Re: 2 graphic cards for SLI

[Dan Yargici]

Just an update to let you know that I've taken the plunge and re-installed
my system disk onto an SSD, and sweet jesus is it fast. :)

Can't see myself going back now...

Thanks,

DAN



On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Adam Seeley  wrote:

>
> The Vaio I bought early 2010 uses a 240Gb SSD for boot & storage. I've
> used it as a mobile workstation (3d,sims,comping) and it's been rock solid
> (and fast of course).
>
> Running comps with lot's of layers using SSD is great.
>
> No idea what brand it is...
>
> I'm tempted to have a couple of local data SSD in RAID to run whatever job
> is current and backup daily to a disk for safety.
> Waiting for those prices to drop a bit more.
>
> A.
>
>
>
>   --
> *From:* Ben Houston 
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Sent:* Monday, 15 October 2012, 13:02
> *Subject:* Re: 2 graphic cards for SLI
>
> Exocortex owns 8 SSDs in our Ottawa office.  We have not had any
> failures.  We
> use SSDs as boot
> drives for 3 machines and we use SSDs for source code (it speeds
> up C++ compilations tremendously) on 5 machines.  We have not had any
> failures since we started adopting SSDs in the summer of 2011.
> We may be just lucky.
>
> We are fully backed up so that if any hard drive here goes, we are
> okay -- that made it easier to adopt SSDs even with their bad
> reputation for reliability.
>
> Brands we use:
>
> OCZ Vertex 2 (2)
> OCZ Vertex 3 (2)
> OCZ Force 3 (4)
>
> I choose those brands because they were cheap.
>
> Best regards,
> -ben
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Dan Yargici  wrote:
> > This is the second time in two days I've heard people raving about SSDs,
> are
> > they less prone to failure these days?  I gave up being excited about
> them a
> > while back after seeing a string of friends have nothing but
> nightmares...
> >
> > DAN
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Alan Fregtman 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I can't stress SSDs enough either. Best computer upgrade ever.
> >>
> >> There is something magical about booting in ~20 seconds. Apps start so
> >> fast!
> >>
> >> On Oct 14, 2012 8:21 PM, "Ben Houston"  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Regarding SSDs, I can't recommend them enough.  I'd recommend an SSD
> >>> as your boot drive and for your applications - thus 240GB or so is
> >>> what I use.  But keep your data on a standard drive as the speed
> >>> difference isn't worth the high cost for large storage space.
> >>> -ben
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Leoung O'Young  >
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Hi Ben,
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for your feedback.
> >>> > I am looking to get the Asus GTX 560 Ti for my i7 3930 /32gb ram
> >>> > Do you have any experience with this card with Fury2?
> >>> > Will definitely consider your suggestion of SSD. What kind of gain do
> >>> > you
> >>> > see with the SSD cards?
> >>> >
> >>> > I will definitely consider getting Fury2 once we upgrade XSI
> >>> > You guys have done a tremendous job.
> >>> >
> >>> > Leoung
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On 10/14/2012 4:01 PM, Ben Houston wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi Leoung,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> SLI should will see some benefits with Fury 2, although half of the
> >>> >> Fury 2 calculations when self-shadowing happen on the CPU and two
> >>> >> video cards won't speed that up and usually you feed Fury 2 via ICE
> >>> >> simulations which happen completely on the CPU right now.  I
> >>> >> personally have never found the
> >>> >> money required for an SLI configuration worth it -- I've done it
> once
> >>> >> about two years ago.  Just getting a faster PC (Intel Core i7 39x0
> >>> >> look really nice right now), SSD drives or more memory or a better
> >>> >> single video card usually works out better for myself.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Best regards,
> >>> >> -ben
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Leoung O'Young
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Does put 2 graphics card for SLI see benefits in XSI interface
> >>> >>> performance
> >>> >>> and help also help rendering in GPU plugins like Exocortex Fury 2?
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Thanks,
> >>> >>> Leoung
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Ben Houston
> >>> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
> >>> http://Exocortex.com  - Passionate CG Software
> Professionals.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ben Houston
> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
> http://Exocortex.com  - Passionate CG Software
> Professionals.
>
>
>

Re: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :)

[Fx Person]

@Raffaele & Stefan

Actually the Line Breaks are manual (not left to the automatic line breaks of 
the page width)
which normally should be easier to read, 
but the Area fixed page width ended-up slightly shorter than measured,
resulting in sporadic extra line breaks with 1 or 2 words on the extra lines..

Would have fixed-it if there was an Edit button, but there was not.

But <<  **Could not** read / understand it >> ?   (hum..)


@Andy
Not sure about the distress..  strong feelings perhaps..

as for your previous post..

Yep.. aah! sales.. 

But what makes me somewhat hopeful, 
particularly for when MayaFX would come out, in respects to what would be left 
of ICE marketing,
(ICE Marketing being whats left of SI Marketing)

.. from what I can tell, "the industry" seems to be moving towards the 
smaller-shop market, 
and that includes Autodesk.. 

Smaller-shops/indy freelancers being exactly where SI can shine (or outperform) 
most,
and where AD would have a few  very good contenders there (Modo.. C4D..)
(unless they would acquire them all .. gna-hahaha!)
and where Maya may feel a bit overbloated.

Otherwise, if they only knew how much (Godforsaken) sales they may be about to 
miss-out on.

Depending on how things turn out, I'm personally keeping an eye on Modo 
(workflow/philosophy-wise )
while having witnessed an increasing amount of actual job posts mentioning it.

(and while surely also keeping-on using SI at home, 
as I would Photoshop if it got aquired by Corel & replaced with Corel Paint)

Also please don't apologize!  I personally found your long post to be rather 
short! :)






 From: Andy Moorer 

 
I was the same, I saw it as indicative of a degree of distress and strong 
conflicting feelings on the matter. (Shrugs) I can accept that, I've vented on 
this board myself (probably to the annoyance of the rest of you, heh, 
apologies.)

In a sense, I'm glad Softimage is a tool which can arouse this degree of 
emotion, I think it's an amazing tool and am glad others also feel as strongly. 
But I hope nobody will stress themselves out too much. :)


On Jan 6, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Raffaele Fragapane  
wrote:

> If I have to be honest, I couldn't puzzle out, or read the entirety of, the 
> post due to the layout/typography being so... messy?
> 
> I don't even get what is a quote, a self-quote, a statement, or anything else.
> I might be alone in this, but I really couldn't get through the lot, and not 
> for lack of trying.

Re: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :)

[Stefan Kubicek]

I might be alone in this, but I really couldn't get through the lot...


You are not alone.

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