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by gagar
Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:55 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: An interesting real-world benchmark
Replies: 17
Views: 10426

Re: An interesting real-world benchmark

WytRaven wrote:30 minutes give or take a couple of tenths. :)
That's about half a second per track, isn't it? Not bad :)
by gagar
Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:52 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: An interesting real-world benchmark
Replies: 17
Views: 10426

Re: An interesting real-world benchmark

WytRaven wrote:Yeah I know but (I'll admit I didn't check) as far as I know it can't read FLAC. I would also wager it would ignore the extended metadata.
You could use ALAC (Apple Lossless) instead of FLAC. Or go for experimental: http://blowintopieces.com/fluke/
by gagar
Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:14 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: An interesting real-world benchmark
Replies: 17
Views: 10426

Re: An interesting real-world benchmark

Hey, thanks for sharing. I will give "Max" a try.

Speed-wise, let's see what happens when such apps start to support OpenCL... Might need fast disks to keep up ;-)
by gagar
Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:05 am
Forum: Indigo News and Announcements
Topic: Indigo 2.2.12 Mac 32/64 bits
Replies: 14
Views: 5699

Re: Indigo 2.2.12 Mac 32/64 bits

Cool.
fused wrote:the first Universal Mac build (x86 and x64) of Indigo.
Actually, in Apple linguo "Universal" means PowerPC + Intel. x86 + x64 is just a type of "fat" binary (which is less sexy for sure ;) )
by gagar
Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:37 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New kid on the block (GPU Renderer)
Replies: 60
Views: 33317

Re: New kid on the block (GPU Renderer)

Hehe, true again :wink: It's nice to see several GPU renderers coming out, though. But as a customer I'm really looking forward to see hardware-independent versions (ie. based on OpenCL). From the webpage, Random Control's Arion looks like an "NVidia renderer". Same as Octane, at least for the time ...
by gagar
Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:56 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New kid on the block (GPU Renderer)
Replies: 60
Views: 33317

Re: New kid on the block (GPU Renderer)

True Lyc.
That's why I consider samples/s to be a completely useless metric to compare renderers.
by gagar
Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Alex Roman CG movie (The Third & The Seventh)
Replies: 12
Views: 5892

Re: Alex Roman CG movie

Fantastic quality.

I think that it proves a point: Today's production renderers are all capable of photorealistic quality. What really does achieve photo-realistic level is the quality of the textures.
by gagar
Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:40 pm
Forum: Indigo General Stuff
Topic: Sigma?
Replies: 19
Views: 5304

Re: Sigma?

Oren-Nayar does model masking, shadowing and interreflections. That is why when sigma increases, the surface appears darker as seen in the Wikipedia article. As for the dark edges, when sigma is 0 the model is Lambertian (the surface is completely flat and diffuse) and thus there is no backscatterin...
by gagar
Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:07 pm
Forum: Bugs and Requests
Topic: Reqiest║Metal temperature
Replies: 54
Views: 8940

Re: Reqiest║Metal temperature

Well.. to be honest, Im kind of confused when it comes to this.. is light temp (in kelvins) equate to the same colors as metal temperature? Obviously, it would vary with different metals, but maybe it is similar for a few? There is no such thing as "metal temperature" in the way you are using the t...
by gagar
Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:42 am
Forum: Indigo General Stuff
Topic: Linux vs Windows which is faster
Replies: 16
Views: 6648

Re: Linux vs Windows which is faster

lyc wrote:gcc 4.3+ is said to produce FAR better code than msvc for x64.
I have no comparison points, but I would think that for a processing-bound applications like Indigo the compiler should indeed be more important than the underlying OS.
by gagar
Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:22 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New competitor for Indigo ? P.U.R.E.
Replies: 16
Views: 4287

Re: New competitor for Indigo ? P.U.R.E.

dakiru wrote:"Substance" looks interesting :)
"Simplant" looks interesting as well: http://www.neuro-systems.net/documents/simplant.html

:lol:
by gagar
Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: So you like rap.... You should really listen to this
Replies: 6
Views: 1900

Re: So you like rap.... You should really listen to this

suvakas wrote:
neo0. wrote:I have no clue why foreign language is a required class..
Hmm.. you really have no clue huh?
Interesting :)
Ah Ah Ah! Perhaps we should remind our friend Neo that English is the native language of only about 6% of humanity...

Bonne journée à tous :wink:
by gagar
Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:11 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: One more reason to look forward to Win7
Replies: 66
Views: 11793

Re: One more reason to look forward to Win7

Borgleader wrote:Thats odd it loads fine for me :? I've pastebin'ed the article:
http://pastebin.org/48975
I'd advice everyone not to click on that link: I got contaminated by adware and scareware because I did...
by gagar
Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: One more reason to look forward to Win7
Replies: 66
Views: 11793

Re: One more reason to look forward to Win7

No I mean seriously, as much as Vista has it's flaws I still liked it, and even so Windows 7 is a leap forward compared to it, catch-up or no catch-up compared to Apple, Windows 7 beats Vista hands down. Ever since I started running Win7 (64bit) my boot times have been ridiculously quick. And I was...
by gagar
Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: One more reason to look forward to Win7
Replies: 66
Views: 11793

Re: One more reason to look forward to Win7

Honestly, I can't wait to see how Apple responds to windows 7. At which level? Because honestly Windows 7 seems to be Microsoft's response to (1) their own "gem" called Vista, and (2) the latest version(s) of Mac OS X (e.g., support for OpenCL was added in Snow Leopard). If (1) is successful, then ...
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