Looking for a real good rendering computer?

jabloomf1230 wrote on 9/16/2008, 5:18 PM

Cray just announced them:

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39341/135/

All it will take is $25-60K and you can get up to 64 cores and 4TB storage.

That should handle rendering AVCHD in RT. ;-)

And it might even run Vegas.

Comments

jrazz wrote on 9/16/2008, 5:29 PM

Vegas 8.1 can utilize up to 16 cores. I don't know of any other program that uses over 4 currently. Those systems are overkill. Understood, this is not meant for the general public.

j razz

TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/16/2008, 6:30 PM

Those systems are overkill.

maybe for what we do (but at 16 cores for vegas, you could run 4 instances of Vegas all running on 16 cores & they wouldn't even touch each other process wise) but companies who host video game servers use a lot of cores. More cores = more servers on a single machine = more income.

jabloomf1230 wrote on 9/16/2008, 7:22 PM

Today's supercomputer is tomorrow's low-end desktop.

VidMus wrote on 9/16/2008, 8:43 PM

jabloom1230 says, "Today's supercomputer is tomorrow's low-end desktop."

And when tomorrow comes, repeat!

This is why I build an above middle of the road computer system.

I don't get too low end which has a negative affect on my workflow and I don't have too high end which costs a lot of money only to have the value go down the drain all too soon.

Danny Fye
www.vidmus.com/scolvs