Originally posted by FozzFoster Threadrippers aren't cheap! for even regular enthusiast!
Really though, I'm handling 20MP files and when I start focus stacking, or using a heavy amount of content-aware/spot removal, or adjustment brushes, my Ryzen 5 1600 with 16GB ram definitely still takes some time to crunch through. I bet the K-1 users have to wait even longer at 36MP and I'm hesitant to think of 50-60MP files. Definitely would need an above-average rig to crunch through those large files.
Lightening vs. greased lightening. For the average user. Accessing the libraries is nearly the same noticeable performance. Only if you're
moving huge libraries around aalllllll the time would you notice a difference :P
Totally agree! Ryzen 3rd gen is pretty damn good with single thread performances too though
would be even better tapping into more threads.
I spoil myself
, My work lab has EPYC or Threadrippers, Home has a Ryzen 9 with RAID0'd Samsung Evo +'s
- I bet you'd notice a difference if you dropped a 3600 in lieu of the 1600 though.
Getting back on topic, I've always been a firm believer in speeding up the slowest part of your system for a snappier overall feel, hence NVMe. 36Mp files are in the region of what 50MB in size? so 60 or 80 should be maxing out at 150MB - The biggest problem here is Adobe and not getting on the case with usable GPU offloading or breaking out the threads properly in their codebase. Adobe are one of if not the biggest culprits in not making their software (in this case Photoshop or Lightroom) more multi-threaded and having their code overly Intel optimized.
This was fine pre Ryzen but the goal posts have now changed. Quad core is now bare minimum, Hexa to Octa mainstream and Deca+ will be the norm within 18 months (for non tech heads, apologies - talking core counts Quad = 4, Hexa = 6, Octa = 8 and Deca+ = 10+ cores. Really quick summary of the last 10 years in processors - Intel was / is the 800lb Gorilla, kept mainstream at quad cores - 8+ was HEDT or High End Desktop with a price to match. AMD released their Zen platform 3-4 years ago which has taken 4 cores to up to 16 in the mainstream category, in the High End Desktop, you can get a 64 core monster now and Intel got caught with the hands in the cookie jar
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