That matches my experience as well. When I went from a 2 core CPU to one with not only 4 cores but a bit faster as well it made no discernable difference to performance. However updating to a current mid-range AMD GPU was a big improvement.
From: Ariel Kanterewicz [mailto:ar...@aknt.com.ar] Sent: 06 April 2017 21:00 To: Vasilis Yiannakos; darktable-user@lists.darktable.org Subject: Re: [darktable-user] Cores or power per core? You could maybe look at some benchmarks? Although what I think is more important is the performance of the new CPU vs the GPU you plan to keep. Another option is to upgrade the GPU and buy extra RAM for the main system, if you only want DT to work faster (an SSD would help too). I have a Phenom II X4 945 with lots of RAM (started with 8 GB, have 16 GB now), I used to have a NVIDIA 460 and the switch to the Radeon 460 was a change between night and day. The NVIDIA perofrmed more or less equal to the CPU, the Radeon goes WAY faster than that. I even switched on the full sample option on export, it's still way faster than before. On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 6:50 AM Vasilis Yiannakos <digib...@protonmail.com<mailto:digib...@protonmail.com>> wrote: I am using Darktable on a 10-year-old-linux-based AMD Athlon X2 64, 8GB DDR2, GeForce GT 640 2GB RAM ram and it runs pretty usable, but I am considering a system upgrade, something with 8GB DDR3 and the same GPU. The question here is from which CPU would darktable benefit the most: AMD FX 8320 (8 cores), AMD A10 (4 cores) or maybe an Intel i3 (2 cores) (these are the top I can get at my budget). I know the question is somewhat simplified (each system has its bottleneck), but I need a first impression on what to focus : more cores, or more power per core for Darktable improvement? Thanks! Vasilis Yiannakos www.yiannakos.gr<http://www.yiannakos.gr> Sent with ProtonMail<https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org<mailto:darktable-user%2bunsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org<mailto:darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.or
