Xara pro, i5 vs i7 or Hyperthreading vs non Hyperthreading ?

[Chris M]

rsrsrs said he sometimes has to import a lot of content from AutoCad and ungrouped objects. There's a fair bit of graphical grunt taken up by the GPU, freeing the CPU. AutoCad (if used on the same machine) will perform better with a Quadro as well, they're even recommended in the specs from AutoDesk.

Graphics software typically like an abundance of RAM and GPU grunt, I presume Xara would be no different if you're pushing a lot of objects in one document.

[pauland]

rsrsrs said he sometimes has to import a lot of content from AutoCad and ungrouped objects. There's a fair bit of graphical grunt taken up by the GPU, freeing the CPU. AutoCad (if used on the same machine) will perform better with a Quadro as well, they're even recommended in the specs from AutoDesk.

Graphics software typically like an abundance of RAM and GPU grunt, I presume Xara would be no different if you're pushing a lot of objects in one document.

I'm not sure if rsrsrs actually runs autocad at all. He/she may just be given the models.

I'm just pointing out that Xara could care less about fancy GPUs so spending money on them specifically for Xara would be a waste.

[rsrsrs]

i dont run Autocad at all, but "DWG trueview 2019", to export the files to PDF which i import to Xara.

I do have Quadro K2000 on two S32D850 screens.
The PC runs with 12GB RAM, maybe i should upgrade ...

In the attachment you will a bomb, open it only if you can restart xara without losing data, or you will need some minutes.

just ungroup the objects. you will get an error with xara --> restart or wait.
... just wait.
The Task Manager tells you ~ 30% CPU power, no GPU.Xara Bomb_01.xar

[handrawn]

I don't see attachment ?

[handrawn]

if your i7 has more cores and an enhanced avx implementation you should notice the difference with corel painter, maybe harmony... but as far as know xara does not support avx any more than it does GPU, and whilst it has 'multicore support' I have never seen it use more than one core though to be fair I don't look that often

[handrawn]

ok thanks - that loaded fine with no delay - and took less than 30 seconds to ungroup - 12414 objects - in designer pro 15.1

AMD 6300 [which does not have avx] running at about 3.5 GHz 3 core [6 thread]
32GB DDR3
GTX 1070 GPU

edit - just reran to check and get 12422 objects - there appears to be more than one group ? - 4 in total by the looks of it

[handrawn]

cpu usage went briefly up to 21% and GPU 3% - memory steady at 14%

is the error you get the blue text on white windows message that tells you the program is not responding and to wait or close? - that is normal if the operation is taking a while...

[rsrsrs]

ungroup goes quite fast.
but just click on the side to deselect all. this takes time.
btw way i count 15905 objects.

an i do have bigger artworks with same pattern.

i had to do this to sect the four groups for different outline thickness.