Testing out new computer

Question

I just got a new computer, with 32 gb and a graphics card. What is a good way to test what it's really capable of? What kind of project would test the limits of its capabilities in a good way?

  • cameramannz1986 replied

    https://opendata.blender.org/ to test out the computer.

    Do you know what CPU it has? What graphics card?

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  • Omar Domenech replied

    There's a legit benchmark people use to test your render speed, with that orange BMW car scene. Here's the link:

    https://opendata.blender.org/

  • erikitect replied

    it's an Intel I7, 32gb RAM, NVIDIA graphics card Quattro P600. The weird thing is the System Performance chart says GPU-0 is Intel UHD graphics and GPU-1 is NVIDIA Quattro Pro P600. Why do I have two things? Can I control which one is operational?

    It's not this year's model (refurbished) but it has a lot and I am not sure of everything it has yet.

  • Markus Berg(thebergh) replied

    It says you have two things because one is the Quadro P600 GPU, and the other one is the onboard graphics of the CPU.
    The Quadro P600 just got 2GB VRAM. That's really not a lot these days.

    So what's the number of the CPU after the Intel i7 part? Hopefully it's a good one.

  • Omar Domenech replied

    Yeah don't worry about the on board graphics, no need to control that one, what Blender will abuse is the Cuadro. Get ready to fire the engines Cuadro, that baby is going to sound like a jet liner.