KeyShot is Really "Laboring" my Computer???

[RickWSteele]

Hello,
I just purchased KeyShot so I am a newbie!
I have a real nice new Dell Precision 7720 laptop with 64 gigs RAM, Intel Xeon processor and NVIDIA Graphics with 6 gigs RAM.
KeyShot is really bogging down my computer even with no data even displayed. Also, when I open the demo wine glass and have it displayed in performance mode, with only 50% CPU mode and even pause KeyShot, it still is laboring my computer.

Question: Why is this and what am I missing here. I've watched some tutorials and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks in advance!
Rick Steele

[Will Gibbons]

Without specific data, it's hard to understand what you mean.

How do you expect your computer to perform when rendering? Rendering is one of the most intensive tasks you can ask a computer to do. This is why many 'off-the-shelf consumer-grade computers' don't meet the needs of many experts.

That said, performance mode doesn't make KeyShot run faster, it disables complex calculations that make your image look realistic. By disabling or reducing amount of cores/threads being used, you're only allowing part of your CPU capacity to be used to render, so your KeyShot image will take longer to render this way.

My guess is that you're hearing your fans working to keep the processor cool. This is how a computer works. As long as your CPU isn't spending much time above 85 degrees Celsius, then you're fine. You can test this with free CPU monitoring software like CPU-Z.

If the fan noise is offputting, then your options are to switch to a liquid cooler, which I use on my system. I've got a 32-thread machine with 2 1080TI GPUs and since everything is liquid-cooled, even during rendering, my machine is pretty quiet.

Let me know if this answers your questions/concerns.

[mattjgerard]

set your processor use to something below 100% in the dropdown in the upper left of the keyhsot menu bar. I keep mine at 92% on my 24 thread machine, that leaves enough for administrative tasks (and skulking around here) while my models are res'ing up.