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RayTracing
Ever since Persistence Of Vision Raytracing (POVRAY) came up, digital creation of photrealistic images has taken off and become a major industry. Programs range from free downloads like POVRAY to some US$1000.- or more for more elaborate packages like Lightwave. We have looked at some midrange and higher end programs, including the electronic claymation program Amorphium from Electric Image, Caligari TrueSpace and 3DStudio Max.
Caligari TrueSpace5.1
We used Adam Trachtenberg's "Vase" benchmark with 4 x antialiasing enabled to add runtime.
Runtime in seconds, lower is better. With the migration to the 800 MHz bus interface, the P4 all of a sudden starts to become very competitive as opposed to the 400 and 533 MHz version that used to be sluggish in the true sense of the word. TrueSpace5.1 is fully SMP capable and likewise takes advantage of HyperThreading even though the performance itself does not vary between HT enabled or disabled. At the top, it is a dead race between the A 64 FX-51 and the P4 3.2 and only the lower latency memory helps to push the Athlon 64 to the top position. Needless to say that SMP systems like the dual MP2000+ and the Opteron 244 leave no doubt who is the master. CW: Canterwood, GB: Granite Bay
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