Hi Neil,
A quad-core chip (intel) is currently the mainstream processor, and
there is a 6 core high end chip (i'm not talking about xeon processors,
just the i7 line, which is the best you can get. AMD is not even a
challenger for processing power.).
You WILL see more performance from hyperthreading, but not at 2x level,
more like 1.4x to 1.6x.
From the best I can remember from a few years ago rendering over the
network to multiple machines, the remote machines will use
hyperthreading also.
You best bang for your $ right now is:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W
Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel
about US$290
A 64 bit OS is the only way to go, as your system will never see any
useful amount of ram in a 32 bit OS. I'm running 16GB on Win7 64bit at
work on a 2yr old machine, and will absolutely be bumping up to 32GB ram
next year with a new machine, and probably Win8. Not Win8 because of
the crappy touch interface side of it, but many tech reports show the
classic (Win7 style) side of 8 to be better and faster than 7. If I
built a new machine in the next 6 - 8 months, in your case, I would
still go with 7, just to be safe. 7 is head and shoulders better than XP.
Regards,
Brandon
On 8/30/2013 2:42 AM, Neil Cooke wrote:
Cheers Robert,
>Not sure if "quad core" is the current processor architecture
Have heard of some weird and wonderful virtual core set-ups in Windows
and Linux but as far as the data I have is concerned, and without
going to a dedicated multi-processor render farm set-up ... quad seems
to be useful. Some have hyper-threading giving another four processors
(virtual processors). The word I have is that a distributed rendering
set-up such as RS would be looking for actual cores only.
Still some way off this part of the task however.
Thanks for your post.
N.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Robert den Broeder
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Neico,
Sounds like a solid plan. Not sure if "quad core" is the current
processor architecture, but I am sure some techy guy here will
have the answer to that.
Best, Robert
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Hi List Wizards ...
Sooner or later I will need to shift the low resolution (640 wide)
takes of the movie into 1920pixel wide beasts.
My assumptions are these.
1. Shift to RS 64 bit edition.
2. Get a quad core machine (hyperthreading is assumed to be no
extra gain and actual cores are the way to go for RS rendering).
3. OS to be Win7 x 64 bit.
Yes?
TIA
Neico.
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