AE CS6 11.0.1 CUDA BENCHMARK PROJECT – test your graphics cards!

[Teddy Gage]

I still think two 3930K machines are preferable to a single dual-cpu xeon setup. No matter how many cores you throw into one machine, it will still be tied up during render time. I have two master workstations in a dual-dvi KVM switch setup, and there’s always one rendering and one working. and if I need both rendering I have a networked 8TB NAS. One machine has a GTX titan, the other has a dual GTX 580 SLI setup for heavy CUDA and transcoding. That machine also has two SSDs in RAID 0 maxing out sata 6 bandwidth (500+ MBps IO) for disk-intensive fluid simulation etc. Not to mention it’s much more affordable, and a setup that’s easier to troubleshoot and fix (along with system backups of each machine). I get around 13.5 CB score on the 3930K @ 4.8 gHZ

[Ian Mapleson]

I guess it depends on what one is doing. Lots of cores in
one system will obviously be better for Classic3D mode,
or for rendering a single large image (I have a friend
who often does this, very high res for huge advertising
boards, roadside signs, etc.)

OTOH I too have commented on the idea of having 2 systems
so that while one is rendering one can still progress with
other work on the 2nd system.

As always it boils down to available budgets, intended
tasks, etc. I’m sure we’d all love a Titan and six Teslas
on a 7-slot mbd with uber water cooling. 😀

Ian.

SGI Guru

[Paul Forcier]

Hey Ian you nailed it. My CB 11.5 64 bit is:

CPU – 17.13
GPU – 37.27

[Ian Mapleson]

Paul Forcier writes:
>Hey Ian you nailed it. My CB 11.5 64 bit is:
>
> CPU – 17.13

😀

A linear extrapolation from my Dell/X5570 results suggested
17.05; I erred on the side of caution, but I forgot your
system has slightly faster RAM. Either way, an oc’d 3930K
will give about 14 or 15 at best, so 17+ is very nice.

> GPU – 37.27

Btw, nobody really bothers with CB GPU numbers anymore.
They stopped making any useful sense a long time ago.

Ian.

SGI Guru

[Paul Forcier]

Hey there – I bumped up my OC using the Blk to 3.6 ghz…

I also added another GTX 690 and engaged 4 way SLI…

My benchmark is now 3 mins and 46 seconds

Cinebench was 18.57 and without SLI for some reason it was 19.48…

[Paul Forcier]

3.6 wasn’t stable – moved the OC back to 3.4…all good now.

Turned off 4-way SLI and got 3 min..35 seconds.

[Ian Mapleson]

> 3.6 wasn’t stable – moved the OC back to 3.4…all good now.

Pity you had to reduce it. Ah well.

> Turned off 4-way SLI and got 3 min..35 seconds.

Yup, SLI is not relevant for AE/CUDA.

Ian.

SGI Guru

[William Cartwright]

I don’t know how I freaking got this render time, but I did. For some reason it did it in .mov first and then it switched back the second time.

.mov 1:35
.avi lossless 1:26

mb Asrock h77m-ITX
cpu: 3770k
gpu: Geforce 650 TI Boost, slightly overclocked beyond the stock o.c.
hdd: 5400 WD Green 1 TB

That’s it, freaking destroyed everybody else!

[Andrei Chukin]

Nothing “destroyed”)
… change the Classic 3D renderer to Ray-traced 3D… and you’ll get a slightly))) different result
(Classic 3D uses the main CPU and not GPU)

[Ian Mapleson]

Just a thought, is it possible to configure the aep file so
that RayTraced3D mode is selected automatically when the aep
is loaded?

Ian.

SGI Guru