Look at the status of CPU in 3D animation design
Editor: Author Bear stingy: stingy Bear Date: 2003-06-22
script> Editor Press: For a workstation, the processor is undoubtedly a core component that makes it efficiently operated. High-performance processors are indispensable for any PC for 3D animation designs.
Computers specializing in 3D animation design, video audio processing are called Workstation. These workstations have a higher configuration on the processor, display card and even hard drives compared to the PC desktop us usually. In the past, the workstation field is ruled by the Alpha processor, SGI workstation, Apple, etc., and with the rapid speed of X86 processor performance, more and more manufacturers have launched a workstation product based on X86 processor. For a workstation, the processor is undoubtedly the core components that make it efficiently operated. High-performance processors are indispensable for any PC for 3D animation designs. Although many graphic chip vendors have introduced a very good graphics chip, these products that can partially replace the processor computing power are called GPUs, but whether in 3D animated design or architectural model design, main image Or the background is composed of an object model composed of a series of polygons. In fact, any object we are familiar with can be embodied by polygons. If you want to make objects in a more realistic appearance, you need to construct more object details, that is, more fine polygons to form an object. In order to make the object more real, the model is mapped and the light shadow operation. These tricks provided by the display card are not available through the software simulation, but they want to give full play to their performance still require high performance processors. We can see from the manufacturer's recommendations, manufacturers want users to use these display cards on the best processor platform. In the proposal of the processor vendor, it is also desirable that the user uses the high-end display card to match high performance processors. Only in the process of processor, the display card is reasonable, the system will reflect the destined performance. After completing the model construct, we need to render the model before the final output graphics. If the processing algorithm is complicated, the requirements for the requirements are high, and the rendering generation is long. For 3D design class software, its main operation is a floating point operation, and a processor that chooses a floating point performance is undoubtedly the premise of improving productivity. The AMD Athlon XP floating point calculation is very powerful, which greatly increases the work efficiency of 3D rendering. Due to the large dependence of the processor in the 3D animation design, most graphics workstations use multiprocessor structures. By assigning a process generated by 3D design software to each processor, the system can be a larger improving software running speed. The general multiprocessor system uses a bus connection processor and the North Bridge chip, which will make a struggling data bandwidth when performing a large amount of operation, and the multiprocessor system consisting of Athlon MP processor is using two data bus. Connect the processor and the North Bridge separately. Under high load operations, this structure of Athlon MP can make full play the performance of the processor. In the movie "Star War 2-Cloning Anti-" "in" Snoes ", the Lucas Digital Production Company and North America's largest private visual effects production company Rhythm && Hues has been completed by Athlon MP workstation. The film is produced later and appreciates the performance of Athlon MP. If you are currently unable to purchase a professional display card, you need to pay attention to the processor's choice when you set your own graphics workstation. Because the general entertainment level display card does not provide a strong graphics processing engine like a professional card, more operations will be handed over to the processor. At this point, the role of the high performance processor is more important. If you want 3D design software to get a good job, then you need the best processor.