How to use Blender with a Dual or Quad Core PC

Submitted by darek on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 19:45.
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This is a quick tip for those using Blender with a multi-core PC. Want to speed up render times exponentially? Blender doesn’t have a build for these types of computers, instead, there’s a well-disguised feature called threads.

How to Use Threads

The Threads Button

  1. Go to the Scene Window(F10).
  2. Set “Threads” to match the number of cores you want to use.

That’s it! Blender is now optimized for your PC. Render times should be noticeably shorter.

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Submitted by Che (not verified) on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 06:19.

Hi,

About rendering with multiple threads, how to set those options when doing command-line rendering?

Thanks,
Che

Submitted by darek on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 17:37.

I haven't done command line rendering myself, but I would look at this page: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Rendering_From_Command_Line
For four threads you probably have to add -t 4 to the command.

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