
I recently discovered that Blender (the open source 3D modeler,
renderer and steep learning curve kitchen sink) only uses one CPU
by default. It is possible to change the number of threads that
Blender should use in the render settings. I expected the optimal
number of threads would be the same as the number of CPUs. My good
old Mac G5 has two CPUs, but eight threads (the maximum) actually
renders a little faster than two. The big difference is seen
between one and two threads though. Your mileage may vary of
course, but if you're a Blender user who hasn't seen this setting
before, try tweaking it!
Set maximum threads in Blender!
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