Return-Path: Received: from na3sys009aog126.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.155] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4739747 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:37:45 +0200 Received: from mail.stsci.edu ([130.167.238.11]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys009aob126.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKT9Iq8HEOBv0QUK4dQCskOi3hNlmeykgD@postini.com; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:40:18 PDT Received: from EXCHMAIL2.stsci.edu ([169.254.2.40]) by EXCHCAS2.stsci.edu ([130.167.238.11]) with mapi id 14.02.0298.004; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:39:52 -0400 From: Greg Bacon To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Why a raytraced renderer? Thread-Topic: [AE] Why a raytraced renderer? Thread-Index: AQHNRZVTZZa0/WTbXUeO81lxbG+CpQ== Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:39:52 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [130.167.166.16] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_CBF7A26116032baconstsciedu_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_CBF7A26116032baconstsciedu_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable By chance, is this information being posted on a site for viewing all specs= of the individual cards and the projects that were used (or description of= test)? This is an awesome resource. Thanks! Greg =95=95=95=95=95=95=95=95=95 Greg Bacon Sr. Animator Office of Public Outreach Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland 21218 410.338.4478 From: Greg Balint > Reply-To: After Effects Mail List > Date: Friday, June 8, 2012 12:35 PM To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] Why a raytraced renderer? Wow. Alright, thanks! ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer delRAZOR.com/ On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:30 PM, rendernyc > wrote: did a little test with lloyd the other day that had some extuded text with = a reflective floor. 2008 macpro CPU render was abotu 15mins. he turned on h= is 8800GT that is not supported and it rendered in about 7 mins. on a q4000= the same scene took 37 seconds On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:26 PM, rendernyc > wrote: CPU based render? On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Greg Balint > wrote: Danny, could you do a test for me on the same project file with the 580 tur= ned off? Just to see how much the Nvidia cards are helping the situation? ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer delRAZOR.com/ On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:16 PM, rendernyc > wrote: if ANYONE has one of the cards tested already or a different one and wouldn= t mind popping off a render please email me so we can get more results danny On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Andrew Embury > wrote: Fantastic! Thank you ever so much for doing this. This is truly phenomenal of the user= group to come together to make this all possible. Cheers. - Andrew On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, rendernyc > wrote: The 480 uses more power than the 5XX im expecting the 570 to be about the same speed as the 480 while using less= power waiting for some tests on that one On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM, rendernyc > wrote: we had the 580 at 15:07 so 480 was about 8% slower On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Andrew Embury > wrote: For the performance to cost ratio....WOW! That's phenomenal! Now, the 580 is cutting that time by 3 minutes is that correct? Cheers. - Andrew On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, rendernyc > wrote: 480 in a 12 core macpro was 16:21 On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Andrew Embury > wrote: What about the 480? Did that not score between the 580 and 680? I'd be very interested to see that. Cheers. - Andrew On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:28 AM, rendernyc > wrote: interesting thats why we need more results... the 680 tested in a z800 rendered in 17:34 a 580 in an 2008 mac pro was 15:07 On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Teddy Gage > wrote: GTX 680 - 2 GB VRAM - clock speed 1096 MHZ core i7 3930K (6 logical cores) overclocked to 4.7 gHZ render time : 13 min 5 seconds =3D 780 seconds GTX 580 - 3 GB VRAM - clock speed 866 MHZ core i7 940 (4 cores) oc'd to 3.7 gHZ render time 13 min 50 seconds =3D 830 seconds So these results seem to imply there is a disk and / or CPU bottleneck in y= our benchmark project, or there is something else going on. Maybe RAM plays= a factor. Because in my own benchmark tests with a different project, I ge= t different results, where the GTX 580 is faster, not the 680 in the faster= machine. Interesting... On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:07 AM, rendernyc > wrote: email sent thanks On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Dave Bittner > wrote: I'm running a flashed 470 from eBay. I'll run the test and send you the res= ults. On Jun 7, 2012, at 5:41PM, rendernyc wrote: > yup, been testing lots of diff cards with the raytracer. > want to run a test on your 570 for the chart? > > have the 285, 480, 580, 680, q4000 and q4800 so far > > was just saying that the only card someone from adobe could "officially" = talk about is the currently shipping q4000 +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to > -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com -- danny princz exposedideas.com --_000_CBF7A26116032baconstsciedu_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
By chance, is this information being posted on a site for viewing all = specs of the individual cards and the projects that were used (or descripti= on of test)?  This is an awesome resource.  Thanks!

Greg
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From: Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.com>
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Date: Friday, June 8, 2012 12:35 PM=
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Subject: Re: [AE] Why a raytraced r= enderer?

Wow. Alright, thanks!

////Greg Balint
///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer

On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:30 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:

did a little test with lloyd the other day that had some extuded text = with a reflective floor. 2008 macpro CPU render was abotu 15mins. he turned= on his 8800GT that is not supported and it rendered in about 7 mins. on a = q4000 the same scene took 37 seconds



On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:26 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
CPU based render?


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.co= m> wrote:
Danny, could you do a test for me on the same project file with the 58= 0 turned off? Just to see how much the Nvidia cards are helping the situati= on?

////Greg Balint
///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer

On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:16 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:

if ANYONE has one of the cards tested already or a different one and w= ouldnt mind popping off a render please email me so we can get more results

danny

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Andrew Embury <= span dir=3D"ltr"> <aembury@gmail.co= m> wrote:
Fantastic!

Thank you ever so much for doing this. This is truly phenomenal of the user= group to come together to make this all possible.

Cheers.

- Andrew


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
The 480 uses more power than the 5XX
im expecting the 570 to be about the same speed as the 480 while using= less power

waiting for some tests on that one


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
we had the 580 at 15:07 
so 480 was about 8% slower



On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Andrew Embury <= span dir=3D"ltr"> <aembury@gmail.co= m> wrote:
For the performance to cost ratio....WOW! That's phenomenal!

Now, the 580 is cutting that time by 3 minutes is that correct?

Cheers.

- Andrew


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
480 in a 12 core macpro was 16:21


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Andrew Embury <= span dir=3D"ltr"> <aembury@gmail.co= m> wrote:
What about the 480? Did that not score between the 580 and 680?

I'd be very interested to see that.

Cheers.

- Andrew



On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:28 AM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
interesting
thats why we need more results...

the 680 tested in a z800 rendered in 17:34
a 580 in an 2008 mac pro was 15:07


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmai= l.com> wrote:
GTX 680 - 2 GB VRAM - clock speed 1096 MHZ

core i7 3930K (6 logical cores) overclocked to 4.7 gHZ

render time : 13 min 5 seconds =3D 780 seconds


GTX 580 - 3 GB VRAM - clock speed 866 MHZ

core i7 940 (4 cores) oc'd to 3.7 gHZ

render time 13 min 50 seconds =3D 830 seconds


So these results seem to imply there is a disk and / or CPU bottleneck in y= our benchmark project, or there is something else going on. Maybe RAM plays= a factor. Because in my own benchmark tests with a different project, I ge= t different results, where the GTX 580 is faster, not the 680 in the faster machine. Interesting...


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:07 AM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmai= l.com> wrote:
email sent

thanks


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Dave Bittner <dave@pixelw= orkshop.com> wrote:
I'm running a flashed 470 from eBay. I'll run the test and send you the res= ults.

On Jun 7, 2012, at 5:41PM, rendernyc wrote:

> yup, been testing lots of diff cards with the raytracer.
> want to run a test on your 570 for the chart?
>
> have the 285, 480, 580, 680, q4000 and q4800 so far
>
> was just saying that the only card someone from adobe could "offi= cially" talk about is the currently shipping q4000


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