slonishko opened this issue on Jan 20, 2010 · 19 posts
ddaydreams posted Thu, 21 January 2010 at 9:58 AM
If money does not matter then the fastest rendering one I know of is Core i7 975 3.33gz it's 64 bit capable.
Anyway there is going to be a financial sweet spot (bang for buck) somewhere between the lesser Core i7 920 and the Core i7 975. I would get a Core i7 920 and pickup as much compatible midrange memory as possible.
Because while the cpu matters much with render speed, memory plays a big role in render size (amount of pixels)and maybe in complexity as well . A lack of memory can really limit your render size. (I make large stills) I don't animate.
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