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AMD's FireStream 9170
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:29 pm
by def4d
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:23 pm
by Bubbaloo
Software applications will need to be modified to take advantage of the FireStream's architecture, and AMD will release a software developer kit along with the chip package for application tuning.
I expect NL to get on this immediately!
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:28 pm
by Mihai
But it's the same issue as with any other specialized co-processor solution. It's not a tech issue but an organizational one. Is it worth it for a company to develop and maintain a specialized version of their application that can take advantage of it? How many of their customers would use this thing? You can't know until you develop it, and you can't risk developing it because you don't know what the interest would be...
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:57 pm
by def4d
does it seem (for you) to be the next proc generations?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:32 pm
by Hybaj
Bubbaloo wrote:
I expect NL to get on this immediately!
You must be joking
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:33 pm
by Tyrone Marshall
Just buy a few Octo Mac Pros and network them, you will have all the render power you need for Maxwell Render.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:08 pm
by numerobis
Mihai wrote:But it's the same issue as with any other specialized co-processor solution. It's not a tech issue but an organizational one. Is it worth it for a company to develop and maintain a specialized version of their application that can take advantage of it? How many of their customers would use this thing? You can't know until you develop it, and you can't risk developing it because you don't know what the interest would be...
i think stream processing will become a standart and if it is possible for nl to use this technologie (with this speed) it would be the best thing they can do to cut the rendertimes. and if it "only" speeds up the sys 10-20x - i would buy it tomorrow for 2000€!
how many octo macs can you buy for this money? and look at the noise they generate and the power consumption...
PLEASE NL, if it is possible... do it!
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:24 am
by Bubbaloo
Tyrone Marshall wrote:Just buy a few Octo Mac Pros
Got some spares lying around that you're not using?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:54 am
by -Adrian
a propos, you have been de-throwned quite severely
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:15 pm
by Bubbaloo
Wow, I see that. Time to upgrade...
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:51 pm
by Maxer
This is exactly what NL needs to get back into the game, let's face it Maxwell is the slowest engine on the market it needs a relatively cheep solution to its speed problems and this could be it.
I've gone from using Maxwell 90% of the time to about 10% of the time since I got Vray. I simply can't justify render times of 24+ hours any longer no matter how good it looks and how quick it is to set up. In the end Vray has speed on it's side, to get the equivalent speed in Maxwell I'd need a render farm of 200 PC's and a budget in the millions.