STRAT Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 i'm running 1 gig on a dual xeon and dont often use it all. 2 gig ram in total would suit me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 i'm running 1 gig on a dual xeon and dont often use it all. Last summer when I was rendering my animation from hell on Cinema, it got heavy enough that it would only render on my laptop since it has 2GB (though two cores) and wouldn't render on my other PCs with 1.5GB RAM. Later I spent most of a week optimizing the file so it would render faster and on the 1.5GB machines. So you can hit that ceiling with too little RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I just bought a quad core xeon from Dell. Ordered it with XP64 and 4GB. Now we wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 why did you buy a quad core xeon and not a dual dual core costing allot less? just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 actually the dual dual core wasn't cheaper. And this soon-to-be-my-new-girlfriend is upgradable with an extra processor.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pailhead Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Are these clovertowns overclockable? I saw some e6600 go to 3.4ghz which is might fast, and pretty cheap... makes me feel stupid paying 5 times more for something that isn't even twice as fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 if your talking about the quad cores. I can get a dual core intel system (non xeon) for $500. and I can get a duel-quad core xeon system(8 processors) for $3500.00 to $4k I am still better off. its cheaper in the long run. and only 1 OS to worry about. I've talked to a person who already has one and says that the quads are insanely fast. I'm just waiting for some realworld benchmarks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Also--how does C4D treat a dual CPU? I know a dual-core just spawns two renderlines. But will two CPUs (or four) need NetRender to use? That would be a big drawback. FinalRender2 simply generates more buckets. I believe that C4D is still able to use up to 16 CPUs at once. It did back in v5 days on Alpha chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-YELLOWCABS.COM Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I've just bought today QX6700 extreme dual core. I could not wait any longer, what i know is that with this chip it is not possible to put 2 in the same motherboard. There is a xeon quadcore which should be released soon, then you'll be able to add them 2 by 2 !!! Even with the QX6700, I'll be quite happy, it scored 16 to the last cinebench as my current config with 2 opterons270 scores 24. I suppose that in DR, I should get good results. News in 2 weeks, when I'll receive it! pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Go UCLA. You can't put 2 "Core" chips on one board - that requires Xeons. Also, Cinebench isn't incredibly efficient with a lot of CPUs - 16 (this is multi-CPU in seconds, yes?) would be about right, but if it were as efficient handling 4 CPUs as it is with 2 it would be more like 12-13. The multi-CPU speedup with 2 cores is usually 1.85, but with 4 it's only about 3, and with 8 it's around 5. Maybe if you're using something in a Vray or mental ray it would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 all this technical talk is making me ill. i no understand. this is my situation - my boss is happy to spend on 2 nice new render engines for me. we're looking at quad xeons, but at this point in time they cost an arm and a leg. can i even buy daul duals then? whats the equivalent of a quad core? (ie, 4 processors in one pc)? with these answers, please consider my poor aching head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 A Core2 Extreme QX6700 is a quad core. The equivalent system using Xeon would be a dual Xeon 5150 (2x dual core) or a single 53something (I can't keep track of all these numbers). All of those are frackin' expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 A Core2 Extreme QX6700 is a quad core Looks like Pierre scored himself an unexpected upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 This is way off topic! but i just want to say ANDREW!! - you'r coming up to 2000 posts, and we want a good one sorry guys, had to say that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Well here's the situation... You can buy a dual-dual xeon system, and later on when the quad xeons go down in price, just put those into your current motherboard, (they should be compatible with the dual-dual motherboard) or Just buy the quad-core xeons now (2 quad core xeons=8 cpu's) The question is...whether or not it will be any cheaper. i.e. paying for the dual-cores + the reduced price of the quad-cores later, is it going to be any less than paying full price for the quad-cores right now...because if its not going to be less money, then you can utilize the power of 8 right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 To continue Koper's OT Topic who has The Most Posts at CGA? who are The Top Ten posters here? where do you find That info? just idle curiosity ** i am approaching 666 Thanks Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 according to hp's site, it will only run approx $700 more to add dual quads, from dual dual core. thats pretty cheap when you think about it. $175 per additional core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I was just at Dell's site and it will cost about $1600 to go from duals to quads, so that will just about double your rendering speed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Base price dual dual machine, $2297 , base dual quad machine $3071.. I would add more ram, and getting the fastest dual quad wasn't the point, yes that one would be $1300 difference from its dual dual comparison. Of course I would add more ram, etc. but just getting a dual quad isn't that more expensive. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 To continue Koper's OT Topic who has The Most Posts at CGA? who are The Top Ten posters here? http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/memberlist.html?order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30 Who has the most OT posts? Now there's a horse-race. What that page reveals is I spend far too much time writing posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 New contest: Free 6-pack to whoever gets to 10,000 first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 oh man, I'll glog up this thread beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, .................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 oh man, I'll glog up this thread beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, .................... Sorry, but that last one's on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Sorry, but that last one's on you. stopped counting after the first one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 sorry, My priceing was from HP's Site. Also good to know that I'm still in the top 100 in posts.. Kind of scary. Wish I would have had my count from the old cgarchitect forum added in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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