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oneseraph

oneseraph

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Hello to all at OC3D

I am new to the forums so I thought I might introduce myself.

I owned a small OEM specializing in Architecture, Engineering, CAD and CAM computer systems until I sold it 1997. Though I have built literally hundreds of computers I am no longer in the trade. So I do not have the access I once enjoyed. OC3D really helps to bring me up to date on the ever changing tech of the PC world. Anyway, In 1998 I went to work for a small software firm in Redmond where I worked for many years. At the moment I am into 3d Modeling, Texturing and Animation. I use LightWave, Blender, Zbrush and other related tools. Needless to say when working with 3D every drop of performance counts. Over clocking is the key to shorter render times when you have a budget that is more in line with an “everyday Joe” than with Pixar. So having review sites like OC3D.net and OC3D TV makes it a lot easier to make decisions about what hardware to buy and better still what not to buy.

Regards, OneSeraph
 
Hey oneseraph, welcome.

Architecture, Engineering, CAD, and 3d design stuff sounds awesome and really complicated.. I imagine in your line of work every second counts when you have to render 1000 of things. You using a SR2 with dual Xeons or something similar? If not sounds like the prefect tax deduction
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Fox182 said:
Hey oneseraph, welcome.

Architecture, Engineering, CAD, and 3d design stuff sounds awesome and really complicated.. I imagine in your line of work every second counts when you have to render 1000 of things. You using a SR2 with dual Xeons or something similar? If not sounds like the prefect tax deduction
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Hey Fox182

Well as I said, I’ve been out of the Computer building business since 1997. Back then Architecture visualization was done primarily using SGI’s like the “IRIS INDIGO”. The cad and engineering systems where mostly x86 based they just had some intractable requirements. Like they had to be rock stable, which at that time was no mean feat even with enterprise grade hardware. Things have really improved over the years. Off the shelf consumer equipment today has stability we only dreamed about back then.

Wow I really sound old.

Anyway, I am not using an EVGA SR2. My current rig is embarrassingly underpowered. I plan to build a new rig in March. I have been saving for a while now. I plan to build a workstation and two render nodes. Then I can build additional render nodes as my budget allows. I am waiting for the release of AMD bulldozer CPU’s. I am hoping the bulldozer cores are comparable in performance to sandy bridge. I am also hoping AMD keeps they’re aggressive price structure.

Don’t get me wrong I am not an AMD fanboy or an Intel fanboy. It’s just that I use the LightWave rendering engine and its output is slightly different base on CPU architecture. So if I go with sandy bridge (Intel) then all of my render nodes must be (Intel). If I go with Bulldozer (AMD) then all of my render nodes must be (AMD). So I really need to wait for bulldozer so I can compare the compute power per dollar between sandy bridge and bulldozer. I really do need to be careful to get the most bang for the buck.

Regards
 
Hey man welcome , me likes what you did with the avatar
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al tho its not quite finished IMHO !
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needs a chat bubble sayin "Hi!! Guys it Tiny Tom Logan here......"

lmao had to edit my misspellin of the guvnors name
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