G5 64 bit !

[kiwi]

• prediction -

3D software performance (for both rendering and UI interactivity) will get faster only as clockspeed gets faster and code developers use more efficient software architectures.

No 3D software will ever run faster just because it's running at 64bit.

-quote me.

KIWI

[nuabudikae]

i think the biggest boon at this point for 3d stuff will just be the back end rendering functions. Kicking out work to the renderfarm.

Other things will take much longer. Okay aside from additional geometry being handeled better because of more ram and "elbow room."

But it looks like you can buy a license of Mental Ray now for 64bit EPIC Itanic architecture. I would be VERY curious to see how it performs versus its XEON counterparts. Intense optimization takes a LONG time though from what little i know about the more technical aspects of software.

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My guess is that mray on itanium is there for the sole purpose to provide a higher level of precision more so than speedy rendering
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just a guess though. Wonder if anyones benched it to see.

[nuabudikae]

yeh i would love to see some numbers too. Also with RMan on Itanium. Since Intel is being forced to push this processor into the volume market, minus the gobs of cache. Now it is a less expensive unit.

It is starting to look like there are two chip titans left in the cpu world. IBM and Intel.

Although IBM is being nice to AMD and keeping them alive and well. But look at how cool AMD's HyperTransport is! That is fantastic stuff for sure.

Options are good. =)

regards bud,

little john