Due the fact that Houdini base render is mantra (cpu) based and lack of high speed multi core cpu-s in market
I have started to think to go with vray and render man.
Vray has stand alone version also.
So do not have to use mantra.
This means heavy multi core and thread is not so mandatory.
I dislike the Xeon processors cause the clock is too LOW and price is too high.
So i am thinking to getting x99 board but what gpu to get in to SLI?
What do you recommend?
Best graphics card for vray rendering and gaming?
ISUther
#1
olson
#2
What are talking about? Mantra is a great renderer and there are tons of options for hardware. If you’re concerned about Xeon clock speed, don’t be. I’m working on 2.4GHz processors and they regularly work at 3.2GHz and up for single threaded tasks. It’s a moot point with “Turbo” these days.
divitorobert
#3
AMD has lot of cores intel’s core is bigger and powerful than that of AMD als you should mind the heating of processor AMD heats up very fast(invest in cooling needed) same as with AMD card(heating)
Srek
#4
You might to do your research again.
The Xeon clockrate is lower than for i7 mostly because they support more cores. You can only get rid of so much heat on a CPU, so you can have either high clockrates or high core counts. Cinebench MP values will give you a good idea about the render speed in comparison.
Are you talking about Vray RT? If not the three renderengines you mention have roughly the same demands and requirements regarding CPUs and all of them make good use of as many cores as you can throw at them.
If you are talking about Vray RT SLI has no application for 3D rendering in a DCC.