Dual Xeon question

stevel · June 25th, 2008

A friend told me that two Xeons would be overkill and that they're not optimized for graphics rendering.

Comments would be appreciated!

AJLynn · June 25th, 2008

They certainly are optimal for rendering, using almost any current software-based renderer such as Vray, mental ray, Maxwell, etc. 2 is almost twice as fast as 1.

Whether it's "overkill" depends on your budget and needs.

Slinger · June 25th, 2008

Your friend must be serving the net and opening word documents. Is he/she aware of how much cpu/ram power rendering utilizes? Probably not.
Like Aaron said, it's only overkill if your wallet can't handle it or your simply serving the intrawebs

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stevel Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: clarendon hills Posts: 26 Name: steve latin	Dual Xeon question A friend told me that two Xeons would be overkill and that they're not optimized for graphics rendering. Comments would be appreciated!

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AJLynn Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beantown Age: 29 Posts: 4,426 Name: Andrew Lynn	Re: Dual Xeon question They certainly are optimal for rendering, using almost any current software-based renderer such as Vray, mental ray, Maxwell, etc. 2 is almost twice as fast as 1. Whether it's "overkill" depends on your budget and needs.

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Slinger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas Age: 31 Posts: 148 Name: Chris Ortiz	Re: Dual Xeon question Your friend must be serving the net and opening word documents. Is he/she aware of how much cpu/ram power rendering utilizes? Probably not. Like Aaron said, it's only overkill if your wallet can't handle it or your simply serving the intrawebs

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