cpu for rendering 3d model stuff

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GhostEye

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yea well i would like some info on which CPU would be the best for rendering 3d modelling video(not sure what its exactly called). Rendering stuff with like 3ds max , mental ray, etc... budget for the cpu would be around 500 dollars. I have a amd athlon xp 2600+ atm and it takes like 16 minute just to render 4 seconds of a high poly fish animation using a advanced ice/water effect shader. obviously i will need to render longer clips, so im going to get a new comp. I remember the old saying of pantium for video etiding and stuff like that, and amd for gaming, but with dual core and this new era of CPUs, im at a loss of which to choose. any info is appreciated, ty for ur time.
 
He's talking about rendering animations which basically involves very complicated calculations. If you have 500$ as a budget you could use a thing called network rendering. They have atleast a couple of those for MAYA and probably for 3D Studio Max too. Oh and did you know that your 4 seconds of animation so far is 96 frames? One second of animation contains 24 frames. For a PIXAR animation rendering one frame can take up to 90 hours. So basically get a good as possible dual core processor and make sure you have atleast 1Gb of ram.
 
well its 120 frames for the thing i rendered. so like a amd dual core and 2 gb ram? or would it be better to get 4gb of ram? and yea i know i wont be able to get pixar animations to render fast :) And what is this network rendering u speak of?
 
Network rendering is a thing that a couple of companies provide, costs money though. This one company had 6 AMD Athlon XP 2400+'s and 40 AMD Athlon XP 2600+'s for people to use to render via internet. It was actually quite cheap. Like a couple of dollars an hour. But by the number of CPU's rendering it won't take many hours.
 
but with dual core and this new era of CPUs, im at a loss of which to choose. any info is appreciated, ty for ur time.
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well its 120 frames for the thing i rendered. so like a amd dual core and 2 gb ram? or would it be better to get 4gb of ram? and yea i know i wont be able to get pixar animations to render fast
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I am about to make the same purchase for a modelling project I'm undertaking ... and I think for what you're looking for, an Athlon64 X2 might be the best option as far ... from what I've seen the Pentium D only really outpaces the Athlon64 X2 when you have a monstrous number of threads fired up across numerous applications (quite possibly a sidebenifit of a longer pipeline I dont know)
http://www.computerforum.com/showpost.php?p=85197&postcount=6

One second of animation contains 24 frames
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Not always. For starters, industry standard says its 23.976fps (which is distinct from another standard of 24fps) ... and secondly, you can render at whatever hz you want :)
 
yea i rendered at 30 FPS

alright coo thx for the responses

im looking between these 2:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547

I would OC them anyways, so would it be worth the extra $100 for that 200 mhz more if i will OC em anyways? My main concern though is the cores, the 3800 one doesnt say which core it is.

Would anyone mind showing me a good mobo to go with this, i dont want to spend to much, but i dont want a pos either. dont know much on mobo brands and shit
 
Well the 24 frames per second is used alot, the animation "looks smooth" and keeps the framecount low.
 
I would OC them anyways, so would it be worth the extra $100 for that 200 mhz more if i will OC em anyways? My main concern though is the cores, the 3800 one doesnt say which core it is.
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The 4200 is a far better OCer than the 3800 or so it seems (i only had a 4200 for a few hours before i sold it so i never got a chance to test that out myself) but the 3800 i run now cant OC all that much

Would anyone mind showing me a good mobo to go with this
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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum for $130 ... balanced out with an awesome featureset and good OC ability (not to mention its a no-fuss board)

Well the 24 frames per second is used alot, the animation "looks smooth" and keeps the framecount low.
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So is 23.976, 25, 29.97, 30 and the "doubles" of all of those...
 
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