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2007-04-11 03:16 AM
(..) ArchiCAD will not be a fully multi-threaded application at any time soon. This is partly because re-writing the ArchiCAD code to support multi-threading is a huge task, and there are areas where it would not cause a dramatic performance increase. Graphisoft will focus on the areas where multi-threading brings the most benefit.thus you don't need octocore (or even quadro) mac pro "at any time soon", because it's a big job for them. (if i think that ac on 8 cores would use 1/8 of the resources available- ).
Transferring a 32-bit application to 64-bit requires reprogramming even the most basic functions in the software, therefore the change to 64-bit in business softwares will happen at a much slower pace than the rapid change from 32-bit processors to 64-bit processors in the Personal Computer (PC) industry.so mainly they are basing the answer once again on excuse, that it requres recoding ac + on a bad market practise "aww, the other business software developers are also slow on this". sorry, but that doesn't apply to other apps i use, ie, c4d, maxwell. yes, they are a different profile, but- whatever harware resources i give them- it's been effectivelly used. and that's the reason they REALLY are top software solutions. and the argument that archicad has 100x more lines of code can't be an argument.
2007-04-11 04:17 AM
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2007-04-11 05:42 PM
TomWaltz wrote:well, name ANY software that couldn't be better
Just wanted to chime in, I agree GS has a LOT of work to do in a lot of areas..
2007-04-11 08:27 PM
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2007-04-11 11:35 PM
You can't surely tell me that AC can't benefit from having the use of an extra processor..(..)tell me what i gain from 64bit 3daxis add-on (it's just an example) if i sits on 32bit core. you forget, that all that 64bit stuff GS have implemented are tools/decoration, which isn't THE CORE of what WE DO AS ARCHITECTS. rendering, 3d viewing is in my opinion is secondary. we draw plans, make sections, place and modiffy doors and windows, copy, drag, multiply, place, calculate zones, calculate shedules, place drawings on layouts, browse through library, load new elements, and that undoubtly takes the greatest part we spend acually working in this application- all these AC core processes. the time you wait that render to finish IS'T the time YOU are working. it's digits then. take a coffee break. but its abnormal, that there's a coffee break after each zoom in/out of A1 drawing. you'll say- take a more powerful mac. my imac and mbp are maxed out, and ANY further upgrade wouldnt reflect in AC speed growth...
2007-04-12 01:36 PM
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