Rendering Machine
Rendering Machine
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Hello all,
I am thinking of buying a seat of Hypershot from Bunkspeed and was wondering what would be the ideal machine build for just doing renderings (no animations needed)? The machine would not need to run SW.
Thanks for any input.
Drake
I am thinking of buying a seat of Hypershot from Bunkspeed and was wondering what would be the ideal machine build for just doing renderings (no animations needed)? The machine would not need to run SW.
Thanks for any input.
Drake






RE: Rendering Machine
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.axiscadsolutions.com
www.robrodriguez.com
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/rob_rodriguez/
Eastern Region SWUGN Representative www.swugn.org www.nvtswug.com
SW 2007 SP 2.0
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Thanks,
Drake
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Check into something with a fast front-side bus (FSB) as well.
By the way, what made you go with Hypershot? (Difficult PhotoWorks interface, material selection, ease of scene set-up, fast render times, photorealism, etc.?)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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By the way, check into the new Core 2 Duo chip--e8400--cheap and fast and able to be overclocked (I hope). Just bought one.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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Minimum - Dual Core (the more cores the better)
Processor - Fast as possible
***Video Card*** - Does not matter as Hypershot does all rendering via the CPU! This is good so you do not need to invest in an expensive VC.
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Plus, look into the degree to which you can overclock your chips. Might get further with dual or quad--not sure.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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I understand your point about the processors, thanks. I will have to do a little research into the different options to see what will be the most effective.
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Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.axiscadsolutions.com
www.robrodriguez.com
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/rob_rodriguez/
Eastern Region SWUGN Representative www.swugn.org www.nvtswug.com
SW 2007 SP 2.0
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Of course if you can get four cores (two chips) pushing nearly 16GHz of processing (overclocked to 4GHz per core)--at half the price each of a quad core--you're looking at nearly the same (maybe more) rendering performance at half the price. Tough call. Not sure what you can overclock a quad to, but it may be more limited because of heat dissipation (and other) issues.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine