Workstation pc cpu

[Walt]

Hi everyone,

One of my friends is a professional editor. He bought a new workstation pc. It has 2 titan x, 64gb ram and 8 core xeon. I was wondering why it got a xeon cpu. Is this better then an i9 or threadripper for editing?

Thanks for the information!

 

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, Walt said:

Hi everyone,

One of my friends is a professional editor. He bought a new workstation pc. It has 2 titan x, 64gb ram and 8 core xeon. I was wondering why it got a xeon cpu. Is this better then an i9 or threadripper for editing?

Thanks for the information!

 

Xeons are designed for that purpose and the prices are less rapey than the i9.

[Space Reptile]

it all depends on the usecase , if he has GPU acceleration than the brunt of the workload will end up on the gpu 
getting an 8c xeon (what model btw) and 2 titan X's is a silly config tho to be fair , unless its an older workstation that config does not make that much sense 

[Walt]

3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Xeons are designed for that purpose and the prices are less rapey than the i9.

3 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

it all depends on the usecase , if he has GPU acceleration than the brunt of the workload will end up on the gpu 
getting an 8c xeon (what model btw) and 2 titan X's is a silly config tho to be fair , unless its an older workstation that config does not make that much sense 

Does this mean it's more stable and he will have less problems? I'm not sure which model it is. 

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, Walt said:

Does this mean it's more stable and he will have less problems? I'm not sure which model it is. 

cpu is cpu , xeons are just bigger i7's in the end , more cache and more cores and maybe some extra instructions , but thats about it 

 

server chips might be a little more stable under certain load , but i dunno , i had no issues running normal consumer cpus at 100% load for days sooo.... 

[Princess Luna]

10 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

and 2 titan X's is a silly config tho to be fair

My brother would want a word with you

 

Mainly Xeons have certifications to work properly with the software you need to ensure no down times happens.

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

My brother would want a word with you

if we are talking maxwell titans , yea thats fine , you could not get a 12/16c so easely

but getting 2 titan xp's and then only getting the 8c xeon in a workstation? thats silly 

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Space Reptile said:

if we are talking maxwell titans , yea thats fine , you could not get a 12/16c so easely

but getting 2 titan xp's and then only getting the 8c xeon in a workstation? thats silly 

All depends on the purposes of the machine, there are plenty of workloads that are GPU depended to the maximum and the TITAN Xp is still better value when facing a lot of Quadro solutions... it only is idiotic as a gaming/mainstream use card ^^

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

All depends on the purposes of the machine, there are plenty of workloads that are GPU depended to the maximum and the TITAN Xp is still better value when facing a lot of Quadro solutions... it only is idiotic as a gaming/mainstream use card ^^

oh yea , if you are relying on the gpu to do the work then it makes sense , but if the cpu is getting hammered too then you shud not cheap out there either 

[Godlygamer23]

10 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

server chips might be a little more stable under certain load , but i dunno , i had no issues running normal consumer cpus at 100% load for days sooo.... 

The problem there is that it's only days. These CPUs could be under a high load for weeks, months, or even years at a time.