Hi All - looking to updgrade from HP Z4 G4 i9, 128 GB ram with a Nvidia RTX A5000 which works ok but struggles to real time render scenes in iclone 8 - 1.5 mins of video rendering at 60 FPS takes about 6 hours and thats in preview mode, will double that if in full final render mode. CPU and ram rarely go over 5-10% but the GPU willl max out between 85-100% when rendering. When editing or playing live on the time line it will jump around displaying previews of the scene every 50 frames or so. The scene does have a lots of pyshics enabled , but that's what I want.
Have tried unsuccesfully to upgrade with a second RTX A5000 coupled with a Nvlink so will be sent back, the 5th PCLe slot is so small and I can't run a up to date video card which is compatable with the dual RTX A5000, so when booting windows it either selects the pair of RTX's or the other card so you can't change the RTX's to TCC mode as you need to have all three running with the lower card used for display monitior purposes only. Also have a second NVMe 2TB drive which was on an adaptor on the 5th slot and that would have to go on external USB adpator- less than ideal as the motherboard will only take 1 MVNe
Questions for all you guys who understand this way better than me:
1. Cheaper option(!) - Would it better to upgrade the HP Z4 with RTX A6000 Ada - If so would it get me out of the current 100% used in render mode?
2. With the spec below, will it properly out shine what I already have and cope way better than what I have or just be bit faster?
3. With that ASUS pro motherboard with 7x Gen 5 PCLe will I be able to run more than 1 RTX A6000 Ada in the future as I know they not including to support the Nvlink with the newer Ada GPU's, will the render program use all designated GPU's or just the one as it's doing in my HP Z4 (with link not working) at the moment on the HP Z4
This is a big investment of around £14,500inc VAT and have maxed out the important parts to my budget so hopefully will it be future proofed with options to expand the number of GPU's that could be used on a single program?
Thanks for any advice or thoughts, I'm definalty no computer tech wizz and have had to rapidly learn all these limitations and specs in this last week.... Just want the proper tools for doing the job.
Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 XL BLACK QUIET TOWER CASE
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX 32 Core CPU (4.0GHz - 5.3GHz, 160MB CACHE)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRO WS WRX90E-SAGE SE (WRX90, ECC RDIMM, PCIe 5.0)
Memory (RAM)
512GB Kingston DDR5 4800MHz ECC Registered (8 x 64GB)
Graphics Card
48GB PNY NVIDIA RTX 6000 ADA GENERATION, 18176 CUDA CORES 4 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CRUCIAL T705 GEN 5 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 14,500MB/sR, 12,700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1600W PRO SERIES™ TITANIUM AX1600i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU
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Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre IEC C19 UK Power Cable
Processor Cooling
ENERMAX LIQTECH TR4 II 360mm
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
1 x 10GbE + 1 x 2.5GbE ONBOARD ETHERNET PORT
Wireless Network Card
Tenda AX5400 WiFi 6E (802.11ax) (6GHz) BT 5.2
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 8 X USB PORTS (MOBO DEPENDENT) @ BACK PANEL + FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Have tried unsuccesfully to upgrade with a second RTX A5000 coupled with a Nvlink so will be sent back, the 5th PCLe slot is so small and I can't run a up to date video card which is compatable with the dual RTX A5000, so when booting windows it either selects the pair of RTX's or the other card so you can't change the RTX's to TCC mode as you need to have all three running with the lower card used for display monitior purposes only. Also have a second NVMe 2TB drive which was on an adaptor on the 5th slot and that would have to go on external USB adpator- less than ideal as the motherboard will only take 1 MVNe
Questions for all you guys who understand this way better than me:
1. Cheaper option(!) - Would it better to upgrade the HP Z4 with RTX A6000 Ada - If so would it get me out of the current 100% used in render mode?
2. With the spec below, will it properly out shine what I already have and cope way better than what I have or just be bit faster?
3. With that ASUS pro motherboard with 7x Gen 5 PCLe will I be able to run more than 1 RTX A6000 Ada in the future as I know they not including to support the Nvlink with the newer Ada GPU's, will the render program use all designated GPU's or just the one as it's doing in my HP Z4 (with link not working) at the moment on the HP Z4
This is a big investment of around £14,500inc VAT and have maxed out the important parts to my budget so hopefully will it be future proofed with options to expand the number of GPU's that could be used on a single program?
Thanks for any advice or thoughts, I'm definalty no computer tech wizz and have had to rapidly learn all these limitations and specs in this last week.... Just want the proper tools for doing the job.
Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 XL BLACK QUIET TOWER CASE
Promotional Item
Get a discount code for 20% off select peripherals at Corsair.com
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX 32 Core CPU (4.0GHz - 5.3GHz, 160MB CACHE)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRO WS WRX90E-SAGE SE (WRX90, ECC RDIMM, PCIe 5.0)
Memory (RAM)
512GB Kingston DDR5 4800MHz ECC Registered (8 x 64GB)
Graphics Card
48GB PNY NVIDIA RTX 6000 ADA GENERATION, 18176 CUDA CORES 4 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CRUCIAL T705 GEN 5 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 14,500MB/sR, 12,700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1600W PRO SERIES™ TITANIUM AX1600i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU
Get a discount code for 20% off select peripherals at Corsair.com
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre IEC C19 UK Power Cable
Processor Cooling
ENERMAX LIQTECH TR4 II 360mm
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
1 x 10GbE + 1 x 2.5GbE ONBOARD ETHERNET PORT
Wireless Network Card
Tenda AX5400 WiFi 6E (802.11ax) (6GHz) BT 5.2
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 8 X USB PORTS (MOBO DEPENDENT) @ BACK PANEL + FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
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