@James, thnks for the input, I understand now its electronic rendering. That cluster sound a pretty good way of doing things, i hear MAC OS running it very well too. :-)
@Mabeya, here's adding further to @James input.
- First you need to know the input data and its raw size. Is it going to be in Mbytes or GigaBytes? This will establish 2 parameters : Memory and CPU needs. To be on the safe side, you will need to look at a Quad Core Processor that can handle the rendering needs when the render engine starts. So if you are going for a single PC setup, try and get quotes of a WorkStation Specs machine.
- Hard Disk are pretty useless when it comes to speeds, so you need to make a choice here. Do you go 7,200rpm or 10,000rpm or even better SSD. SSD is the ultimate but cost factors will be restrictive
- High End Grahpics card, with a decent screen that allows for natural colour profiles
- Render encoders, some are propreitary and will be bundled with software, so determine what the output quality has to be.
Thats it from me. The rest you need to research and see the balance between costs and benefits. :-)
Rgds.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:11 PM, James Nzomo
<kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
The hardware you need depends on what/who you want to render for.
A proper business plan should be able to answer the above.
If you are not sure about the above, just purchase the craziest hardware you can afford and determine your requirements as you go.
The more powerfull the better.
Consider Clustering afew PCs. You should get unbelievable power from these and if you are on a budget, you can try assembling Beowulf Cluster running FOSS sw and achieve unbelievable super computing power from cheap PC hardware.
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