Return-Path: Received: from mail-ie0-f180.google.com ([209.85.223.180] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4980622 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:27:32 +0100 Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id bn7so9209194ieb.39 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:33:51 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:content-type:message-id:mime-version:subject:date :references:to:in-reply-to:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=8Lh2nUZ3SALWUkbz78QokOMKZAlXFeTPjkYYeCV00w8=; b=EQKOsbwQQU3AyiPrAJyaL1mcBf3O9h3D2C/CQWv80cmc1aPLXpbsjGFggikgpI0gas 68B+6Xhhc59x/d1glvipzCgUtPkEWYw2NETVmUQNQTYhuLbQtHyV1FTm5yh9vpjfRZVS N/fT70BISLRSgwce4ZQlQ8u/IlWIWpwEw2/PmvN7Hr/YfgAk97gHzxEkWb2zzcRWO0q0 MkFJCd4+lH2K8bMBOl43jz2XBk30oYBITe26ZtdyTdmWJ9G1n1d7VVpBpxKbQbxEljrl fqoYw564IFVslU/C0+hpUzJXPw4H0Yw17NdEplqwX+KdGq4IjYs9KvcrBEtDjXCSdEsC f13w== X-Received: by 10.43.65.145 with SMTP id xm17mr8580954icb.35.1361327630998; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:33:50 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.231] (c-71-63-186-29.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [71.63.186.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a3sm14230766igq.5.2013.02.19.18.33.48 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:33:48 -0800 (PST) From: Carey Dissmore Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3FE1F278-56A1-4044-B103-A028E1EBE27C" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [AE] New Video Board? Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:33:46 -0600 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQll99EPyKZ9tA9BuaKW5Mwin9edmVqFe/MOQ2Yx9kZ3LiJRn+mDhvK0AYkW1an3kad/HKXW --Apple-Mail=_3FE1F278-56A1-4044-B103-A028E1EBE27C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Feb 19, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Angie-Taylor = wrote: >=20 > Can Ae take advantage of the dual GPU of the GTX 690? I believe = Premiere doesn't? Yes on AE. Not sure on PPro with 690. >=20 > And please remind me, why choose i7 over Xeon? >=20 It's a bang-for-buck, or as someone from the UK might say, "value for = money" thing.=20 Xeon's are the best, no denying it. If you want a dual CPU socket motherboard, you have to go Xeon. You can = build a machine with up to 16 cores/32 virtual cores. (that's two CPUs = with 8 cores each) But they are hella expensive. And they don't overclock.=20 Or you could spend a whole lot less and get an i7 which has but 6/12 = cores, but DOES over clock, and apply some of the savings towards a = dedicated Global Performance Cache SSD, more RAM, liquid cooling for the = CPU, fast video RAID and get performance approaching 90% of the Xeon = monster for about 45-50 percent of the box price. (or less). 90 percent of the performance for 50 percent of the price sounds like a = heck of a good deal to me. carey --Apple-Mail=_3FE1F278-56A1-4044-B103-A028E1EBE27C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 angie-taylor@ntlworld.com>= ; wrote:

Can Ae take advantage of the dual = GPU of the GTX 690? I believe Premiere = doesn't?

Yes on AE. Not sure on PPro = with 690.

And please remind me, why choose i7 = over Xeon?

It's a = bang-for-buck, or as someone from the UK might say, "value for money" = thing.

Xeon's are the best, no denying = it.

If you want a dual CPU socket motherboard, = you have to go Xeon. You can build a machine with up to 16 cores/32 = virtual cores. (that's two CPUs with 8 cores = each)

But they are hella = expensive.

And they don't = overclock.

Or you could spend a whole lot = less and get an i7 which has but 6/12 cores, but DOES over clock, and = apply some of the savings towards a dedicated Global Performance Cache = SSD, more RAM, liquid cooling for the CPU, fast video RAID and get = performance approaching 90% of the Xeon monster for about 45-50 percent = of the box price. (or less).

90 percent of the = performance for 50 percent of the price sounds like a heck of a good = deal to = me.

carey

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