mouser opened this issue on Nov 01, 2010 · 5 posts
zonkerman posted Wed, 03 November 2010 at 8:13 AM
The xeon rendercow I use has 2 xeon W5590 CPU processors @ 3.33hgz. It is running 64bit Windows 7. From what I'v seen the W5600 series is very good as well but costs a lot. Check out some of the below videos to see more information about Xeon based PCs. The youtube one below even shows some benching with 3d rendering between the different types of xeon cpus:
See what Autodesk (makers of Maya and 3Ds Max) Say About Xeon 5600
http://www.max3dmodels.com/intel-xeon-5600-series-workstations-and-autodesk.html
Cool animated video on the Xeon 5600 CHIP Features
http://www.intel.com/products/workstation/processors/demo/demo.htm
Video comparison of how fast a 5600 renders compared to 5570 and 5400 series xeon