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Vladimir Golovin
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Important: the current beta has a bug that slows down the rendering on SSE2-capable processors such as Pentium4, Athlon64, AthlonX2 or Opteron. The official fix will be released in the nearest update, but you can fix it manually:
Here's how to increase the rendering speed: 1. Close Filter Forge 2. Go to C:\Program Files\Filter Forge\Bin 3. Delete the file "Filter Forge x86.exe" 4. Create a copy of "Filter Forge x86-SSE2.exe" 5. Rename that copy to "Filter Forge x86.exe" 6. Run Filter Forge and enjoy! |
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| Posted: May 26, 2006 10:44 am | ||||
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cnoevil
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Thanks.
That made a very noticable difference on my machine. |
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| Posted: May 26, 2006 4:09 pm | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
(edited the first post for clarity, changed the title)
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| Posted: May 27, 2006 4:10 am | ||||
byRo
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Just checking....
If your machine is NOT on the list then you need (should) not touch anything - Right? Mine is not. I did the fix. Everything stopped working and I had to re-install. Good thing it's quick. Rô _________________________________
My favourite question is "Why?". My second favourite is "Why not?" |
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| Posted: May 27, 2006 6:01 pm | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
byRo -- You did everything right. Yes, the fix won't work on non-SSE2 CPUs, and a simple reinstall is all you need to rollback Filter Forge to its previous state. |
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| Posted: May 28, 2006 1:42 am | ||||
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onyXMaster
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Minor technical correction - the bug prevents SSE2-based optimizations from being used, so it's not about being slower on SSE2-enabled processor, it's about not being faster
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| Posted: May 29, 2006 3:58 am | ||||
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Artaq
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Thanks for the tip regarding this. I did notice however that under start-program files-filter forge-filterforge <-by default is a shortcut to filterforge.exe and not filterforge x86.exe. Is this intentional or should it actually be executing filterforge x86.exe? Great app!
Michael Hermes
Technical Art Director Barking Lizards |
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 1:22 am | ||||
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Artaq
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also, I am running an 4800 X2 athlon, and did not notice too much of a difference from changing .exe's. Should this fix have affected my performance? Thanks guys!
Michael Hermes
Technical Art Director Barking Lizards |
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 1:26 am | ||||
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Administrator
Administrator
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That's correct -- filterforge.exe is a loader that detects (incorrectly at the moment) the SSE2 capability and launches one of the two executables. |
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 3:22 am | ||||
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Administrator
Administrator
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Yes it should -- but on 4800 X2 you probably won't notice Actually, that depends on what's inside the filer. For example, Blur components see almost no benefit, while Worley-based noises get a good increase. |
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 3:25 am | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
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Whoops -- the two posts above are mine, forgot to login under my profile.
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 3:27 am | ||||
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Artaq
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thanks Vladimir, i went ahead and updated my shortcut to launch filterforge x86 just incase, but it's good to know I'm running the correct exe anyway
.Michael Hermes
Technical Art Director Barking Lizards |
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| Posted: May 30, 2006 10:57 pm | ||||
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Paul Kiler
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What an amazing difference...!!! Thanks, I was dreading this ultra s-l-o-w filter...
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| Posted: May 31, 2006 11:21 pm | ||||
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Lurgee
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That made a HUGE difference! Much faster. Thanks
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| Posted: June 5, 2006 8:25 am | ||||
shultz
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I just tested it on my first filter
fixed - average 16 sec not fixed - average 22 sec ps athlon64 3000+ --------------------------------
...russian... |
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| Posted: June 7, 2006 1:58 am | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
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shultz -- what filters have you used for testing?
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| Posted: June 7, 2006 4:20 am | ||||
Lucato
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I'm sorry for my ignorance, but when the processor has the SSE2-capable, It need to be activated in some place (Bios/Program/...), or the programs recognize and processors active/use It automatically? |
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| Posted: June 7, 2006 4:43 am | ||||
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shultz
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| Posted: June 7, 2006 8:06 am | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
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I guess you can turn it off in Bios, but by default it should be turned on and detected by programs automatically. |
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| Posted: June 7, 2006 9:14 am | ||||
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onyXMaster
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JFYI: you can't turn it off
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| Posted: July 13, 2006 7:57 am | ||||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
Since Update 1.003 fixes the spped problem, this topic is no longer relevant.
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| Posted: August 11, 2006 9:33 am | ||||
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