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Overclockers.co.uk are saying they should have them in on the 24th
June (I'm sorting a new PC at the moment and trying to decide whether
to splurge or not...)
Cheers,
Alan.
On 6/21/05, Lee Hallett <lee.hallett@(protected)> wrote:
>
> Cheers Brad - what's the availabillity of dual core like at the moment? I
> thought they weren't readily available for a while?
>
> Cheers for the tips on cache (and it's relative importance) and the memory
> controller issues on dual procs.
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> Lee|3d animation and design..
>
> Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke
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> There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that understand
> binary, and those that don't.
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> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
> Brad Friedman
> Sent: 21 June 2005 14:19
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: Re: CPUs and XSI/mental ray...
>
> The larger the cache, the better. Especially for rendering. A larger cache
> means more rendering binary code can live closer to the CPU along with more
> data. Since rendering is such a repetitive process, cache is very
> important. It keeps one from taking too many memory access performance
> hits.
>
> I have seen nothing but stunning benchmark results for AMD Dual Core chips.
>
> As far as motherboards go, when it comes to AMD opteron dual proc systems,
> there are two main types:
>
> 1) The type in which a single memory controller is shared between the CPUs
> (in which case one CPU has slower memory access due to using a
> hypertransport pipe to get access to main memory)
>
> 2) The type in which each CPU has its own dedicated memory controller. This
> is faster.
>
> The introduction of dual core opterons will make for a frightening machine
> for certain, with four cores spread over two CPUs. Though, with the
> uncertainty of mental ray licensing on dual cores... I don't know how that
> works out with regards to $$. Anyone know if mental images ever got around
> to telling us how licensing will be affected by dual core chips?
>
> -brad
>
> Lee Hallett wrote:
>
>
> Very basic question: given the currently available hardware, what's the best
> processor for a kick-ass XSI/mental ray workstation? Any noteable
> considerations (Cache/motherboards etc)
>
> *sorry, I know this should go to the hardware list, but the reponse is
> always minimal!*
>
>
>
> Lee|3d animation and design..
>
> Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke
>
> There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that understand
> binary, and those that don't.
>
>
>
> * BBC Wales | C4 graphics area | Broadcasting House| Llandaff,
> Cardiff. CF5 2QY.
> ( +44 (0)29 203 23370
> e-* lee.hallett@(protected)
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