sknoch

Hey guys, thanks for the replies, I really appreciate it! I am working through some of the issues I was having. Mouse now works properly (moved the usb dongle from the front panel to a usb spot in the back directly connected to the MOBO). Based on the replies, I have reset my ray trace expectations. I think my biggest issue is currently is my inability to do other things while ray tracing. The most notable is when trying to surf the internet. IE continually freezes and hangs up while running a ray trace. Is there a way to prioritize resources? I cant attach the file I am currently working on as it is 32mb. Attached is a shot I did this morning it is 10 passes and took about 30 minutes.

Hello everyone. I recently built a new tower and it does not appear to be performing very well for Chief X6, specifically ray tracing. This really sucks as this is one of the reasons I decided to build a desktop unit. I did a test this evening to see how it performed and I am terribly disappointed. It seems to run really slow and it pegs my cpu at 98+ % continually making it impossible to do anything else. I am hoping it is just a matter of setting everything up correctly. Here are the system specs. Motherboard: MSI Z97 gaming 3 CPU: Intel 4790k 4.0ghz CPU cooler: Corsair H55 Memory: Patriot Viper 32gb DDR3 PC3-15000 1866mhz Hard drive: Samsung 512gb SSD 850 Pro Graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4gb GDDR5 Power supply: Antec 850w This system blows away anything I have ever run Chief on and it is providing the worst experience to date, quite a let down. For reference, I have been a Chief user for about 8 years. For the last 6 months I have run chief on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 I-7 512gb tablet and have been surprisingly pleased with the overall performance. The Surface Pro handled everything for Chief quite easily with the exceptions of ray tracing, which it could do, but it was terribly taxing on the system. I would use my previous laptop for ray tracing duties which is a Samsung series 7 Chronos with a I-7 3635QM CPU clocked @ 2.4ghz, 8 gb of ram and a Nvidia GeForce GT 650m. While not ideal, this laptop performed admirably. Current ray trace is a simple interior garage shot with base settings and it has made 25 passes in 33 minutes and has had the cpu pegged the whole time, does this sound right? pic is attached for reference. I really thought this new system would impress, am I missing something? Any help and or insight would be appreciated. Thanks, Shawn

Hello all, My name is Shawn and I am a residential remodeler in the Portland Oregon area. I am looking for some assistance with a personal project of mine. I am looking to build a new house. We purchased a set of plans that my wife really liked and have been modifying them to suite our needs. I am looking to find someone who can help me sort out a few things in my drawing. I have been using Chief for about 8 years and while I can do a pretty decent job, most of my work is kitchen and bath with an addition here and there. I have always struggled with roofs and stairs. Until now I have always been able to fudge my way through and while I have learned a tremendous amount about the roof tools in Chief over the last several days, I am out of my depth. Here is what I am looking for. I would like to contract someone to build the roof line as well as help to draw/create stairs to the attic space and define a "bonus" area. For someone who does this every day, it is probably fairly easy. I am just at the end of my rope and need some help. I have a working X6 file as well as the original AutoCad file for the home. Attached are some stock images of what the house generally looks like for reference. If you are interested, let me know. Thanks, Shawn