CDizzy Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Hi, I´m currently putting together a new iMac for VW. We don´t use Renderworks and currently only do 2D work. As far as I understood more cores are needed for rendering but what is important for 2D work? GPU Speed vs. VRAM, Single Core CPU speed vs. multicore? Especially if you want to be future proof. Should I go for the 16GB VRAM GPU instead of 8GB? Thank you. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, CDizzy said: but what is important for 2D work? Single core speed, "enough" RAM and fast GPU with "enough" VRAM. But, usually it's not about the default GHz number but the higher boost frequency, which can be achieved when only one or a few cores are in use. For the iMac, that means that i7 and 10 core i9 are both listed with 5.0 GHz boost frequency. So the lower clocked i9 will not be slower in single core performance. Just faster in multicore performance. Which you of course will not need. Quote Link to comment
CDizzy Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I guess the iMacs thermal throttle anyways 😄 Went with the 5700XT/ i7/ 2020 iMac Tnahk you for info! Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Good choice. AFAIK only the 10 core i9 is a bit slower than expected in longer multicore runs like Cinebench. Up to i7 should be ok. But you may hear the fan. Quote Link to comment
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