Is Core to Duo enough ??

[nawaitsa_cg]

Hi guys, Im planning to get some upgrade for my PC and if possible to get the new one. Im aiming at Core to Duo, the problem is it enough to render high quality setting?. Coz if its not Core to Quad maybe the answer. Since I've never using those two processor, maybe you can help me decide. Thanks

[artupato]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

the more threads the better. i think core to duo is enough, but core 2 quad is better if you want faster rendering.

[Jackson_cg]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

The more cores the better, but I work on a Centrino Duo (2 Core laptop) and other than very glossy scenes and animations I find it's fast enough for most work. Don't forget that SU can only use one CPU core (and AFAIK Google still have NO plans to fix this) so working in SU is always limited to the GHz of a single core. >

[nawaitsa_cg]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

The more cores the better, but I work on a Centrino Duo (2 Core laptop) and other than very glossy scenes and animations I find it's fast enough for most work. Don't forget that SU can only use one CPU core (and AFAIK Google still have NO plans to fix this) so working in SU is always limited to the GHz of a single core. >

Thanks for the info sir, but sorry I dont understand SU can only use one CPU Core. Does that mean if I'm using 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo I would eventually have the same result as 2.8 Ghz of pentium IV. Sorry for trubling you, just don't wanna buy the wrong PC. Thank you very much

[thomthom]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

V-Ray will use all the core you got when rendering. So the more the merrier.

But SU itself will only use one. For SU it's the raw speed the counts.

[Jackson_cg]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

Thanks for the info sir, but sorry I dont understand SU can only use one CPU Core. Does that mean if I'm using 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo I would eventually have the same result as 2.8 Ghz of pentium IV.

Yes, that's correct. Although V-Ray will render much faster with more cores, in principle SU operates at exactly the same speed with a CPU containing 16 x 2.8GHz cores as it does with a single 2.8GHz Pentium IV. It sucks, big time. When I upgraded my laptop 3 years ago I went from a 2.3GHz Pentium IV to a Centrino Duo 1.83GHz, everything got much faster.... except for Sketchup... which got about 20% slower. It's insane that SU hasn't being recoded to support multi-threading yet.

Don't let that put you off purchasing multi-core CPUs though- they have huge advantages, such as being able to run several programs simultaneously (like rendering in V-Ray while continuing to work on an SU model). Even SU will eventually have to support multi-threading. Like Thom says, the more cores the better.

[nawaitsa_cg]

Re: Is Core to Duo enough ??

Thanks everyone for the information. Now I know what I should get, I'm happy for the answer that you gave me. Thank you very much.. God Bless U All