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Ali3designer:
Hi, l used the Phoenix plugin from chaos for 3Ds Max. I want to buy a new computer with a processor that speeds up the Phoenix Simulating faster. What category should I choose, Intel or AMD? thank you

Nejc Kilar:
So I don't do too sim work often but we do have this link you can check out:
https://docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Setup+and+Installation#SetupandInstallation-HardwareAdviceforFasterSimulating

I guess generally speaking individual core speed is more important than core count especially after a certain amount of cores. At some point simulations don't scale well with more cores / threads.

But then I'd say you need to consider how much time you're also rendering. So if you opt for say a 64 core 7980x then arguably the simulation speed won't be as fast as on the 9950x but the rendering (including the Interactive Renderer) will be in fact much faster.
So it kind of depends is what I would say :)

Oh and I've only listed AMD examples. You can pick a CPU from team blue (Intel) as well but the general consensus at the moment is that for the high end consumer stuff the 9950x type CPUs are more efficient than their Intel counterparts whereas Threadrippers pretty much seem to be the go to option for the prosumer stuff. That said, if you go with something below the 16 core range then from my understanding Intel's stuff might be the better option.

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