is there any point in uing my old mac g5 for renders?

[Rhett Robinson]

In my opinion, yes. I have a number of old machines that work together. Some of the issues? Fonts & Plugins.

My machines slide way down the scale, so I frequently work on my fastest machine, then simply open the project on the next fastest and render there, so I can continue with what I’m doing on my main machine.

Network rendering works pretty well, once you iron out any problems (which shouldn’t be too bad between 2 machines), but it’s EASY to fix problems with a comp on a single machine.

[Jakob Thommessen]

Thanks Rhett,
so what you do is you move the entire project around?
you can’t somehow use the old machine to speed up the new?

[Andrew Yoole]

It depends on the the nature of your work. If you do highly complex, render intensive projects, then every CPU cycle you can get is important.

But if you’re working on a project that can RAM preview within a few minutes, and render in a few hours, then the trouble involved with project, plugin and system management, to control system-wide renders, may be simply un-economical.

I use Nucleo Pro on a 4-core Mac, and find there are few projects that can’t be rendered while I’m working on something new on the same machine. Only you know if you’re requirements are more intensive.

[Jakob Thommessen]

Thanks Andrew, I think it will be to much hassle for me. I also use nucleo pro and it all works pretty well. Have a good weekend!

Jakob