Need some Advice

[montanablueskies]

Just picked up a new computer (i9 ultra 285k) and I need to decide which Daz version to install. I haven't been keeping up with what they are doing in awhile. Currently running 4.22.1 beta on the old machine and its been pretty solid. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Ethiopia]

Same here. You can run other versions on the same computer but I've found 4.22 to be the best, especially if you value the plugins you paid for.
And don't forget to save the installer. Daz is famous for NOT making previous versions available.

[Police officer]

its a waste of money to upgrade a computer or buying a new one in this AI time

[montanablueskies]

Looks like I still have the installer. They get stored in xxx\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\Downloads, if anyone else is looking for them. Maybe not there if you ticked the delete after install checkbox.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Frank21]

I might have been better to have put your money into a GPU/VRAM upgrade rather than the CPU if DS is your main priority. Like those above, Version 4.22 was pretty solid for me.

[montanablueskies]

Well it pains me to say this, being deductive by both nature and education, it's time for some empirical knowledge. If you don't understand that, ask Frank. I'm sure he knows what I mean.

I had a 40 series gpu that I was running in an i7 4 core 8 thread machine. I knew or at least suspected that the gpu was bottlenecked by the motherboard and cpu, but I didnt know to what degree.

Recently I was able to persuade a guy to sell me an I9 ultra 285 k without the 5080 gpu that it came with. The good news, which will rattle the opinions of alot of people, is that the renders, animation, and overall performance, like loading expressions and poses, are now much faster than before even though the gpu is still the same. The magnitude of this improvement really surprises me because the gpu still runs rings around the 20 core processor in renders.

So, if you have a few bucks to throw at a new cpu and already own a decent gpu, you should see a healthy improvement. Moreso if your cpu is way out of date I guess.

There having said that I can get back to deducing how many angels can do the foxtrot on the head of a needle.

[Frank21]

That's good to know @montanablueskies. In this case you suggest that having both the GPU and CPU enabled for rendering is a good idea. I've always had only the GPU ticked. (i7-13700K, RTX4070)

[eelgoo]

Bottlenecks in systems are always a good place to identify as a starting point, when analysing system performance.

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