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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:55:41 -0700
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Subject: Re: [AE] Pushing MP in AE - 6GB per core
From: Todd Kopriva <toddkopriva@gmail.com>
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>, stephen@sv2studios.com
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Thanks for the report, Stephen.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Stephen van Vuuren
<stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:
> A few weeks ago, the AE workstation I use for my IMAX project died when t=
he
> CPU fan controller, CPU fan alarm and CPU thermal circuit all failed duri=
ng
> 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=92ve edited pr=
efs
> 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 tw=
o
> core MP render would cause AE to seize and drop MP.
>
>
>
> So if you have a render that=92s failing to use MP =96 it appears you can=
 push
> AE to 6GB per core. I=92ve also used 4GB per core on a couple of simple
> projects. It=92s also reliable in RAM previews.
>
>
>
> This is hard data on my belief that AE loves RAM per core more than it lo=
ves
> # of cores.
>
>
>
> stephen van vuuren
>
> 336.202.4777
>
>
>
> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
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> http://www.sv2studios.com/
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> A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It shou=
ld be a
> progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the emotion=
, the
> meaning, all that comes later.
>
> =96Stanley Kubrick
>
>