Hello all,
I am looking for input on a rendering machine:
I have a pc (i7 2600K@ 4.5GHz, 300GbSSD Max IOPS, Mirrored 600GB Raptors for Storage, 16GB RAM, P9P67 & Calibre GTX480) which works fine for general use, SolidWorks and is ok at rendering (72fps in Keyshot with camera.bip bench test). I have noticed that server based cpus get much better render times then desktop based cpus at the same GHz. I believe more fps power means less render time. So I wonder if it is possible to merge server power with ease of use & graphics power (PCI 2.0 x16 ) of a desktop pc? Use dual server class cpus and descrete graphics that is. This way one can use the pc as any other pc but when its time to render the dual server cpus go to work.
I know I could build a seperate rendering platform but I would like to build an all in one solution. I work form home so a single pc would be nice.
After a quick web search I didnt see much evidence of such a machine. Most workstation builds my contacts have are just like mine but using a workstation card rather than a gaming card. To be honest the gaming card can handle large Solidworks assemblies (8000 parts plus so far) just fine is less costly. Little tip, this applies to NVIDIA cards only (have used 4 different ones now) as I have tried this with ATI gaming cards with horrible results. Not to mention desktop gpus allow for those extracurricular gpu based programs.
Seeing as Keyshot relies on cpu power for rendering I am back to the root of this topic...
Is combining server cpu power and desktop graphics possible?
If so, what is recommended?
Let the discussion begin & thanks in advance all.
I am looking for input on a rendering machine:
I have a pc (i7 2600K@ 4.5GHz, 300GbSSD Max IOPS, Mirrored 600GB Raptors for Storage, 16GB RAM, P9P67 & Calibre GTX480) which works fine for general use, SolidWorks and is ok at rendering (72fps in Keyshot with camera.bip bench test). I have noticed that server based cpus get much better render times then desktop based cpus at the same GHz. I believe more fps power means less render time. So I wonder if it is possible to merge server power with ease of use & graphics power (PCI 2.0 x16 ) of a desktop pc? Use dual server class cpus and descrete graphics that is. This way one can use the pc as any other pc but when its time to render the dual server cpus go to work.
I know I could build a seperate rendering platform but I would like to build an all in one solution. I work form home so a single pc would be nice.
After a quick web search I didnt see much evidence of such a machine. Most workstation builds my contacts have are just like mine but using a workstation card rather than a gaming card. To be honest the gaming card can handle large Solidworks assemblies (8000 parts plus so far) just fine is less costly. Little tip, this applies to NVIDIA cards only (have used 4 different ones now) as I have tried this with ATI gaming cards with horrible results. Not to mention desktop gpus allow for those extracurricular gpu based programs.
Seeing as Keyshot relies on cpu power for rendering I am back to the root of this topic...
Is combining server cpu power and desktop graphics possible?
If so, what is recommended?
Let the discussion begin & thanks in advance all.