I know it depends on lots of things - but would it be safe to say from purely a processor standpoint - the benefits of more cores comes at render time, but in an interactive gui session, a faster clocked 4/6/8 core machine would be preferable? Since single threaded horsepower counts for quite a bit, and there's only so much that multithreading helps.
I've seen freelancers and one-person shows working from home that seem happy with a single 20-36 core machine to take care of their rendering needs all in one. But I would think that would be overkill at a shop with a solid renderfarm - and you'd just need to focus on interactive session power and somewhat disregard rendering. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Daniel Hartlehnert <dah...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I have no direct answer for your question, there are just some things i > think are worth considering: > Much RAM is not only helpful in general, but more cores also need more > memory to do their calculations! Otherwise the system will start swapping > and the speed boost is gone. > Also, the more cores you have, the faster the bus system has to be in > order to keep the cores busy. Data might not be transfered from/to cores > fast enough, so they start > to sit idle waiting for the rest of the system to catch up. > > So all in all i would agree with everybody else: higher clock speed over > more cores. > > Daniel > > > Am 08.11.2016 um 16:28 schrieb michael vorberg <pingkin...@googlemail.com > >: > > Thanks for the feedback > > Am 08.11.2016 16:01 schrieb "Frank Harrison" <fr...@thefoundry.co.uk>: > >> Right now, for NUKE/NUKEX specifically, a hIgher clock speed would be >> better. In a future release you will likely see more benefit from a higher >> number of cores. >> >> hth >> >> On 8 November 2016 at 14:38, michael vorberg <pingkin...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I was referring mostly to using nuke >>> I know adding as much RAM as possible is helpful, GPU does not matter so >>> much but CPU I'm not sure. >>> >>> Am 08.11.2016 14:48 schrieb "Rakesh Malik" <tamer...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> That depends a lot on the workload, especially these days when the >>>> processors' clock speeds are so dynamic, in that a 2.5GHz processor can >>>> overlock itself to over 3GHz. Desktop processors that are designed around >>>> more robust cooling solutions than mobile processors have even wider >>>> "turbo" ranges. >>>> >>>> Generally, adding more cores gives you more computing power overall, so >>>> it's more a question of how well the software you're using can take >>>> advantage of parallelism during rendering. Most software runs in a single >>>> thread, so adding cores has no direct benefit, but most of the higher end >>>> solutions in color grading and VFX are heavily threaded and get pretty good >>>> utilization out of additional cores. >>>> >>>> The GPU is another major variable to consider; some software leans >>>> heavily on the GPU and doesn't use the main processor for computing, and >>>> some that do a surprisingly good job of consuming both. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: --] >>>> >>>> Rakesh Malik >>>> [image: https://]about.me/WhiteCranePhoto >>>> >>>> <https://about.me/WhiteCranePhoto?promo=email_sig&utm_source=email_sig&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=external_links> >>>> Director of Photography >>>> http://www.WhiteCranePhotography.com >>>> <http://www.whitecranephotography.com/> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 3:54 AM, michael vorberg < >>>> pingkin...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> When buying a new workstation would I benefit more from a CPU with >>>>> higher clock speed and less cores or do more cores with lower speed give >>>>> me >>>>> overall more render speed? >>>>> >>>>> Or is this all a "depends on" question? >>>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Frank Harrison >> Senior Nuke Software Engineer >> The Foundry >> Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 6828 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7930 8906 >> Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk >> Email: frank.harri...@thefoundry.co.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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