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Multi Processor Support
Hi there,
I have an HP xw9300 which is a dual Opteron 250 machine and I’m running AE 6.5.1. I believe that AE is supposed to support dual proc machines but when I am working and rendering, AE only uses one of my processors, maxing it out. Is there some option I need to enable to get the best out of both?
George
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7 Replies
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No. This is completely normal. Each plugin must be compiled explicitely with multithreading in mind and if you have only one effect that isn’t, there is barely any multithreading used at all because it affects the entire render process.
Mylenium
[Pour Myl
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You may want to look into Gridiron Software’s Nucleo plug-in. It should help you maximize the multiple processors in your machine.
Sean
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Thanks guys will try the gridiron. Have just also read about the render engine. Does nucleo work better than using a render engine on the 2nd CPU?
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It works a bit faster in that you don’t have to collect the project and make sure your settings allow for multi-machine rendering etc.
Nucleo does all of that for you at the press of a single button, and you’re not limited to still-sequences.Once the render is going though, it should be exactly the same speedup as running N+1 renderengines on your machine where N is the number of processors.
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nucleo is definately worth the investment. I’m able to render at least twice as fast in most cases.
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One more vote for Nucleo.I see the 2 x 244 Opterons at 100% while rendering…
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