Thread: POVRay 3.7 Beta and Maya 8.0

Both these rendering benchmarks stress just about any CPU out there. Maya 8.0 has very strong multi-eore abilities not to men¬tion it is one of the most popular 3D packages worldwide, along with 3D Studio Max. POVRay has long been acclaimed for its ability to stress a CPUs ability to render. Most animators and 3D render artists would want to take a very close look at these scores, along with the score of each CPU in CineBench RiO. People with a bud¬get will be looking for best bang for their buck; others will just want the fastest solution around.



From the lack of skyscrapers in the Intel corner it's very easy to tell these CPUs thrive on 3D ren¬dering and content creation. The Intels Q8200 makes a sensible buy for anyone looking to use Maya, as it scores the same as the QX9650 which is much costlier. For some reason AMD doesn't do well in Maya, even Intel's low-end dual cores are faster, this may be in case Au todesk has optimised Maya for use with Intel proces¬sors. Under POVRay, AMD's fast¬est X4 Phenom's can hold their own against the slightly costlier Q8200, although if it's a price no¬bar situation then Intel wins with its QX9770 and QX9650 duo