Does animation utilize CPU or GPU ?

[Virgule]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to come up with a build for a friend who does video montage, audio mixing and video animation. It's pretty clear to me that the first two benefit from a multithreaded CPU like the 4790K or even the 5820K. However, I'm not sure about the latter. 

 

Does video animation software utilize CPU or GPU computing ? Would it benefit from a quadro/firepro type GPU ?

 

Thanks

[Toddwjp]

it depends entirely on the software being used,

 

what software does he use, does it support gpu acceleration,

[thekeemo]

3D rendering uses mostly the CPU

Video editing uses the CPU as well as the GPU

In adobe software you can make it use a and GPU by doing opencl rendering by rendering it in media encoder

[typographie]

It's a CPU intensive task.

 

Animation is like this:

CPU 50%

Ram 35%

GPU 15%

That's spectacularly specific considering you don't even know what software the guy's using and what technologies it supports.

[GodSpoon]

Uhm, it depends on the scenario. 
It CAN be Cpu intensive, depending on your software and what animations your rendering.

Generally its either very CPU intensive (CSS html 5 animation) or very GPU intensive (CAD rendering, etc.) 

Short answer, both

[GodSpoon]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to come up with a build for a friend who does video montage, audio mixing and video animation. It's pretty clear to me that the first two benefit from a multithreaded CPU like the 4790K or even the 5820K. However, I'm not sure about the latter. 

 

Does video animation software utilize CPU or GPU computing ? Would it benefit from a quadro/firepro type GPU ?

 

Thanks

 

What software are you using?

[Enderman]

it depends on the software you use, usually it can use both, but sometimes only CPU 

[Virgule]

it depends entirely on the software being used,

 

what software does he use, does it support gpu acceleration,

 

 

3D rendering uses mostly the CPU

Video editing uses the CPU as well as the GPU

In adobe software you can make it use a and GPU by doing opencl rendering by rendering it in media encoder

 

 

That's spectacularly specific considering you don't even know what software the guy's using and what technologies it supports.

 

 

Uhm, it depends on the scenario. 

It CAN be Cpu intensive, depending on your software and what animations your rendering.

Generally its either very CPU intensive (CSS html 5 animation) or very GPU intensive (CAD rendering, etc.) 

Short answer, both

 

 

What software are you using?

 

 

it depends on the software you use, usually it can use both, but sometimes only CPU 

 

 

I'm not sure of the software, I'll have to ask. 

If the software in question uses GPU acceleration is it generally a workstation GPU (quadro/firepro) that's utilized ?

[thekeemo]

I'm not sure of the software, I'll have to ask. 

If the software in question uses GPU acceleration is it generally a workstation GPU (quadro/firepro) that's utilized ?

no its any nvidia GPU for acceleration normally but you can use a and GPU for rendering most of the time

[Toddwjp]

I'm not sure of the software, I'll have to ask. 

If the software in question uses GPU acceleration is it generally a workstation GPU (quadro/firepro) that's utilized ?

 

if its supports open GL then any gpu works, if it supports cuda then only nvidia gpus work, this includes workstation and consumer gpus, although higher end consumer gpus are recommended if unable to afford workstation gpus, however you will probably see more benefit in getting a much more expensive cpu then gpu, eg a consumer gpu with a higher core count xeon as the cpu

[Virgule]

It's a CPU intensive task.

 

Animation is like this:

CPU 50%

Ram 35%

GPU 15%

 

 

That's spectacularly specific considering you don't even know what software the guy's using and what technologies it supports.

 

 

What software are you using?

 

 

it depends on the software you use, usually it can use both, but sometimes only CPU 

 

 

 

no its any nvidia GPU for acceleration normally but you can use a and GPU for rendering most of the time

 

 

if its supports open GL then any gpu works, if it supports cuda then only nvidia gpus work, this includes workstation and consumer gpus, although higher end consumer gpus are recommended if unable to afford workstation gpus, however you will probably see more benefit in getting a much more expensive cpu then gpu, eg a consumer gpu with a higher core count xeon as the cpu

 

 

Thanks to all for the info, I'll make a new thread in New builds and planning once I know more (budget, software).

[vembutech]

Hopefully its GPU the gpus are faster for rendering because they are designed specifically for such tasks. they store and process data in a way that is most efficient for things like texturing and shading. And it also depends on the software used also as said.