&page=5
So I downloaded the model and tried it in EI, to see how it compares. I didnāt spend much time on and got this image in 4 min 35 sec on a 2 Ghz G5 processor (single processor).
Cheers
Hans
Niceā¦
Interesting to see that the Lightwave renders were coming in anywhere between 8.5 minutes a frame to 2.5 hours per frameā¦
hmmmm
We are however seeing just a lit side, not very photoacurate, so its hard to tell exactly how smooth the GI is when we arent realy seeing a whole lot of shadows or bounced light.
Are there any Images out there of EIAS rendering specific benchmark scenes?
Here ya go,
http://homepage.mac.com/silverbullet_3d/bench/speedtest.html
I think there is another EI GI benchmark page but I canāt find the linkā¦
Ian
Here You can download the Model. Its a 9 mb zipped 12mb LWO.
http://www.null.jo/ArchDesign/Ajax.zip
The 1024x780-Frame took about 6 min with 4 Bounces on a 2.09 Ghz AMD 3000.
Steffen
The problem with benchmarking between different render apps is that it is difficult to match them (Materials, Lighting etc). This case it was easier because there is only one object, one light and GI. I tried to use the same lighting as in the other apps.
One of the reasons why I chose EI many years ago was based on fact that I liked the speed and look of the renders, and seeing other renderers, I still like the camera look. For a little company like mine, EI is very efficient and I can get the ālookā I desire very easy, for the rest itās all about budget and deadlines.
For EIAS users, benchmarking can be interesting when we want to buy new PCās, or just rendernodes, to see which processor delivers the best price performance ratio. http://eias.groothuis.com
Cheers
Hans
Thats what i was after, thanks, oh and hereās one i made earlier-
About 10 minutes render time (high quality) 
Reuben
oh and hereās one i made earlier-
http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/imā¦reuben2_big.jpg
About 10 minutes render time (high quality)Reuben
Yeah great!
but - ehm - if we can trust silverbullet - there is obviously still at least one guy out there who needs (even with EIAS) up to 4 min rendertime more for that
Steffen
Hmm, thats not too good then, the āspeed testā was the same project as above, but modified by Matt Hoffman for really quick render times, although i prefere the quality of my setup :arteest: notice the area shadowsā¦
Reub
OK, perhaps I was a bit āto fastā with my answer.
Iāll try to prefer quality next time too.
Steffen
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