Render Stations - Single vs. Dual Core 2006-07-31 - By Stephen
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I have absolutely no experience in The Grid World, but I do know that
dually's can REALLY speed up the rendering standalone.
On 7/31/06, Shannon Hoppe <shannonhoppe@(protected)> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I need to tap the collective wisdom of the group for a minute before I
> go investing money foolishly. My question is this: Regarding render
> stations, would there be any benefit of using dual core machines on
> The Grid (render farm or the 5 allowed using C5Pro) vs. using single
> core processors?
>
> Although it's a "no brainer" for the primary work station to be mutli
> core (as fast as budget will allow) and loaded with as much RAM as
> possible, wouldn't the render farm be best populated by single core
> machines since they are going to be dedicated to a single task (one
> tile at a time)?
>
> With the masssive reduction in P4 prices, it would only cost a
> fraction of the money to go with them rather than the Core Duo or dual
> core Athlons.
>
> Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated. I'm looking to get the
> mmost bang for my buck and would hate to waste money or have idle
> processor capability on The Grid not being utilized.
>
> Thanks in advance. :-)
>
> Shannon Hoppe
> shannonhoppe.com
>
>
>
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