You use VCE instead of your 16core cpu for rendering?
No, he is using both.
You use VCE instead of your 16core cpu for rendering?
No, he is using both.
OldSmoke is right. I used both. VP 15 with the last major update supports AMD Vegas cards improve use of gpu termendously. 16 Cores without gpu support is still very very good on Vegas. But combined with gpu Vegas is better in every ways. My Frontier card is being used very well on the last major update. see pic here.
Someone like me who does a lot of animation and motion graphics beneifits from the 64 threads.. C4D being one of those apps that scales very well, the more cores the better. I'm looking forward to getting one, maybe along with an AMD card, depending on how the new 20 series RTX cards bench in Vegas 16.
The main issue with the new AMD Threadripper 2990WX CPU is "Does your software support it ?"
Right now most software does not support running on 32 cores ( though it appears Vegas 15 does ), so your performance with the 2990WX will vary depending on what you are running on it.
C4D will support as many cores as you throw at it, and it scales utilizes all of them 100%.
The main issue with the new AMD Threadripper 2990WX CPU is "Does your software support it ?"
Right now most software does not support running on 32 cores ( though it appears Vegas 15 does ), so your performance with the 2990WX will vary depending on what you are running on it.
“though it appears Vegas 15 does” I'm curious about this. On my 4 core laptop when I set the thread count higher than 48, it always resets back to 48, default is 32 threads. Maybe it would stay at 64 if I had a higher core count cpu, or, maybe VP15 is currently maxed out at 24 core support. If thats the case then the testing of 32 core cpus's in Vegas, as in Guru3D's Vegas benchmark is not giving the AMD 64 thread cpu proper credit because Vegas doesn’t yet support that many cpu threads?
The main issue with the new AMD Threadripper 2990WX CPU is "Does your software support it ?"
Right now most software does not support running on 32 cores ( though it appears Vegas 15 does ), so your performance with the 2990WX will vary depending on what you are running on it.
Due to the constraints of AMD's existing Threadripper design, two of the 2990WX's dies aren't connected directly to main memory. That creates an architecture capable of incredible performance in heavily-threaded workloads that aren't sensitive to memory throughput, but less impressive results in bandwidth-hungry applications that don't scale well with extra cores.
The 2990WX fails to deliver with video rendering software, both on linux and windows & as frosty said it does incredibly on 3d rendering engines which is the domain of massive data parralisation. This isn't the case for video rendering. 2990wx will always be a dud. You are giving people false hope
And yet...
https://techgage.com/article/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2990wx-32-core-workstation-processor-review/3/
reports the 2990WX on top for Vegas render. Though not by much.
It's just that we can make a comparison with the EPYC 32 core cpu's operating on linux and know the 2990wx can't compete & it's purely a bandwidth & latency issue when it comes to video rendering. It's such a niche cpu.
The xeon & epyc 32 core cpu's don't have the problems you see with 2990wx
It seems that some Linux testers would disagree with your assessment of the 2990wx....
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=2990wx-linux-windows&num=1
Scaling with Win10 vs Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=2990wx-linwin-scale&num=5
and other related links at the bottom of those pages. I would not expect Threadripper to be the equal of Epyc. But for the price in the apps that will use all it's core/threads... it's hard to beat. Yeah, there can be quibbling about "it's using 32cores and barely beats Intel's 18 core", but the fact is, it does and it costs LESS.
It's a "numbers" game, and one that if not for AMD, everyone would still be plodding along with 4 core 8 thread Intel's. I'm still waiting for AMD to release the 24 core CPU....
And I love AMD VCE in VP15.... FAST rendering. 100% GPU usage and lots of CPU usage from the Ryzen 1700X.
In linux trans-coding video renders it performs poorly in comparision to 2950X even when the current windows bottle neck performance issue is removed.
edit: Yes ofcourse AMD could not gut their Epyc cpu market, and that's why this niche cpu exists. It was never going to have epyc across the board performance.
The Threadripper 1920X prices are starting to go up from the $400 discounted price. Lowest prices $420-430, but $450-$460 is looks like average. Supply is becoming limited maybe. Buy now
is there general consensus that an AMD card such as a big Vega would be better than a 1080ti for general editing and rendering in AAC? Or is the difference more for when rendering HEVC? (Going by the article linked to) Thanks