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Ultimate hardware set

Dennis Nikolaev
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Just paid for my CC license. It is REALLY expensive.

Now, I need to find an ultimate computer to extract the most value out of CC. I know there are general recommendation, like, get the best GPU... I'd like this post to be about specific specs.

Like if money didn't matter for hardware. What should I get (January 2017)? 

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    CPU
    For example Xeon e5-2679 @2.5 Ghz $2'702 (20cores) shows the highest PassMark score of 25'236
    However i-7 7700k @4.2 Ghz $350 (4 cores) shows PassMark 12'327

    # of cores is good for Aerotriangulation. Ghz speed is good for reconstruction
    since Reconstructions count for 90% of project processing the i7@4.2 Ghz will be faster for the overall result.
    Is this assumption right?

    GPU
    new nVidia Titan X with 12Gb for $1'200 seams to be the ultimate choice (not the GTX titan X)
    with nVidia GTX 1080 8Gb $569 is 2nd best
    Right? Multiple GPUs are not supported right?

    How about RAM, what kind is currently the best? how much RAM is excessive?

    I assume just about any SSD will do?

    How to pick a motherboard?

    With clients ever pressing harder for time, the optimal PC configuration directly relates to wing or loosing jobs.
    Ideal result for this post would be Felix or other CC experts posting specs for the ultimate CC station for January 2017.
  • 0 Offline in reply to Dennis Nikolaev
    How big are the projects you will be working on? Your assumptions about the CPU are correct, though its worth noting that for projects with lots of photos/pixels, it might be worth having a few more threads for the AT. For RC though, clock speed is most important and those unlocked i7 XXXXk chips are great for it. I havent gotten a Kabylake chip to test yet but the Skylake chip I have performs very well, especially for the reconstruction.

    Also havent gotten the chance to test the new Titan X, but based on the benchmarks I have seen, im not sure its worth the extra cost. the 1080 performs very well ( scores 215+ w/ a 6700k) and it has been rumored for awhile that a 1080 TI will be released soon.

    I have tested a couple different RAM configs and haven't noticed any significant differences.

    Drive speed does make a difference. storing everything on an SSD will make a world of difference. Havent gotten the chance to personally test the difference between SATA vs M.2 but I have heard the difference is negligible.

     
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  • 0 Offline in reply to Casey Bentley
    This is exactly the answer I was looking for. If anyone has Titan X (pascal), please post your score.
  • 0 Offline in reply to Casey Bentley
    I was bidding on a 41 km2 project for 5 cm/pix. That's why I needed an ultimate PC. Unfortunately, lost the bid. According to the client, the winner offered production time much less then 1 month (((.
  • 0 Offline in reply to Dennis Nikolaev
    Sorry, I dont have a Pascal Titan to test. The 1080 will score a 215 though with a 6700k which should definitely put you on the upper end of the 10-20 gigapixels per day that we estimate per engine. I would assume the Kabylake chips score even better.

    For something that big, having multiple engines might be beneficial. This way you can parallelize the reconstruction step, which is the most time consuming.

     
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