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Started by Mike Lloyd , May 25 2019 05:20 PM
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#1 Mike Lloyd

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Posted 25 May 2019 - 05:20 PM

Is there any improvement in the way 2020 uses  the CPU and GPU over 2018?

I'm considering a PC upgrade in the near future and was wondering....

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#2 Mark Petri

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Posted 27 May 2019 - 10:25 AM

I think it's about the same if not more taxing from what little I've used it. The unfortunate reality is the more features, the more they use all the resources.


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Posted 28 May 2019 - 05:01 AM

One thing that I personally noticed is that an upgraded video card made a big difference.  I had been using an Nvidia GTX960 Ti and wasn't noticing any issues on 2018.  On 2020 it seemed a little slower and little more sluggish.  As Mark mentioned above newer versions always consume more resources because of added features.  I upgraded the video card to an Nvidia RTX 2070 and have noticed that things are working more smoothly than on the older card.  That was the only change that I made to my system.


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Posted 29 May 2019 - 09:51 AM

Thanks Guys

Wish they were taking greater advantage of the new GPUs out there. I have a 2080 ti but it does nothing for 3D Raytrace. I'm looking into a i9 9900k CPU build but have been wondering how much bang i'll get for the bucks i'd have to spend???

Currently I'm running a I7 5930k OC to 4.1 It is a 4 core CPU seems to me more cores the better?

 

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Posted 29 May 2019 - 11:43 AM

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Posted 29 May 2019 - 01:07 PM

I noticed Twin Motion seems to like the 2080 ti...
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Posted 29 May 2019 - 03:08 PM

Lets face facts here ... ANYTHING should run fast with a 11GB 2080 TITAN video card ... Most people don't spend $1,200 on a whole system, never mind just the video card ...


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