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05-21-2012, 01:01 PM #34Registered User Promoted
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Updated Render Speeds With Different Hardware Configurations
UPDATE
We have a few computers that started with the exact same specifications so it enables me to test different options fairly easily. Unexpectedly, changing to a high-end SSD drive from a 7200rpm optical drive did not change the rendering time in the single cpu machine (quad core). I then changed from the single Xeon E5430 (2.66 GHz quad core) to dual 3.16Ghz processors. The rendering time dropped to 1:06 from the original 2:31. On the computer that got dual 2.66Ghz processors, the speed was 1:16, so I'm assuming the 10 second speed increase was the change from 2.66 to 3.16Ghz processors.
In short, going from a single quad core processor to dual quad core processors is a great bang-for-the-buck change, going to SSD, not so much (exclusively talking about renderings here)...
I now need to update my specs in my signature line :-)Thanks,
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Huckle May
Habitat Post & Beam, Inc.
www.postandbeam.com
Chief X4, Win 7-64bit OS, Two-2.67Ghz quad core Xeon Processors, 8GB RAM, nVidia Quadro FX 3700