Return-Path: Received: from gateway03.websitewelcome.com ([69.93.216.26] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4744918 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:52:04 +0200 Received: by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 6E30A84593766; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:54:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63C7384593746 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:54:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=55190 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SeZz2-00056e-70 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:54:44 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] (OT) An example of a PC version of a Mac Pro with today's tech for AE Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:54:24 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <020001cd48ee$504a8610$f0df9230$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0201_01CD48CC.C939A960" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQIiyezDmmp0rFcjuwIX50+v3TkNHpZMR53g Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:55190 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 4 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0201_01CD48CC.C939A960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > If you are assigning more cores to AE that are physically on your CPU, you're not getting anything additional out of multiproc rendering compared to stopping at the number of physical cores. Are you sure about this? My DCP renders (rendering JPG2K with XYZ color transform) on a 4 physical cores is much slower than rendering on 7 (or even 8 if the machine is otherwise unused) cores. For that type of renders, HTT imposes only a mild penalty. >If you are also buying RAM to support those virtual cores, you're potentially wasting money. This relates to the above point - for renders that do well with HTT, they need RAM. And have plenty of background RAM available, I've yet to run into a scenario where I feel like I have "too much RAM". Plus RAM previews etc. and RAM always seems like a good buy. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_0201_01CD48CC.C939A960 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> If you are assigning more cores to AE that are physically = on your CPU, you're not getting anything additional out of multiproc = rendering compared to stopping at the number of physical = cores.

Are you sure about this? My DCP renders (rendering = JPG2K with XYZ color transform) on a 4 physical cores is much slower = than rendering on 7 (or even 8 if the machine is otherwise unused) = cores. For that type of renders, HTT imposes only a mild = penalty.

>If you are also buying RAM to support those = virtual cores, you're potentially wasting money.

This relates to the above point – for renders that do well with = HTT, they need RAM. And have plenty of background RAM available, = I’ve yet to run into a scenario where I feel like I have = “too much RAM”. Plus RAM previews etc. and RAM always seems = like a good buy.

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/=

A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

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