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Easy, what are you going on about?
don't you know the difference between opinion and fact? hehe don't bother asnwering that because we all know you don't!
Just to focus the debate, I ask you to define *Worth* as in . .
"is a move from a Q6600 to a Q9450 worth it for 3D rendering?"
TBH If one was to take a harsh look at the upgrades people make I don't think many of them are worth it, but then again most of us upgrade for those little 5%-10% gains, pretty much always incremental evolution and not utterly revolutionary!
It's a hobby we all enjoy so for that reason sometimes it is *worth* it just for a few weeks until the shiney wears off.
And you of all people easyrider have upgraded and swapped out mobos, cpus, memory etc, spending countless hours and hard cash £££ on overclocking akready fast CPU's, the question is to you . . .Was it worth it?"
Wow, we got ourselves a real life 3D-designer on the forums!
excellent, can I pick your brains a bit, like maybe describe what a very busy day or work would be like for you, where is the bottleneck where sometimes you are sitting waiting for stuff? i.e: What would be a big task for you where the computer will keep you waiting (and therefor less productive).
What are the main software tools you use and are they multithreaded?
It's clear you got a bit of spare cash to spend and with the extra justification of your PC being a work-horse there may well be some spending happening soon!
I'm a 3D-lighting artist, we have a seperate department which deals with all the rendering networks and such. When I'm at home doing freelance I am in charge of the rendering but it's only really for small clients and much smaller projects.
Given that you're looking to increase your rendering horsepower, have you considered building a second machine? I don't know the specifics but doesn't most 3D rendering software support distributed rendering?
Make sure it can distribute a single frame over multiple machines if you're doing stills though, no point having a second machine if it's just gonna sit there idleNot sure what way distributed rendering works on the software licencing front.
Admitedly it'll be a bit pricier than just an upgrade but I figure you'd roughly double your rendering speed.
I told you this many post's ago!
What a suprise! another OcUK member manages to justify buying an i7 because it's faster!
Of course it's faster that's why it's really expensive!
Tip: If when selecting an upgrade you do your homework and compare stuff and then end up your selection process by choosing pretty much the most expensive option then your doing something wrong! (and the marketing men are doing something right!).
Well I wouldn't have said that myself, Yorkfields a nice upgrade, doesn't bring as many gains as say a complete i7 overhaul but it's cheaper and quite an easy upgrade, certainly not useless . . .
Anyway you know best so happy xmas and enjoy
