Cpu for rendering?

[getrekt]

Cpu vs gpu for 3D rendering?

Which is faster and better in the supported feature set?

Please help guys!

(5820k vs 970/980)

I think that the cpu will be better because of more ram

What's your take on this?

[insayan]

GPU all the way

[getrekt]

GPU all the way

But won't the limited vram limit the details of the scene?

(I'm asking I'm not sure!)

[HyperHertz]

But won't the limited vram limit the details of the scene?

(I'm asking I'm not sure!)

The GPU have more than enough VRAM. GPU the way to go.

[Heatghost]

i think for rendering a quadro would be good (GPU FTW)

[insayan]

The GPU have more than enough VRAM. GPU the way to go.

And VRAM is faster than DIMM

[Sintezza]

5820K all the way.

A decent CPU will still make more sense in rendering.

 

GTX9xx series cards are awfull for productivity

[getrekt]

Guys can you please decide and explain cause everyone is giving different opinions! (I'm confused )

[getrekt]

5820K all the way.

A decent CPU will still make more sense in rendering.

GTX9xx series cards are awfull for productivity

Umm any specific reason?

[getrekt]

The GPU have more than enough VRAM. GPU the way to go.

Is it true that for some render settings we have to use cpu or are they just rumours?

[Brandon Cassie]

Is it true that for some render settings we have to use cpu or are they just rumours?

Depends on your encoder, it has to support GPU computing I believe

But for the most part you would be able to render with both your CPU & GPU, at least from what I've noticed in Sony Vegas

 

And don't focus on grabbing a beastly GPU, getting a good CPU would be more sensible

[getrekt]

Depends on your encoder, it has to support GPU computing I believe

But for the most part you would be able to render with both your CPU & GPU, at least from what I've noticed in Sony Vegas

Blender I believe has better cpu rendering or am I wrong?

[getrekt]

Depends on your encoder, it has to support GPU computing I believe

But for the most part you would be able to render with both your CPU & GPU, at least from what I've noticed in Sony Vegas

And don't focus on grabbing a beastly GPU, getting a good CPU would be more sensible

So cpu is better?

[Brandon Cassie]

So cpu is better?

Basically, yes

[getrekt]

Basically, yes

Thanks!

[mathijs727]

http://blog.boxxtech.com/2014/10/02/gpu-rendering-vs-cpu-rendering-a-method-to-compare-render-times-with-empirical-benchmarks/

 

For 3D rendering I'd invest in a good GPU. They're made for 3D work, be it realtime or not.

 

The difference between a quadro and geforce is the difference in drivers and most importantly: double precision speed. For accurate 3D rendering you want high double precision speed. The reason that geforce cards dont have this is that with games have to be rendered in real time and small visual errors are less important then speed.

[GeathX]

Cpu vs gpu for 3D rendering?

Which is faster and better in the supported feature set?

Please help guys!

(5820k vs 970/980)

I think that the cpu will be better because of more ram

What's your take on this?

 

What most have said is pretty accurate, but knowing what software you are aiming to use would be helpful.

 

Going for a better CPU is usually the general way to go though. But again more info would be helpful to help you

[getrekt]

What most have said is pretty accurate, but knowing what software you are aiming to use would be helpful.

Going for a better CPU is usually the general way to go though. But again more info would be helpful to help you

Blender and occasional 3Ds Max And rarely gaming

[AdamH96]

Blender I believe has better cpu rendering or am I wrong?

 

When using Cycles, A (good) GPU will dominate any CPU if you use the proper render settings. (This might exclude the i7-5960x just because of the insane amount of threads but i'm not sure)

[getrekt]

When using Cycles, A (good) GPU will dominate any CPU if you use the proper render settings. (This might exclude the i7-5960x just because of the insane amount of threads but i'm not sure)

I think everyone uses cycles since its introduction! So a 970 could trump any cpu except the 5960x?

[henrikmk]

CPU renderers:

 

Advantages: More advanced shaders, more features and more mature. Does not depend on hardware. Many (many!) renderers to pick from.

Disadvantages: Slower, has to rely on many tricks to be fast. Some don't do previews very well out of the box.

GPU renderers:

Advantages: Very fast previews, extremely scalable (Not fast enough? Throw more GPUs at the problem). Many GPUs are cheaper than many CPUs. CPU can be nearly entirely unhooked from the rendering process, leaving it free to do other things.

 

Disadvantages: Not very mature, only few renderers available. Only good enough for specific production use. Renderers are simple path tracers, so they rely more on brute force to get things done. Vendor specific renderers (Octane Render and iRay are Nvidia only), maximum memory limit. Power hungry. Rendering and using the PC at the same time may require two cards, one for rendering, one for display.

In the future, GPU renderers will rule, simply because GPUs are advancing much quicker than CPUs. The memory limit will be solved and GPU rendering will become very interesting. I think also, GPUs will solve the realtime raytracing problem in a decade or so (see "Brigade 3" on Youtube). Hopefully there will be more GPU renderers for greater variation.

[getrekt]

CPU renderers:

Advantages: More advanced shaders, more features and more mature. Does not depend on hardware. Many (many!) renderers to pick from.

Disadvantages: Slower, has to rely on many tricks to be fast. Some don't do previews very well out of the box.

GPU renderers:

Advantages: Very fast previews, extremely scalable (Not fast enough? Throw more GPUs at the problem). Many GPUs are cheaper than many CPUs. CPU can be nearly entirely unhooked from the rendering process, leaving it free to do other things.

Disadvantages: Not very mature, only few renderers available. Only good enough for specific production use. Renderers are simple path tracers, so they rely more on brute force to get things done. Vendor specific renderers (Octane Render and iRay are Nvidia only), maximum memory limit. Power hungry. Rendering and using the PC at the same time may require two cards, one for rendering, one for display.

In the future, GPU renderers will rule, simply because GPUs are advancing much quicker than CPUs. The memory limit will be solved and GPU rendering will become very interesting. I think also, GPUs will solve the realtime raytracing problem in a decade or so (see "Brigade 3" on Youtube). Hopefully there will be more GPU renderers for greater variation.

Thanks!

This helped a lot!