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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2021-01-25, 23:51:59 »

I see that the new PBR material was marked as complete on the Trello board on the 19/01 but the latest daily build is 08/01 - will there be an updated daily build any time soon with the completed PBR material?

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Hardware / Re: 2990WX - Still low utilisation after extensive research - please help! 😩

« on: 2020-10-08, 17:18:15 »

So the temperatures and RAM speed seem fine, right?
We have an identical case at our helpdesk right now. I will be sure to share the findings if we find the culprit.
You can also submit at new ticket here: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new

Exactly. I just did another speed test and looked at the temps in AI Suite:

CPU: 67C (Threshold 85C)
Motherboard 33C (Threshold 60C)
VRM 44C (Threshold 110C)

My RAM speed is currently showing 2133 in BIOS so it's certainly not at full speed, but would that be likely to cause CPU throttling?

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Hardware / Re: 2990WX - Still low utilisation after extensive research - please help! 😩

« on: 2020-10-07, 17:29:24 »

Two questions:
1. What is your RAM frequency?
2. Wat are you CPU temperatures during rendering?

So I just ran the test again with the Corona Benchmark tool, monitoring with AI Suite. Temp hit 68C and stayed there as the clock speed dropped, albeit more slowly this time, shaving about 20 seconds off the time. Clock speed in Corona registered at 2.9GHz.

My RAM is 3200 but I just looked in BIOS and it shows 2133 - not sure if that's normal? If i try manually overriding to 3200 it gets stuck in a loop when booting and restarting itself. Eventually I managed to get a POST screen and get back in to BIOS to set it back.

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Hardware / 2990WX - Still low utilisation after extensive research - please help! 😩

« on: 2020-10-07, 14:33:08 »

I'm very aware this is a common topic but please bear with me - I have done lots of investigation of my own before getting to this point!

I recently discovered that my 2990WX runs at about 50% utilisation on what I would assume would be a full load - no idea how long it's been like that for. It hits around 100% for the first few seconds and then tails away - sometimes quickly, sometimes it hangs around near the top for a few seconds. I've attached a utilisation graph and a Corona Benchmark which is comfortably over twice as long as the faster results on the same processor. I know there are lots of other factors almost 2.5x slower is crazy.

I've updated my BIOS, all my system drivers and Windows 10 to the very latest versions. I've tried the registry edit and Coreprio but neither with any improvement.

I'm using AI Suite to try to get the most out of the machine - is there anything in there that could be causing it? I feel like I've tried every conceivable configuration. Failing that, is there anything in the BIOS itself I should be looking for?

Any guidance or suggestion for what to try next would be much appreciated!