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JackOfAllTrades · Sep 4, 2003, 12:43 PM

has anyone put ALIAS MAYA to the test on a 1.6 or 1.8 G5?

DeathMan · Sep 4, 2003, 07:25 PM

I would like to see how it does as well. I'd like to explore maya on my dual 500 mhz G4. Does anyone have any experience with this setup? I only have a 16mb graphics card.

Crusoe · Sep 5, 2003, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by DeathMan:
I would like to see how it does as well. I'd like to explore maya on my dual 500 mhz G4. Does anyone have any experience with this setup? I only have a 16mb graphics card.

I installed the free learning edition on my Tibook 500Mhz (8MB VRAM). It runs but I haven't had time to find or design a robust model to render. Try out the learning edition, it's the same as the release but rendered scenes have watermarks and export features are disabled.

Dyeus · Sep 5, 2003, 05:47 AM

I have a 400 Mhz and a 16mb graphic card, I switched from Cinema4d to maya a few weeks ago, though I am still not able to figure out how to use certain tools, it runs better then Cinema4d (7) only the rendering takes much longer depending on the settings.

aderium · Sep 5, 2003, 01:54 PM

It would be nice to see some results on G5 specially for rendering time in maya , and nice would be if test with render times with Mental Ray.

I have a G4 Dual 1.25 1.5 Mb Ram verry happy with it but I ll tell you Rendering makes this machne look S L O W .

I am craving for G5 but don't whant to be disspointed and hope not to have to move to PC platform. G5 Duals would be a nice test

Eug · Sep 5, 2003, 02:03 PM

Well, just a note that Cinema4D is currently being optimized for the G5 and Panther, and I would expect the same for Maya. In the case of Cinema4D, the boost is to purported to be quite significant on the G5. Dunno about the G4 though.

I betcha we'll see optimized versions within a few weeks of the release of Panther.

MindFad · Sep 5, 2003, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by aderium:
It would be nice to see some results on G5 specially for rendering time in maya , and nice would be if test with render times with Mental Ray.

I have a G4 Dual 1.25 1.5 Mb Ram verry happy with it but I ll tell you Rendering makes this machne look S L O W .

I am craving for G5 but don't whant to be disspointed and hope not to have to move to PC platform. G5 Duals would be a nice test

Would you happen to be attending the Art Institute in Ft. Lauderdale? I figured, Maya talk, and you're from Ft. Lauderdale (Art Institute location). So I was curious. I'll be going to that same one hopefully in October, but probably January is more likely.

tyson.r · Sep 5, 2003, 09:20 PM

I'll be able to run some tests when my dual 2 FINALLY comes in. (slated for a 10/29 worst case shipping date)

There is a test scene over at highend3d.com that i will probably run...don't know of any other benchies out there. I guess I could also compare to my 15in 1GHZ PB. Anyway, check out the benches coming form the PC crowd at highend3d...i'm VERY skeptical of them...they don't seem to make sence when a dual 2.4 xeon gets beat by a 2400XP Athlon. Will defenetly be fun to test it out anyway.

aimeesteinberge · Sep 6, 2003, 01:31 AM

I'm curious about this too... I have a slightly old 500 mhz G4, and now that I'm getting into more post work and more Maya, I'm guessing it will really start to feel slow.

I was thinking about a 1.6 or 1.8 G5... but most of the tests I've seen are for programs other than MAYA.

cSurfr · Sep 6, 2003, 08:49 AM

That's because photoshop is easier to pirate than maya is.

Leonis · Sep 6, 2003, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by aderium:

I have a G4 Dual 1.25 1.5 Mb Ram verry happy with it but I ll tell you Rendering makes this machne look S L O W .

Only 1.5MB RAM? No wonder it's slow