New system - Xeon vs. Athlon - Scifi-Meshes.com

JDR · 10-13-2007, 06:57 PM

I've just put together a new workstation. Decided to do some render benchmarks and here's one of the results.

First shot was on the AMD Athlon X2 4400+ 2.2ghz, 4GB DDR2 @ 400mhz. Render time was +- 30 mins.

Second was done on my new dual quad core Xeon E5335 2.0ghz, 4GB FB-DIMM DDR2 @ 667mhz.

This did the same thing in a shade over 8 mins.

Both rendered in Vray 1.5 RC3 within Max 9 x64.

Both machines running Windows XP Pro x64.

**Darkness** · 10-13-2007, 07:06 PM

Has your penis grown already?

**Alec Trevelyan** · 10-13-2007, 07:33 PM

Well, that's quad core for you. My system is the Athlon, pretty much identically. I've got 4 gigs DDR2 800 though

**Martocticvs** · 10-13-2007, 08:20 PM

Impressive. Please send me your machine haha

spudmonkey · 10-13-2007, 10:05 PM

So, what you are saying is that your faster machine renders quicker?!

/me couldn't resist

Should be upgrading mine in the nearish future, if I can get my 3D mojo back...

**Martocticvs** · 10-13-2007, 10:22 PM

Oh was that yours? I wondered where it came from all of a sudden...

spudmonkey · 10-13-2007, 10:34 PM

**Martocticvs** · 10-13-2007, 10:39 PM

I'd send it back to you, but... postal strike, and all that

spudmonkey · 10-13-2007, 10:52 PM

Curses, foiled again!

2cvbloke · 10-13-2007, 11:06 PM

I thought Xeon was for servers?

(speaking as a computer engineer who has a PIII 850MHz Xeon lying around with an "as new" Xeon-based server board sat in a box, both of which are at work!!!

)

10-13-2007, 07:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
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10-13-2007, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Alec Trevelyan Awake and Dreaming Realname: Nate Howe Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston, MA Age: 24 Posts: 1,416	Well, that's quad core for you. My system is the Athlon, pretty much identically. I've got 4 gigs DDR2 800 though
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