Gaming VS. 3D rendering

[kucharczykt]

Quick question, would the best gaming pc also be the best 3D rendering pc? I'm mainly wondering if the i9 9900ks is going to be worth the extra couple gigahertz for 3D rendering. If not what sort of spec should I be looking for a 3D rendering build? 

[Radium_Angel]

5 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

3D rendering

Are you doing this for fun, or as a career?

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

Quick question, would the best gaming pc also be the best 3D rendering pc?

no because different rendering software are best with different balance of CPU speed, GPU performance, RAM speed and capacity and storage space. A gaming rig wouldnt be too bad of a 3D rendering PC, but for those doing work rather than for fun they should be built differently.

 

8 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

If not what sort of spec should I be looking for a 3D rendering build? 

depends on software used

[kucharczykt]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Are you doing this for fun, or as a career?

Its a hobby at this point, but my budget is $2,500 USD to $3,000 so I'm looking to get a pretty high end rig and I want to get the best pc possible at my price point.  

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, kucharczykt said:

Its a hobby at this point, but my budget is $2,500 USD to $3,000 so I'm looking to get a pretty high end rig and I want to get the best pc possible at my price point.  

As a hobby it will make no difference. As a profession, Quadro cards exist for this reason.

[kucharczykt]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

no because different rendering software are best with different balance of CPU speed, GPU performance, RAM speed and capacity and storage space. A gaming rig wouldnt be too bad of a 3D rendering PC, but for those doing work rather than for fun they should be built differently.

 

depends on software used

I use blender at the moment because its free but once I get better I will switch to cinema 4D. 

[Radium_Angel]

6 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

cinema 4D. 

Then look at the recommended specs for C4D and build to that

[Jurrunio]

55 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

I use blender at the moment because its free but once I get better I will switch to cinema 4D. 

C4D is CPU-based for viewport and cares about single core speed more than core count after you get 8+ cores, no architecture specific benefits so it's not an AMD versus Intel problem here. There are GPU rendering plugins like Arnold, Redshify and Octane you can get seperately (paid tho afaik), all ask for Nvidia GPUs so it will be between the 3080 and 3090 as far as existing models go. Maybe 3080 20GB if that ends up being a thing.

 

 

[PeachGr]

For gaming, you need a good single core CPU performance, some RAM (16 or 32gb) and a high end GPU (a single one).

For rendering you need a good multicore CPU, a RAM that you need to use it wisely, otherwise 32 gb is not enough and all the GPU you can get.

The thing is that you can do 3d render on a nice gaming pc, but the final rendering Time  for an image will be higher than that if a multiple GPU.

My advice is start it for fun and see how it goes but there is some math below in case you care.

Now for a film making, you basically need more GPU for less time.

If you need 25sec for 1 frame and you use it for a single image, it's fine, but 1 minute of a video, is 60 sec times 30fps, so 1min=60(sec)* 30(frames per sec)* 25(sec per frame)=45.000seconds that is 12.5 hours for 1 minute of film. That is the reason that professional 3d artists use more GPU (if not a server), 2 GPU means half time and so on.

Of course higher end GPU needs less time, bigger resolution needs more time, denoise needs more, image clarity needs more and blah blah blah

[LogicalDrm]

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