I don't know what Hugin uses, but for image/video processing, GPUs are way faster than CPUs. So if you have an app that can make use of the power of the GPU, you may want to consider buying a better graphic card (or even cards) rather than paying for a better processor.
That's why people used to link several PS3 together: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_cluster 2014-03-13 13:29 GMT+08:00 Brandan <bran...@flyingtsalers.com>: > I agree with David, get as much RAM as you can afford and your system will > allow. As for the number of cores, I'm of the opinion that more cores are > better, even if they're a little slower. Honestly, when you consider the > speeds modern processors run at and the relatively small amount of work > CPFind/Hugin/Enblend have to do, the CPU frequency doesn't matter that > much. It would matter if you were doing calculations on humongous amounts > of data that take hours or days to complete. Other things to consider a > CPU, beyond the clock frequency, are: cache size (the more the better, the > amount of cache is one feature that distinguishes Intel's server chips from > their desktop chips), how much energy it consumes, whether integrated > graphics is important to you (I'm not a big gamer, so having an external > graphics card isn't very important to me), or overclocking, support for > virtualization (I like to experiment with virtual machines, so this was > important to me), and other nifty feature in some Intel chips such as > wireless display (but you have to have an adapter for your tv), or vPro. > Sorry, I probably just made the process of buying a CPU a little more > difficult for you, didn't I? > > Your OS will always be handling dozens of processes at a time, so the more > cores your system has, the better the OS can distribute them (at least in > theory :) > > -Jeff > ------------------------------- > I meant for my last message to be posted as a reply on the forum instead > of directly to you. I clicked the wrong button, I guess. Would you mind > posting it? It appears I don't have access to it anymore. > > -Jeff > > -- > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/ea4ba9af-d462-454d-b1b6-af430b664cae%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/ea4ba9af-d462-454d-b1b6-af430b664cae%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/CAFUUfZYU_EJb1q5_VEo3oSnX-PiAjD%2BAWKeGvBNv51EF1YddHg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
