Author Topic: Render Node(s)  (Read 2720 times)

2017-05-03, 14:06:31

DarcTheo

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Our current work stations are between 32 - 64gb RAM and run cpu's like i7 6800k.
We are looking at buying a monster machine or maybe 2 that could be sat in the corner as constant DR machines to help smash through renders.

Firstly, is doing this the most opitmal way to help everyone in the studio render faster while working on projects. We cant upgrade everyone to dual xeons in one go, so the plan was to buy 1 or 2 that can run DR and help out.

When speccing a machine with x2 xeons, if it has 64gb ram does that mean each cpu has 64gb ram to use? or does it get split into 32gb per cpu. Never had a dual cpu machine!

Trying to spec something up roughly on Scan - https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/shared/51d4a3dd-cd39-44c8-be15-d27b41435a16  Is this expensive for what it is? and is it specced to a standard we should look for to help improve render times in the office? I'm looking for that area where its best for money in performance, once you start reaching the best of the best its usually minimal gain but a lot more expensive.

Thanks

2017-05-03, 14:35:03
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Ondra

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short version is: if you stick to just corona, then there are no issues with dual socket machines, everything works exactly as when having single CPU with double number of cores. Ram is not split, but shared, at no performance penalty
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2017-05-04, 09:40:03
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short version is: if you stick to just corona, then there are no issues with dual socket machines, everything works exactly as when having single CPU with double number of cores. Ram is not split, but shared, at no performance penalty

Cool, thanks for answering. Just need to get one now!

2017-05-09, 17:20:46
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https://www.lamicro.co.uk/hp-z620-workstation-2x-8-core-2-2ghz-e5-2660-24gb-2x-500gb-quadro-6000

I'd have to get a hdd and windows 10 but would a gpu be needed as well? I was looking at the 900 euro e5-2670 guide but if this comes with a warranty its a bit easier if anything goes wrong in the beginning. weirdly the link says quadro 6000 but the description says no gpu.

2017-05-10, 14:10:52
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Hi all, talking about dual CPU machine.

Since I’m doing 3d stuff for mine own pleasure (not earning money),  I like the poor man route regarding hardware.
So I set up a couple of machine sporting a X5650 overclocked to 4gh.
Those 2 machine give me an average of 900 points Cinebench R15 each.
Therefore Rendering with distributed results 900+900= 1800 for total sum of 520 € (which is including the cost for used cpu, mobo and mem).

I saw from the benchmark that a dual Xeon X5650 machine delivers much less, only 1300 points, obviously it’s missing the overclock factor.
Do you think that a dual cpu machine is still convenient regarding for example to speed up the Denoise job?

Thanks and keep up the wondeful job!

U.