Topic: Feedback from those of you who are able to render without artifacts

[Morten]

We would be grateful for some feedback from those of you who are able to render image sequences and MP4 videos in Lumion without flickering or other strange artifacts such as pink/green frames or black "holes" in the sky.

The goal is to identify graphics cards and driver combinations that work, so please only add your posts below if your image sequences and MP4 videos are without artifacts.

We will need the following details:

1) Lumion version
2) Graphics card brand/version and memory capacity
3) Graphics card driver version number
Type in dxdiag in the Windows start menu -> Display tab -> Version

[Hamed.Keramatkhah]

hi
I'm using Gigiabyte nvidia GTX280 and there was any problem untill last driver update.

and also I'm using XFX AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 6850 and it works correctly in render time

[Morten]

Hi Hamed, thanks for posting some of your details. Could you also add the other information, so that we know which Lumion version(s), graphics card version(s) and driver version(s) work flawlessly?

[Morten]

*Bump*

The competition videos show that 99% of you were able to render your videos without artifacts - would some of you like to share your specs in order to help out a fellow Lumion user?

The reason I ask is that Stucki who participated in the competition is having a lot of problems with his Palit 580 GTX 3gb card (every 3rd video has got flickering frames), and he wants to replace it with a card that works.

We would be very grateful if you could spare a few moments to let everyone know which cards and drivers you guys are using to render your videos without glitches and artifacts.

By glitches and artifacts, I mean pink/green frames, black holes in the sky, warped polygons and flickering frames.

Thanks in advance

[Nico RVArq.com]

No glitches or artefacts  
1. Lumion SP2 b6
2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 / 1536Mb (Gigabyte)
(http://www.nvidia.es/object/product_geforce_gtx_480_es.html)
3. Vesión Controller: 8.17.12.8026 (03/08/2011)

[Morten]

Thanks Nicolás! This is very helpful - I'll make sure Stucki sees this. If you know the manufacturer of your card, please edit your post with this information as well (eg, Gainward, Gigabyte etc).

Anyone else with cards/drivers that work fine?

[stucki]

thanks alot !

anybody with a gtx 580 3gb ram without problems ?

something with my card must be wrong i guess, so i just want to exchange it.

best regards
stucki

[Hamed.Keramatkhah]

Hi, sorry i was busy

1) Lumion Ver: LumionFree SP2 B7,B8
2) Graphics card :  AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 6850 (HD-685X-ZNBC)
http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/hd%206000series/6850.aspx?product=25083
3) Graphics card driver version :8.892.0.0

1) Lumion Ver: LumionFree SP2 B7,B8
2) Graphics card :  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (GV-N28-1GH-B-GA)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2962
3) Graphics card driver version :8.17.12.5896

[Morten]

Thanks Hamed, this is just what we need.

[tug]

thanks alot !

anybody with a gtx 580 3gb ram without problems ?

something with my card must be wrong i guess, so i just want to exchange it.

best regards
stucki

Hi Hamed

in one of our workstation we are using GTX 580 Phantom 3Gb from Gaynward and we haven't found any bug till today.

[tug]

Hi Remko

we've been using hardly for one month two differents plattform and haven't found any bug with artifacts with Lumion Ultimate SP2 B6, B7,B8

1.- DELL PRECISION T5400
2xQUADCORES (8 CORES)
16 GB RAM
GAINWARD NVIDIA GTX5800 3GB PHANTOM
http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=454

2.- DELL PRECISION M6500
QUADCORE i7
32 Gb RAM
NVIDIA QUADRO 5000M 2GB
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-5000m-us.html

I hope this information will be useful

[stucki]

thanks for the infos !
i think my card had problems with overheating .... so hopefully the new card will do all the magic without any glitches ...

pressing thumbs ...

[Stio]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 / 3000Mb
GEFORCE 285.62 DRIVER
Phenom x6 1100Ti
16Gb
Windows 7 Ultm/64bit
Lumion Sp2 B8 Ultm

No artifacts when rendering.
(In addition to the already known at the location near polygons.)

[Remko]

Hmmm the 590 with 3gb is known to generate artifacts maybe you have found the right driver which fixes this issue.

[Architectural Innovation]

1) Lumion version:
   SP2.B8

2) Graphics card brand/version and memory capacity:
   Single 3GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 580
 
3) Graphics card driver version number:
   8.17.12.8562

I have not experienced some of the problems mentioned, but have had a few quirks... like a sudden flash of black screen while moving around a model. sporadic, so far

Also, i have that flickering frame problem between animation scenes. it is visible at the end of the first sequence here right after fading to black:


BTW, i was supposed to review my origin PC experience a long time ago from this thread but never got to it. It has been excellent and i highly recommend them. The testing, the packaging and shipping, customer service and performance have been top notch.
thread with specs, July 12, 2011:
http://lumion3d.com/forum/index.php?topic=1479.msg9348#msg9348