Return-Path: Received: from gateway12.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.72.134] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5001185 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:40:59 +0100 Received: by gateway12.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id A419C6E3010AC; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:47:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway12.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A3D6E30103D for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:47:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=51468 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRQk-00057o-9B for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:47:58 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: Pushing MP in AE - 6GB per core Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:48:05 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <00a901ce1f38$fc9eac90$f5dc05b0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00AA_01CE1F17.758DA8D0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: Ac4fOPnHpWlageLxS1mnLp0lcp038w== 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) [24.163.5.74]:51468 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 14 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AA_01CE1F17.758DA8D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A few weeks ago, the AE workstation I use for my IMAX project died when the CPU fan controller, CPU fan alarm and CPU thermal circuit all failed during overnight render, frying CPU, RAM and mobo. But after an email to supporters, over $2000 was raised in 19 hours. So, have a new box with Sandy Bridge-E with 64GB of RAM. I've edited prefs to allow 6GB per core and have both CS5.5. and CS6 stably rendering with 6 cores. I find OS needs 12 GB free. But this works and for my renders is a huge difference in speed, as on my previous box with 24GB of RAM, even two core MP render would cause AE to seize and drop MP. So if you have a render that's failing to use MP - it appears you can push AE to 6GB per core. I've also used 4GB per core on a couple of simple projects. It's also reliable in RAM previews. This is hard data on my belief that AE loves RAM per core more than it loves # of cores. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.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_00AA_01CE1F17.758DA8D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A few = weeks ago, the AE workstation I use for my IMAX project died when the = CPU fan controller, CPU fan alarm and CPU thermal circuit all failed = during overnight render, frying CPU, RAM and mobo. But after an email to = supporters, over $2000 was raised in 19 hours.

So, have a = new box with Sandy Bridge-E with 64GB of RAM. I’ve edited prefs to = allow 6GB per core and have both CS5.5. and CS6 stably rendering with 6 = cores. I find OS needs 12 GB free. But this works and for my renders is = a huge difference in speed, as on my previous box with 24GB of RAM, even = two core MP render would cause AE to seize and drop MP.

So if you = have a render that’s failing to use MP – it appears you can = push AE to 6GB per core. I’ve also used 4GB per core on a couple = of simple projects. It’s also reliable in RAM = previews.

This is hard data on my belief that AE loves RAM per = core more than it loves # of cores.

stephen = van vuuren

336.202.4777

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

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

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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