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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Two points
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 20:19:41 -0500
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On 12/2/24 6:25 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 08:01:15 -0500, -hh wrote:
> 
>> So if you're going to posture that you need moar power, what's the
>> content that's allegedly your stressor?
> 
> 3D rendering and video encoding.
> 
> I have had renders of animations go on for days. Not something you would
> entrust to a notebook.

What's the longest 3D render you've had within the past, oh ~3 years? 
Reason is that I can recall doing some 3D FEA work back in 2002 and the 
best PC workstations we could get would hit the wall & crash at 4 days. 
Ended up dropping a few million for a mini cluster for that project.

Similarly, for video, there's many different formats; I've not done much 
4K or 6K yet (just got the camera gear) but Blackmagic's RAW benchmark 
says to expect 4K BRAW 8:1 to render at ~600 fps w/Metal, which means 
that an hour of p25 should take <3 minutes to render.  That's not even 
long enough to make a good cup of coffee.

-hh