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General / Re: Specifications to reduce processing time

« on: January 08, 2020, 10:04:06 PM »

I use windows task manager to monitor the activity. I'm fairly new to PC, been using macs the last two decades. However, i saw that it loaded about 9 Gb into the GPU now, does that mean that it's working alright?
It's also loading about 75 Gb into my RAM.
I'm running a test on a project with 2500 pictures now, and i'm creating a mesh from depth maps as suggested, on setting high. It's still running and has been doing so for the past 30+ hours. I found something in the details window that caught my attention.

Does "Devices performance: -100%" mean minus?

"Devices performance:
 - 100%    done by [GPU 1]  with timings: 66448 s = 0% fetch + 3% init + 79% hist (33% GPU) + 4% init + 9% iters (100% + 0%) + 3% updating
IO utilization: 6%
Unpacker utilization: 4%
Level done in 66533.4 sec
Surface estimated in 139169 sec
Generating mesh..."

Does the details in this info seem right, good/bad?

Cheers

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General / Re: Specifications to reduce processing time

« on: December 26, 2019, 11:20:38 PM »

Mak,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Not all projects need a dense cloud, so thats a great alternative, although some do and then it's a pain with the long processing times. I was certain that they would go down more with my new setup, is 34 h really normal for a  600 images project run on high?

When generating depth maps the GPU is only using 4-5%, shouldn't it be working harder or does that just mean i have a great GPU?

I'll try to test the new version soon!

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General / Re: Specifications to reduce processing time

« on: December 26, 2019, 09:22:15 PM »

Hi,

I've recently upgraded my system to a PC with Intel i9 9900K and a GeForce Nvidia 2080ti with 32 gigs of RAM. I thought this to be a fast system from what information i've gathered online, but i'm still struggling with long processing times, mostly on the dense cloud process.

I know this to be the most demanding of processes, but with 600 images i have a process time of 34 hours on setting "high".
I've tried the "neighbors tweak" and then it is a lot faster but i'm not happy with the quality i'm getting.

I did the benchmark test on the Puget site, and i got good, or even really good results from that when i compare it to other similar systems. The test they have is with fewer images, around 50. (https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Metashape-Benchmark-1457/)

So, what have i missed?
Do i have to setup something else, is there anything i've overlooked?

My computer is using the 2080ti, although very little or not at all when doing the dense point cloud, and the CPU is working 100% all the time.
My RAM is  working at 90% when running 600 images, could that be the problem?

What can i do to speed up the process?