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    Hello,

    We are currently looking into buying a new system. This is my currect system:

    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz, # of logical cores: 32
    Quadro K4200 4096MB
    NVIDIA driver version: 384.76
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

    Vray Benchmark (CPU): 01:13.530

    The work I do is arch viz stills, with sometimes an animation. The exterior scenes are pretty heavy most of the time, with lots of grass/trees and other objects. I do mostly CPU rendering, with a VRAY RT for previews (if the scenes aren't to heavy.). Recently I've had some scenes crashing when rendering (CPU rendering, not RT) wich might caused by my 32GB RAM limitation.

    Due to contracts the IT department prefers buying a HP setup (so no self configuration).

    The two main questions I have are:
    What's more important, more cores at a lower MHz or fewer cores with higher MHz.
    Will upgrading to a NVIDIA Quadro P5000 benefit for me (compared to a P4000).

    And is switching to AMD Threadtripper so much cheaper/more bang-for-bucks that it's worth mentioning our IT department so that they might consider buying a different system than HP)?

    If some of you have more tips or advice, that’s much appreciated.

  • #2
    For a workstation I'd go with higher clock speed on your processor. Some tasks just use one core and with 2.4GHz it will take a while.

    Threadrippers are too new for me to give a solid recommendation on what's best but I have three and they're fast. Guess the advantage of HP is you can call their technical support. I've had issues with RAM and I was left being the IT guy. I can share what I've learnt if you decide to go that route.
    Win10 x64, 3DS Max 2017 19.0, Vray 3.60.03
    Threadripper 1950x, 64GB RAM, Aurous Gaming 7 x399,

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    • #3
      As DPS mentioned, it's better to have fewer but higher clocked cores than more slower cores. It goes without saying that multi-thread speed will be a bit better with Threadripper, about 20%, but single/dual core operations will execute faster too and your system will be overall snappier. If you can wait a couple of months or so, maybe it's better to see what Threadripper 2 (2950X) will offer before you decide. If we judge by the newly released Ryzen 7, TR 2950X should be about 10% faster than TR 1950X. Or you could buy an even cheaper 1950X. All in all, I've been extremely happy with my Threadripper system. So far not a single problem with it.
      Aleksandar Mitov
      www.renarvisuals.com
      office@renarvisuals.com

      3ds Max 2023.2.2 + Vray 7 Hotfix 1
      AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-core
      96GB DDR5
      GeForce RTX 3090 24GB + GPU Driver 566.14

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Alex_M View Post
        it's better to have fewer but higher clocked cores than more slower cores.
        I think you can argue both sides. At least, I have read just the opposite more often than not. My understanding has always been the more cores the better.

        Bobby Parker
        www.bobby-parker.com
        e-mail: info@bobby-parker.com
        phone: 2188206812

        My current hardware setup:
        • Ryzen 9 5900x CPU
        • 128gb Vengeance RGB Pro RAM
        • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 X2
        • ​Windows 11 Pro

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        • #5
          Sure, more cores are always better but only if that particular CPU as a whole is faster than the lower but faster core counterpart. Or maybe I'm missing something?
          Aleksandar Mitov
          www.renarvisuals.com
          office@renarvisuals.com

          3ds Max 2023.2.2 + Vray 7 Hotfix 1
          AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-core
          96GB DDR5
          GeForce RTX 3090 24GB + GPU Driver 566.14

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          • #6
            When I was rebuilding the consensus was more cores. I would have gone with less but faster, but that's not what most said would be the best way to go. I don't know, maybe that has changed.
            Bobby Parker
            www.bobby-parker.com
            e-mail: info@bobby-parker.com
            phone: 2188206812

            My current hardware setup:
            • Ryzen 9 5900x CPU
            • 128gb Vengeance RGB Pro RAM
            • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 X2
            • ​Windows 11 Pro

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