On 2007-09-30 19:56, Scott C. Frase wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> Thanks for the comments!
> 


> I guess my first question would be: Though I see that Cinelerra is not
> using 100% of the processors while editing or rendering, is this really
> an issue?  I tend to think it is, and Graham and I talked about possible
> memory or front side bus bottlenecks.  If it is, do you know where I
> might look to diagnose such an issue?  In the meantime, I will do some
> googling to find any relevant procedures.
> 
> looking forward to your opinion,
> scott

I didn't have a really good comment so didn't speculate in my last
email...  I have been using dual core or dual CPU setups for quite a few
years on Linux though.  I've seen a similar problem a few years back,
and think at the time it was an issue with the process reporting tools
on the linux side, rather than Cin.  But I won't guarantee your problem
isn't a compile issue (but it might not be Cin, it can be toolchain side
on FC6 also.)

cpu usage statistics on multi-core cpus can sometimes be incorrect, so
I've never worried about it to much.  Usually I do a baseline against
the closest single core cpu I have around and see how the performance
compares.  I've never seen a 2:1 performance improvement when going from
1 to 2 cpus (and didn't expect one, since there is overhead) but if
there is not 1.2 to 1.5 times the performace then I start to worry.  I
usually do some simple renders that take a few minutes to run and
compare the render times across platforms.

-- 
Kevin

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