Mini Renderfarm help

[MzCatieB]

So im considering to build a mini render farm to take the load of my work desktop.

 

Price isnt an issue though i dont want to spend Stupid amounts 

i was also looking at the Quadro K4000 but im not 100% sure.

 

what would you guys recommend ?

[coen113]

that card is quite expensive, maybe socket 2011 ivy bridge?

[MzCatieB]

that card is quite expensive, maybe socket 2011 ivy bridge?

id assume a Workstation CPU would be best.

and the GPU is the cheapest best performing workstation gpu you can get (To my knowledge)

[coen113]

id assume a Workstation CPU would be best.

and the GPU is the cheapest best performing workstation gpu you can get (To my knowledge)

i think all workstation cards are expensive, what does a workstation card improve over a generic one?

[MzCatieB]

i think all workstation cards are expensive, what does a workstation card improve over a generic one?

its designed for rendering 3d graphics

[coen113]

its designed for rendering 3d graphics

is the performance increase massive over a 7970 on a opencl optimised program?

[MrSuperb]

its designed for rendering 3d graphics

 hugely depends on the used software though.

[MzCatieB]

is the performance increase massive over a 7970 on a opencl optimised program?

Workstation Graphics cards work differently to gaming graphics cards, its Workstation architecture v gaming architecture.

Workstation do things like 8X faster over the standard. the GPU chips are cherry picked.

 

 

 hugely depends on the used software though.

3DS Max, Maya, Blender all use CUDA/OpenCL for graphics rendering and can utilise Separable Subsurface Scattering and can run Graphics Simulations

[coen113]

Workstation Graphics cards work differently to gaming graphics cards, its Workstation architecture v gaming architecture.

Workstation do things like 8X faster over the standard. the GPU chips are cherry picked.

 

 

3DS Max, Maya, Blender all use CUDA/OpenCL for graphics rendering and can utilise Separable Subsurface Scattering and can run Graphics Simulations

when you said graphics simulations, i thought of something like train simulator. but i can understand a workstation does it better. but is it worth the extra money?

[MzCatieB]

when you said graphics simulations, i thought of something like train simulator. but i can understand a workstation does it better. but is it worth the extra money?

seeing that its for work it should pay for its self over a few month

[tk421]

seeing that its for work it should pay for its self over a few month

 

I guess it really depends on how much of a load you're giving it.  If it's basically rending non-stop, and more jobs completed can make room for additional jobs, then the sky is the limit.  But if finishing projects won't result in an overall increase in total projects, then I would go with high-end mainstream solutions and save a the money.