QuoteAt least when I was looking before AMD gave more cores for the money, which is great for Terragen because you can render more buckets at once, really speeds things up.
Is this because Terragen uses only the CPU for rendering? I may have to have a conversation with the vendor. I provided a list of applications that I will be using on the new system, but most people are not familiar with TG. I think he may be assuming that I will use Blender for rendering (which I almost never do), and afaik Blender utilizes both the CPU and GPU.
Is there a page somewhere on the Terragen Wiki that discusses this, that I can point him to? (Or a forum post?) I've already sent him the link to the benchmark table.
I believe the Intel processors are 16 core AND 16 thread, which would cut the number of buckets that I can render by half (my Ryzan now has 32 threads). (Please correct me if I am not using this terminology properly.)
He is recommending an Nvidia RTX 4080 or 4070 for the GPU.
QuoteI cant look into your wallet, but if you take into account that you're 'stuck' for quite some years with what you purchase, I'd try to get the best possible.
Yes, that's always been my philosophy, too. It can hurt at first but I've never had any regrets.
@Stormlord, would you care to weigh in? I see that your system uses an i9 (based on the benchmark table). I would like to more fully understand the difference between the Ryzan and Intel chips, and would appreciate your thoughts.
